FEEDBACK ON WEBSITE
NOTE:
I
do not expect everyone to agree or support the contents of my website.
In
order to keep the forum fair and develop the teaching website regarding dental
treatments, I am not going to edit anyone’s comments. If you do not want your name, e-mail address,
etc. posted, please advise. As my
website grows, I will organize e-mails into categories.
What
I do hope for is that by publishing what was done to myself, that it will
prevent someone else from having dental treatments done without their
informed consent and not in their best interest. I honestly do not want to see anyone in my
position.
I
will not recommend a dentist for treatment.
I will never tell anyone to not treat with the dentists that destroyed
my healthy teeth. Looking at my mouth, I
am the last person you would want a referral from. If you make a referral, I will post along
with your comments, etc.
Comments
E. Prentice – November 1, 2005
JUDGE EDWARD FINE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY ORDERS DR. LEONARD TOLLEY AND DR. RICHARD KAPLAN AND THEIR LAWYERS TO PAY MY LEGAL FEES (APPROX. $23,000) TO PAUL LEVY OF PUBLIC CITIZEN AND JIM GREEN, LOCAL ACLU
We all made a big win for Freedom of Speech!
My attorneys, every private citizen and myself made a serious win with Judge Fine’s decision. You can publish your experiences on the Internet with anyone to teach and alert other citizens. Make sure you tell the truth.
I have received several e-mails asking me why I did not sue these dentists for money and where I found the courage to publish my experience.
This is not the first time in my life where I have been taken advantage of by an unethical man (I use the term “man” loosely) and suffered damages.
Historically I have always bounced back at least financially but always with some emotional scaring. Perhaps this is my destiny for personal growth.
I do not believe that money is everything or that it will solve all problems. In my opinion, I am proud of myself for standing up to these dishonest, unethical and bad dentists and giving the public an opportunity to not end up in my position.
I am also proud of myself for not allowing a “medium sized medical defense law firm” to muscle me and illegally deny my freedom of speech.
I attended the hearing on October 11/05 before Judge Edward Fine in West Palm Beach to determine if the law firm of McIntosh, Sawran, Petlz, Cartaya & Petruccelli, P.A. and Dr. Tolley and Dr. Kaplan can be made to pay my legal fees for filing a frivolous lawsuit against myself.
Douglas McIntosh appeared by himself. The dentist’s original attorney, Bonnie Navin, who was an associate of his law firm (no longer working there) did not attend. Bonnie Navin is employed with Stearns, Weaver, Miller, Weissler, Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale.
In my opinion, Douglas McIntosh (“supposedly a big defense attorney”) appealed to the Judge on the level of “we have been punished enough with the publicity and do not feel that we should be stung again in having to pay her legal fees”. He also stated “Dr. Leonard Tolley and Dr. Richard Kaplan appealed to his law firm, which usually defends dentists in malpractice suits, to help them stop me from publishing my dental treatments with them and my complaints with the Florida Department of Health”. He further stated, “Our law firm and the dentists did not anticipate that Public Interest Groups would get involved in my case (both Public Citizen and ACLU). We withdrew our lawsuit because we felt that there was too much publicity and it would be better to just leave the website alone than to continue on this course of trying to shut it down”.
I did not hear Douglas McIntosh rebut or defend the actions of his law firm in failing to get their case before the Judge for the Injunction Hearing that they requested and claimed was necessary due to the dentist’s loss of business or why they were unable to show my attorneys or the court valid case law to support their claims. It appears to me that both Bonnie Navin and Douglas McIntosh miserably failed the section on civil rights education in law school.
Under no circumstances did I violate any confidentiality statute. I did not publish information that was confidential to the investigation of the Florida Department of Health because they have refused to date to give me documents that would indicate that they did properly investigate my claims against these dentists.
My attorneys, Paul Levy of Public Citizen and Jim Green, ACLU conducted themselves in the hearing with sticking to the law and giving the Judge Fine an accurate timeline of all events leading up to our filing to have the lawsuit dismissed and the withdrawal of Douglas McIntosh’s firm on the eve of our hearing for a dismissal.
