Charges: Dentist used paper clips in root canals

Charges: Dentist used paper clips in root canals
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
(03-16) 12:10 PDT Fall River, Mass. (AP) --

A former Massachusetts dentist is accused of putting paper clips in patients' mouths during root canals, then billing Medicaid for the stainless steel posts he should have used.

The state attorney general announced Tuesday that a grand jury indicted former Fall River dentist Michael Clair last week. The charges include assault and battery, larceny, submitting false claims to Medicaid, and illegally prescribing drugs.

Prosecutors say Clair was suspended by Medicaid in 2002. He allegedly hired other dentists for his clinic and filed claims under their numbers between August 2003 and June 2005. He's also accused of illegally prescribing drugs to staffers who returned medications to him.


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I don't know how they got A&B to stick.

inside your jaw instead of stainless steel?

:sarcasm:

:shrug:

But Dr. Clair seems to have watched a lot of episodes.