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Secrecy Laws Leave Dentists' Patients Vulnerable

By AAN Staff
april 28, 2004  02:46 pm
Secrecy Laws Leave Dentists' Patients Vulnerable
Because state law keeps secret most accusations made to the New Mexico state dental board, the public has little opportunity to find out if their dentist has been the subject of complaints, Brendan L. Smith writes in the Santa Fe Reporter. The paper's examination of some publicly available records uncovers cases in which the board approved licenses for dentists who had been convicted in other states of molestation and drug abuse. The patients of one Santa Fe dentist accuse her doing unnecessary and substandard full-mouth reconstructions.
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