I was embarrassed for Douglas McIntosh and in my opinion, the “pissing and moaning” defense and excuses he put forward to the Judge and his lack of an actual “good faith argument” to support his firm’s lawsuit against myself. Judge Fine agreed with my attorneys and myself that I have every legal right to publish my dental experiences with these dentists.
Is it possible that the head of this law firm, Douglas McIntosh, did not know what his associate, Bonnie Navin, tired to represent to the courts? Is it possible that one of the dentists knew Bonnie Navin and appealed to her to try and hit me with a “SLAPP suit” to shut me up. It sure seemed this way to me. Shame on these people! I have been informed by people in the legal community that this is quite a black mark against Bonnie Navin, Douglas McIntosh and his law firm.
As one legal analyst said to me “Elaine you did something that is not typically done. You were not looking for money for your damages instead you selflessly published in the hopes of preventing someone else from ending up in your position. Typically people sue for money, the lawyers, such as Douglas McIntosh and his law firm, settle the claims and everything is kept confidential and hidden from the public’s view. I truly believe that Douglas McIntosh, Dr. Tolley and Dr. Kaplan did not know how to handle you or your approach in publishing what was done to you in order to alert the public.”
One question I have for Dr. Tolley and Dr. Kaplan is “if you really thought you had the ability try and deny my freedom of speech and keep your dirty little secrets private, why did you not find yourself a civil rights attorney instead of a defense attorney to take your frivolous claim before a judge?”
In my opinion, maybe people like me do march to a different drummer and maybe bad dentists and lousy lawyers do get their well deserved “kick in the pants”.
If a private citizen can own up to their mistakes and I do own up to being stupid, extremely naïve and gullible in allowing these dentists to destroy my healthy teeth. Why is it that these dentists feel that they can do no wrong? What is so wrong in admitting that they made a horrible decision to subject myself to these very risky dental treatments that were not in my best interest and were done for them to make money? Why can they not admit that they acted with “predictable good ole boy” tricks to try and cover for each other? Why can’t they stand up as “men” and do what is right? Do they feel that the public deserves this type of treatment? Do they feel that because they went to school and paid a lot of money for an education that was conducted and delivered without ethical training that they are entitled to earn money from being dishonest and hurting people?”
I say they picked on the wrong woman! I have already bounced back mentally, I am well on the way emotionally and financially I will handle it. Some day I hope that they are men enough to admit to themselves that it was not worth what they did to me. Maybe now these dentists should buy a book on basic ethics or align themselves with an intelligent woman that could facilitate them towards ethical treatment of their patients.
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Nov 2/05 – E-mail received from an Anonymous Oral Surgeon in Florida
Wow, this is quite a story, and I would like (as an oral surgeon) to make a few comments.
1) It does seem like you were over treated grandly, and I personally cannot approve of a five-unit bridge to replace one tooth. My limited knowledge of your case suggests to me that I would have recommended to create a larger space with orthodontics (the canine had a gap in front of it) and once done put an implant in place (with a block bone graft if needed). At this point, nothing complicated and four untouched teeth. That would have been my recommendation.
2) I know most of the people you have dealt with (except for the general dentist), but I was never close to them when practicing in the county; I doubt however that they should be singled out as “hungry money – makers”….. There is a large list of dentists (especially generalists, “implantolgists” and the big shops including all the Gentle Dental, Dentaland, Dental Health Groups, Dental Teams and so on where I sincerely believe all the worst public abuses take place… but weirdly enough, no one seems to take them on in the legal field. Watch out also for the ones with the largest ads in the Yellow Pages or the Palm Beach Post, they are often the worst ones.
3) I cannot agree with all the “facts” about implants that you present. I use a single-stage implant system where I very rarely bury an implant, still with 99%+ success rate. Your experts claiming that a minimum of three months of coverage is absolutely needed are wrong, but these people are always popular with trial lawyers who need erroneous opinions to be presented as solid truth to support their claims.
4) Watch out, you are presenting all the periodontists basically as “the good guys”… Feldman is not god’s gift to implantology, I’ve heard of some of his implant “rejected” for some weird reason… most of the cases where I saw horrendous implant problems were from periodontists (usually inserting implants “on the fly” in clinics or offices where they come occasionally. Realize that dental implantology is a field in which lots of them become trained only very recently, as a “second career” after lots of dentists got their hygienists to scrape roots and charge big time for it… they had to find work somewhere else, and decided to take implants from the real surgeons.
