| Chicago dentist has license suspended following death of a 5-year-old patient | | Posted Wednesday, October 04, 2006 11:01:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | Following the death of a 5-year-old patient, a dentist in Chicago has had his license to practice suspended by State regulators. Diamond Brownridge lapsed into a coma and later died following two injections of diazepam within five minutes, followed by oral Valium, lidocaine, several other medications and nitrous oxide, at Little Angel Dental. Diamond was having fillings and caps on some of her teeth. The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has said that dentist Dr. Hicham Riba failed to properly monitor Diamond's blood pressure, pulse and respiration during her treatment Sept. 23 at his clinic and posed an "imminent danger to the public". It appears that Riba recorded that Diamond was "alert and responsive" on discharge, although her mother claims to have found her comatose in the dental chair.... | |
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| | | Dentist has work cut out for him | | Posted Thursday, August 24, 2006 8:57:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | Joseph Mazzola has seen his share of teeth in his two decades of practicing dentistry in Broomfield. He's about to see a lot more ? or maybe a lot less ? as he takes on the duties of team dentist for the Rocky Mountain Rage. He'll attend every home game of the Central Hockey League team that will call the Broomfield Event Center home, starting with the opener on Nov. 10. But the work will start long before the skates hit the ice. .... | |
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| | | Figures highlight dentist shortage in Tas | | Posted Wednesday, July 26, 2006 2:57:33 AM by Blog57 Team | | A shortage of public dentists has seen fewer Tasmanian adults treated for dental problems. Latest figures show the number of adults treated dropped from just over 6,500 in the June quarter last year to just over 5,000 in the same quarter this year. While waiting lists for dental services dropped, Health Minister Lara Giddings says the shortage of dentists is having an impact. "When we look at our oral health areas, it's really disappointing to see there have been fewer people treated with their oral health problems in this data," she said. "Now that's largely to do with the fact that we have found it difficult recruiting dentists into the public health system." .... | |
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