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August 13, 2008
Multi-Million Dollar Settlement In Dental Office Death
CHICAGO (STNG) -- A North Side dental office will pay about $8.5 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a school principal during a routine dental procedure last year.
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August 1, 2008
2 dentists accused of 'professional incompetence' in principal's death
State suspends dental licenses of brothers involved in fatal root canal procedure
Routine root canal operations are almost never fatal, but a cascade of elementary mistakes led to the death of a school principal from Skokie last year, according to state officials who Friday suspended the dental licenses of the two brothers who performed the procedure.
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July 15, 2008
Enough scrutiny in dental deaths?
Handling of 3 cases raises questions about state's review process
At least three patients have died after dental procedures in the last three years in Washington, and critics say some of the cases weren't examined closely enough by the state's dental disciplinary board.
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December, 18 2007
Principal dies during root canal surgery
Georgette Watson, 46, died while undergoing root canal surgery at a dental office on North Broadway. Police say she stopped breathing while she was under sedation. Medical personnel at the dental office were unable to revive Watson.
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March 2007
Dentists Face Disciplinary Hearing
RICHMOND — After discussing allegations against a prominent area dentist, a disciplinary panel of the Virginia Board of Dentistry decided the entire board should hear the case.
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December 3, 2006
Critical Care Solutions on KCRA Channel 3
 
Featuring Dr. Teresa Isbell DDS and Roland Guy RN - Paramedic
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December 2006
KCRA Follow Up Story - Child's Dental Chair Death Ruled Homicide
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December 2006
Criminal probe launched after Pompano girl, 10, dies while getting tooth pulled
Prosecutors and police are conducting a criminal investigation of two dentists who treated a 10-year-old Pompano Beach girl who died while having a tooth pulled in March.
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November 30, 2006
Dentistry Board To Meet With Couple Posted
Paulette, Biery Slated To Discuss Allegations
HARRISONBURG — The Virginia Board of Dentistry has scheduled a husband-and-wife team for informal conferences in February to discuss allegations that they violated rules of patient care, according to letters the board sent each dentist earlier this month.
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September 2006
CBS Health Watch - Reports on the death of 5 year old Chicago
girl that died during a sedation dental procedure
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 June 2005 - January 13, 2006
Child's Dental Chair Death Ruled Homicide
Antioch, California - The death of a 3-year-old while he was undergoing a dental procedure was a homicide, ruled the Sacramento County Coroner.
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2005 Highlights
Highlights of the 2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care
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2004 - Practice Management Tool Kit - Technology for the Dental Practice
Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs): Why Put One in A Dental Office?
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October 2004
Dentist Allegedly Caused a Child's Death
The Ohio State Dental Board has ruled that the actions of a Belpre dentist who administered a lethal dose of local anesthetic to a two-year-old West Virginia boy constituted malpractice.
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January 28, 2004
American Dental Association Awards First
Seal of Acceptance for Defibrillators
CHICAGO, The American Dental Association's (ADA) Council on Scientific Affairs announces the awarding of its first Seal of Acceptance for a defibrillator to the Philips HeartStart OnSite and HeartStart FR2+ defibrillators.
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Thursday, 14 November, 2002, 21:54 GMT
Dentist's pain at child's death
A Lancashire dentist accused of serious professional misconduct has spoken of his pain after the death of a five-year-old girl at his surgery.
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2002 Case Report - Australian Dental Journal
Successful defibrillation of a dental patient in cardiac arrest
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October 10, 2001
Parents sue over death at dentist's
THE parents of a 10-year-old boy who died while having a tooth extracted are to sue the two men they blame for their son's death.
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November 22, 2000
Son is suing dentist for mom's death
SALISBURY -- A local man is suing a Newburyport dentist, saying treatment of a tooth caused his mother's death.
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November 26, 1999
Verdict on death in dentist's chair
An inquest jury has returned a verdict of death by misadventure on a five-year-old boy who died in a dentist's chair.
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August 21, 1997
Flawed care alleged in dental death courts: boy, 4, might have died from 'positional asphyxiation,' an affidavit says.
Dentists caring for a 4-year-old Santa Ana boy before he died gave "incompetent and grossly negligent" care and then destroyed his dental record showing how much sedative he had been given, according to witness statements in an affidavit filed by Santa Ana police in Orange County Municipal Court.
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