5) As for the “only expert” being up North, this is periodontists crap. A lot of reconstruction / implants experts (known nationally and even internationally) practice in Florida, and would not be impressed by your case (except for the legal implications).
Periodontists do not want to talk about these surgeons because they are Surgeons and would show people how limited they themselves are. Check out Dr. Robert Marx or Dr. Anthony Sclar in Miami, Dr. Pikos in Palm Harbour or Dr. Misch in Sarasota. Once again, they will not be impressed at all by the surgery itself. I have myself treated successfully a lot of people that were told by others (periodontists and implantologists) that they were not implant candidates, something that was true only because of their limited surgical skills and the small cope of what they could do.
6) You have all my sympathy, but I also see some signs on your side… the magnitude of your reaction is one, of course. One rarely sees such an extensive vendetta against a few individuals. Also, when TMJ starts “elevating eyeballs” and stuff like that, I begin suspecting some potential psychiatric issued overlaid with the rest (but go back to #1 ….. I do believe that you were vastly over treated). I wish you luck for the future, and hope you find people that will make you happy.
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EP – Thank you for your input. I do wish you would identify yourself.
This cloaking of identities and fear of making a statement in your specialties contributes to bad dentistry! Label it and call it what it is!
I also have found that there is a tremendous amount of politics involved in the dental profession. Imagine how difficult it is for a “lay person” to navigate. Who do you trust? No one can deny that I made a horrible decision to allow these dentists to work in my mouth and destroy my healthy teeth. I take full responsibility for my own stupidity and lack of knowledge in the dental profession for making such a poor choice, which I will pay for the rest of my life.
At this point in my care, I am listening to a general dentist that does not place implants. He has made me a “crutch to help me out” and he is encouraging me to give not only the dentist’s skills but the technology in cadaver and artificial bone placement a little more time before I start with any more surgeries to place implants.
Note: The Periodontist that referred me to go Up North – He wanted me to see Dr. Misch.
With respect to your psychiatric comment – you name the time and place and I will sit with the best therapist around and allow them to determine if publishing my dental experiences and outing these dentists was due to my mental shortcomings and/or emotional problems or my ethics. Paying for therapy is a luxury! This website is my therapy and to date I have spent in excess of $3,000 in paying people to put this together (this does not include my time).
P.S. Would you personally allow Dr. Richard Kaplan to do implant surgery in your mouth while you are unconscious? Would you allow Dr. Roy Blake to place a bridge in your mouth or better yet, work on one of your children?
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Nov 2/05 – RH – Arizona
You are a bright light of decency, and I wish to commend you on your courage and tenacity! So many people are victims of a badly flawed system, a system designed to protect the wealthy (dentists, doctors and their insurance companies). I hope you continue to inspire others to speak out.
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EP – Peer Review in any profession is Bad. This is the Fox guarding the chickens and they will take care of their own.
Nov 4/05 – Scardy Cat – St. Petersburg (Anonymous)
Thank God for you and your website. It’s not like I didn’t already have a clue that things like this were going on. But still, it was a relief to find out that my suspicions were correct and I am not just “paranoid” of dentists for no reason!
The reason I found your website is because I was trying to do some research to find a good, trust worthy dentist (oxymoron). …..I started at the Florida Department of Health website but quickly found that it was useless. They only report whether a dentist has a license. That does not mean the dentist is a good one. There is no history or information regarding the dentist, like where they went to school, how long they are practicing, have they been sued.
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EP – I have said it before the Florida Department of Health – MQA Division is Useless. They are incapable of policing dentists and protecting the Public!
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Dentist – Dr. G. (I do not know him)
I agree that the Florida Department of Health is a joke. They always have been and I am very doubtful that this will change. Their premise is “frustrate the hell out the victim and hope they go away!” I do have faith in you! If the system of “self-serving peer review” can be changed then I do believe you will be the catalyst.
Regarding your dental treatments by these dentists, this was “high risk” from the get go. I would not have undertaken this type of restoration in anyone’s mouth, especially since you could not see the missing tooth and were functioning fine. I cannot believe that Dr. Leonard Tolley, a general dentist, would even attempt to commence this type of restoration.
