Q: How can a dentist, (reported and suspended twice, and another report) keep practicing?
#19 was crowned, pain ignored. Year later, new dentist was appalled at the pain & crown on wrong. Dental college was shocked, & agreed w/mercury poisoning (killed my Service Dog), I wasn't expected to live. 5 Amalgams out to quick, as my chart was not read, and NO protocol followed for Chronic Pain, nor removing mercury. Changed dental records, (I was warned). All dental charts turned in, all points to him doing #19. Attitude of ADA was unprofessional. Coming from the medical profession, I keep charts, and am still under treatment (2018). I am left without help for med bills, & he is still hurting patients. This would never pass within the Medical Board. Why is he protected? Why does his office protect him? Why is our city protecting him? I have lost years and more off of my life, yet he has proven his inabilities. My PCP would love to get her hands on someone to discuss. EPA, OSHA, was contacted. Doctors are aware of incompetence. Lawyers won't touch it, even w/obvious charts.
A:
If a professional is suspended by their licensing board but practices their profession anyway during the period of their suspension, they could face civil fines, the revocation of their license to practice, and in some cases, criminal penalties for practicing without a license.
If your dentist was practicing dentistry on you during their suspension, you should immediately file a complaint with the Texas Board of Dentistry.
In many instances, suspensions are only temporary based on the nature of the violation which resulted in the suspension. Once the period prescribed has passed, the professional can resume practicing their profession.
It is unlikely that prior suspensions will be admissible in any civil suit for malpractice because evidence of prior bad acts are inadmissible to show that a defendant acted the same way in a subsequent circumstance.
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