Dallas police: Man impersonating a dentist and assistant pulled five teeth from woman’s mouth

Erika Martinez had a toothache, but it was nothing compared to the bloody nightmare she went through to try and fix it on the cheap.
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Last month, she said, a man posing as a dentist held her down and yanked five of her teeth out over about an hour or two.

“The truth is, it felt like it lasted years,” Martinez said Thursday in Spanish while her lips concealed a checkerboard smile. “It was horrible pain. Very traumatic.”

Police said Mario Alberto Sabillon-Mejia, 33, masqueraded as a dentist and denture-maker and offered discount oral care in Dallas and Houston. He and his alleged assistant, Tiffany Gonzalez, were arrested Wednesday and charged with practicing medicine without a license.

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