As far as you losing your healthy teeth and being responsible for this (i.e. grinding), at your age grinding would have shown on the teeth and this should have been part of the overall assessment in any proposed restoration. The fault of you losing your healthy teeth is the sole responsibility of these, as you call them, “dishonest and incompetent dentists”.
I will tell you that you will have one hell of a future to try and keep this lower left area functioning. If you came to me as a patient now, I would refer into a “teaching hospital”. I would even suggest that you leave the State of Florida for treatment.
I would love to see you on a 60 Minutes or Dateline. The profession that I started out in 35 years ago no longer exists. The new era of dentistry is to try and treat anything and everything whether it is in the patient’s best interest or not. How much money can we make vs. the actual risk to our practice?
EP – Thank you for the support.
If I do get a national news show, which I am striving for, my opening remarks will be “How does the Florida Department of Health determine that closing down an unlicensed dentist operating out of his home is in the public’s best interest, but still allow a licensed, unethical, dishonest and incompetent dentist to continue working out of a their office as being ok?
As a patient and consumer are you better off treating with a “slick dentist” or an old fashioned skilled and do only what is absolutely necessary dentist?”
The only way to stop bad dentistry is to educate the public – become a better consumer!
I have had e-mails from dental technicians that do not want to be named and they are telling me to do whatever I need to get national news.
In my opinion and that of many others, the dental industry is ruthless greed to the point of criminal activity. They are actually causing damages that are criminal, consisting of both fraud and assault.
I surfed the Internet and found websites that actually teach sales and patient negotiation to sell dental services. Is this ethical? Are these types of dentists and their staff training on how to sell dental services in the public’s best interest?
In my opinion the worst trait a human being can possess and exhibit is greed. Greed is a learned behavior and not a “fixable” trait.
In my opinion, I have shown through my teaching website, that the dentists that destroyed my healthy teeth were motivated strictly by greed and their actions were fraudulent and criminal. I have suffered damages that cannot be repaired.
Once again, be extremely careful in any dental treatment.
The
following are comments from a dentist I sought an opinion from and was upfront
about my website. He said, “please do
not name me.”
We
will call him “no name.”
He
said “it is an absolute shame what has been done to you. You put your trust in these people.”
“I
do not think that naming these dentists is necessary.”
He
did not like my point and was defensive that some dentists receive kickbacks
for referrals.
“Are
you teaching the public informed consent or are you more interested in seeking
revenge on these dentists. He felt the
public would not be interested in reviewing my dental records; they are
boring.”
He
did agree that I did not give informed consent. He said that it is not uncommon for “older”
dentists to not explain everything involved in dental treatments for a
patient’s informed consent.
He
said there is a 50/50 split in the dental industry on whether a dental implant
/ surgery site needs to be covered up with tissue for proper integration into
the bone.
He
was concerned that the bottom splint I wear at night caused the back implant to
not heal properly (I told him that the splint was not worn when this implant
started uncovering at 10 days).
He
agreed that my top 2 teeth have dropped down and that an upper appliance should
have been made and not this lower splint to prevent this.
He
also agreed that I need to try to get the bone grafts done and pursue more
dental implants. He does not want to see
me struggling with a removable appliance/denture.
He
also cautioned me to keep the surgical sites free of appliances (no
prosthetics) in order to ensure optimum healing / integration of the grafts and
implants into my jawbone.
E.P.
In
my opinion, these dentists should be named.
They sold me and were well paid for “dental treatments” that should not
have been done, poorly planned, and inadequate follow up care. Information is missing from my files and my
questions are not being answered.
They
also did not give me the opportunity for informed consent as they are legally
required to do. In my opinion, they
committed fraud and I have suffered damages that cannot be repaired.
These
dental professionals are operating businesses -- big businesses and the
competition is tight. I see no reason
for them to be “exempt” from the public’s view and knowledge. If you want to treat with the dentists that
destroyed my healthy teeth, this is your decision. Just make sure you give informed consent.
What are the chances of them doing the same thing to you if you know what is
legally required with informed consent?
