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Kelowna man suing dentist; alleges botched wisdom teeth extraction
A Kelowna man who was left with an infection in his bone after having his…
Vernon dentist barred from suing in BC looked to Saskatchewan
A Vernon dentist who is barred in BC from taking any more legal action against…
Mystery of jawbone found on Vernon beach solved
VERNON – To the untrained eye, it looked a lot like a human jawbone. As…
More inspections warranted after Kamloops patient sustains heart attack, brain injury: Dental regulator
KAMLOOPS - The regulatory board for dental surgeons will continue operating on a complaint-based system for incidents, but plans to broaden its scope of inspection for sedation facilities after one Kamloops dentist’s failures caused a patient’s severe brain injury in 2012. Last month, the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia posted their decision to...
Kamloops dental surgeon continues work while awaiting penalty for causing brain damage to patient
KAMLOOPS - A local dental surgeon continues to work at his practice while he waits to hear what penalty a professional panel imposes for a series of failures which led to a patient’s cardiac arrest during surgery. A team of investigators for the Inquiry Committee of the College of Dental Surgeons of British Columbia examined...