If
I want revenge, it would not be done by shamefully publishing what has been
done to my teeth and stepping into the public’s eye and laying myself on the
line. I would not spend the money or the
time to set up a teaching website for the public’s access.
As
well, I would not have given anyone involved in my dental treatments the
opportunity to respond to my website when it was launched. I have been 100% more ethical and fair with
these dentists than they were with me.
I
also feel that my dental records need to be made available to the public to
show my credibility and that my statements and experiences are truthful. With all due respect, my dental tragedy is so
horrific, I do not believe that anyone would believe me.
I
have not asked these dentists that destroyed my teeth for my money back. I feel that they obviously need it more than
I do and more than I needed my healthy teeth.
Who am I to take from them? They
have families, images, possessions to be had and lifestyles to maintain.
I
am just a single girl missing her lower left molars and facing a future that
does not look so good (physically or financially). My life has been challenging enough without
having my healthy teeth destroyed in order to “prevent future jaw problems.”
Dental
Assistant in Northern Palm Beach County
(does not want to be identified)
I
do not know whether to applaud you for exposing the greed in our dental
profession or tell you to shut your mouth.
There are a lot of people working in this industry and dependent upon
their jobs.
I
started assisting over 20 years ago in New Jersey and do admit that I do see
more abuse and people that have been bastardized (overtreated and poorly
treated) by dentists in Florida than I did up North. None of the work done in your mouth was
necessary. It was elective at best.
Not
all dentists would have done these dental treatments to you and I hope you do
not frighten the public from seeking dental care.
My
heart and prayers go out to you. As
someone not in the industry, you are wielding a very powerful tool with this
website. I do believe you will prevent
other people from bad dentistry and unnecessary pain and suffering.
Try
not to generalize or portray dentistry based upon these 4 dentists and what
happened to you.
P.S. They should be identified so as not to be confused with honest dentists.
E.P.
They
definitely should be identified!
I
have no intention of trying to teach that all dentists would have done these
dental treatments to me or carried them out in the manner they were. I have met honest and skilled dentists since
this tragedy took place that do not support these treatments, procedures or the
dentists that performed them. I have had
dentists look at me, shake their heads and address me with sincere pity.
If
all I accomplish is to allow the public to question themselves with respect to
dental treatments that have been proposed and are considering and help them
make an informed decision, I consider the website a success.
Local
Dentist – Dr. T. (I do not know him)
Sorry
for what was done to you! You have
experienced the ugly side of our profession.
I know Blake and his group PB Prosthodontics and I was shocked at his
“large bridge” and the fact that he sent you to Richard Kaplan for
implants? Stuart Feldman is the
Periodontist he refers to for implants and Feldman would have made sure that
they were done successfully and he would not have needed any input from Blake
as to size, type or placement location.
Blake
and Tolley are legally required to turn over the models of your mouth – I would
aggressively pursue this. Maybe you can
appeal to a local Judge and try and get a court order. With respect to Blake requesting and getting
your records from Dr. Guttierez after he turned in his response to the Florida
Department of Health and you were no longer his patient? I cannot believe that PB Prostodontics gave
you a copy of this “horrendous error in
judgement” request. This is not
acceptable at all or legal.
I
did go through your dental records and agree that you did not give informed
consent for these dental procedures.
Regarding the Florida Department of Health’s investigation – I cannot
imagine why they would send you to Dr. Robert Ferris for a clinical assessment
of these dentist’s actions.
For
what it is worth, the Florida Board of Dentistry and the ADA do not recognize
dental implantology as a legitimate specialty.
As it stands now, any general dentistry can perform these
procedures.
FYI
- General Dentists are aggressively pursued by Continuing Education Courses
(contained within golf trips to Arizona, etc.) to attend and pick up a few
pointers so we can incorporate dental implantology into our General Dentist
services (both placement and restoration).
They guarantee us increase in our gross sales if we learn these
techniques and offer them to our patients.
I
wish I could help you but the type of extensive restoration you require is not
something I do. At this point, I am not
sure who to recommend you to locally that you would be comfortable with. Dr. Feldman might be worth a visit. I do not think he will support what has been
done to you.
FYI
– It is official! Blake is leaving PB
Prosthodontics in March /05 – after 20 years.
It was also rumored that Kay is retiring? Does Blake’s departure have any connection
to
the dental treatments he carried out on you?
Do you think his partners (Keough & Kay) supported him or approved
of his work in your mouth? Maybe you can
write his soon to be ex-partners and ask them to forward the models of your
mouth before Blake cleans out his office and exits.
EP
–
Thank
you for the info – In my opinion Palm Beach Prosthodontic’s dentists / partners
are too arrogant and flagrant in their skills to assume any responsibility for
the permanent damage that Blake has done to my mouth. Do they care?
In my opinion, only if it affects their gross sales.
The
fact that my models are not being turned over, in my opinion, is an obvious
display that doing so would not be in Blake’s or Palm Beach Prosthodontics best
interest. I am sure that they have been
thoroughly destroyed in order to contain evidence, which can be used against
Blake and Palm Beach Prosthodontics to support my claims. I was surprised that the Florida Department
of Health did not request these models for their investigation. I am sure that this would have made the
process too “black and white” and simplified.
I
also recently uncovered that the Florida Department of Health’s Division of
Board of Dentistry does not recognize dental implantology as a specialty. Why is this not information not posted on
their Website? How does this Division,
which is responsible to protect the public from poor dentistry, incompetent
dentists and unnecessary treatments assess dental implant complaints (both
placement and restoration)? What
criteria are they working with? Given
that any general dentist in Florida can work on patients with dental implant
therapy, in my opinion, my mouth boldly displays why controls need to be
implemented immediately to protect the public.
Presently,
I am pursuing my questions on a different level within the State of Florida’s,
Department of Health and will post upon receipt. I will not back down from this.
Bravo to you and this site. I am convinced that dentistry has become like the auto repair business. I had a terrible time trying to get my records from Coastal Dental in Tampa. I wish you luck and I’m sorry about your bad experience.
E. Prentice
I have had a number of e-mails from people applauding myself for coming forward, telling the truth and giving others the opportunity to have a better understanding of the dental industry.
I sincerely hope that I have shown you that you do have a responsibility as a human being to come forward and help others by telling your story.
I have never claimed to be the “sharpest tool in the box”, however I really was exploited and taken advantage of by these dental professionals to my personal detriment. If I had access to a website such as this one, I never would have allowed these dentists to “sell me” their services.
A lot of my friends believe in Karma. I do not know if I subscribe to this theory, however, I do believe that the dentists who destroyed my healthy teeth are probably a lot more careful in the services they sell and ultimately perform on the public. I also think that I am the “largest accountability monkey” they will ever have riding on their backs. I am not going anywhere, my website is gaining momentum and their ethics and workmanship is now a permanent record for the public to see.
Do your homework on all dental treatments and make sure you give informed consent.
S. Edelstein – California
You are so brave to post this information. Years ago I saw several TV shows about dentists ruining people’s teeth just to make money. They are just as scammy as other professionals. We do need to let the public know what is going on.
R. Bensen – England
I came across your website via the Consumer Affairs web newsletter. Wonderful stuff! I live in England so I can’t really comment on US dentists but like the U.S. we have our make-as-much-money-as-possible merchants. Also, over here the State pays a fee to each dentist who treats National Health patients, they also get a small retainer for each State patient they have on the books.
Fortunately cosmetic dentistry is nowhere near as big here as in North America. I think it is wonderful that you have taken on the “dental professionals”. You deserve to win big time!
WHY DID YOU START THIS WEBSITE? WAS IT YOUR IDEA OR SOMEONE ELSE’S?
My teaching website was my idea entirely. My friends pushed me to see an attorney prior to publishing and I refused. The law is designed to intimidate lay people and I felt and still do that if you tell the truth there is nothing to fear.
I
spent approximately 2 years in severe depression, unable to grasp or accept
what these dentists had to done to me just to put money in their pockets. My anger was consuming me not just against
these dentists but also at myself for being so stupid and gullible. I finally realized that these were the cards
I was dealt and I could either allow them to consume me or turn such a horrific
assault into an example to teach others and hopefully prevent them from ending
up in my position.
I
am the face of dental greed, dishonest and incompetent dentists.
HOW
DID YOU FEEL AFTER THESE DENTISTS WITHDREW THEIR LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU?
I
felt that I had ethically and morally done the right thing in publishing what
was done to me by these dentists and giving the public the opportunity to have
access to information on dental treatments that is not readily available. This win also gave me a healthy dose of pride
again. I needed it after the beating I
took from these dentists.
I
was also extremely grateful and in awe of my attorneys (Paul Levy of Public
Citizen and Jim Green, ACLU). As one
local TV station said “here is a big win for the little guy”.
Everyone
knows that these dentists filed this lawsuit to try and intimidate me into to
shutting my mouth. It completely
backfired on them. In my opinion they
have succeeded in publishing their own greed, stupidity, incompetence and drawn
attention to their “dirty tricks”.
I
do not believe that these dentists in their wildest imagination ever thought
that I would get an attorney to fight for my right of freedom of speech. I got 2 attorneys! In my opinion, the attorney they hired to
harass myself, Bonnie Navin, had no intention or ability/experience to step
into the courtroom with Paul Levy and Jim Green. Now Dr. Tolley and Dr. Kaplan are squealing
because they do not want to pay my legal fees.
Too bad! In my opinion, they
deserve to pay these legal fees and a lot more!
NOTE:
Bonnie Navin is no longer working with her law
firm (McIntosh, Sawran, Peltz, Cartaya and Petrucelli) that filed this
frivolous suit against myself. Do you
suppose that her handling of the dentist’s claims against myself and her
inability to set hearing dates had anything to do with her leaving this law
firm? Remember, my lawyers filed a
Motion for Judgment in order to get this frivolous lawsuit dismissed. In my opinion, this law firm out of Fort
Lauderdale is still involved in Bonnie Navin’s actions or lack of. In fact, the Wall Street Journal reporter
stated, “Douglas McIntosh said they withdrew the case because we felt there was
enough of a cessation of the activity (the posting of information) that we
could not burden the court any further”.
I can assure you that this is a lie.
I have not altered or removed any information from my website. This statement from Douglas McIntosh, in my
opinion, is another example of a fraudulent statement to try and make
themselves look better. It is absolutely laughable. I encourage this law firm to send me evidence
to back up their statement. I will
display on my website.
I
strongly believe that conviction and intent is the most powerful and effective
emotion an individual can exhibit.
Anonymous
– Sept 25/05
I
was a certified dental assistant for 5 years and worked in NY and Florida. One office I worked for in Florida was a
denture practice where the 2 dentists that owned the practice repeatedly abused
poor, elderly patients and berated them (including ethnic slurs) for crying due
to the pain they were in from ill-fitting dentures. That was the last straw for me. I left the dental profession. Now I work at mediating disputes of all kinds
including dentistry and I continue to see situations such as yours. In fact, I seem to recall a ruling against
Dr. Roy C. Blake but it was a while ago and I handle thousands of cases so I am
not totally sure.
I
am sorry for your experience. I do
believe that you did the right thing by publishing names….. I wish more people
would “out” these poor practitioners as well as those in the medical field in
Florida. They should have their licenses
revoked. The Florida dental and medical
professions are clearly out of control.
It is too bad that most people find out that the person responsible for
their care could not be trusted. I have
seen many examples of doctors and dentists that have “amended” their records
after the fact to protect themselves and have gotten away with it without
receiving so much as a slap on the wrist.
We all pay for this in the end.
EP
– I promise you when I am finished that the “ professionals taking care of each
other and covering each other’s proverbial ass” will be a lot more difficult to
pull off. Private citizens are now
coming forward and publishing on the Internet and “outing / identifying”
dishonest and incompetent medical professionals. Other websites:
My
friends are curious as to how these dentists explain my website to their
patients. I believe that the majority of
patients (I was one of them) take the dentists referral and do not research the
recommendations or dentist. But I do
believe that 10-15% do research and if they go to these dentists that destroyed
my healthy teeth and confront them, I am sure that they are unable to explain
my website away. This must be an
unbelievable “monkey looking over their shoulder”. They never know when a patient will ask about
their workmanship in my mouth. I do not
believe that telling these people that “she is crazy and has misunderstood what
we did” is going to cut it. I do not
believe that I am the first person that has had their teeth bastardized /
destroyed by these dentists. I hope that
more victims come forward.