Horrifying Dentist Allegedly Choked Kids, Took Out Teeth for No Reason

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion!!

http://gawker.com/horrifying-dentist-allegedly-choked-kids-took-out-teet-1706062236

A Florida pediatric dentist and possible demon from your nightmares made flesh is being sued by nearly 50 patients for allegedly performing unnecessary surgery on kids—pulling out their teeth for no reason, and in some cases hitting or choking them.

Parents have been protesting outside Dr. Howard Schneider’s office for three weeks, and CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360 brought national attention to the case on Wednesday, showing cell phone video of a child screaming in Schneider’s chair and interviewing a little girl who ended up with seven teeth pulled instead of just one.

“She was hyperventilating and had blood all over her, marks all over her,” the girl’s mom, Brandi Motley, said. “In the parking lot, she takes her gauze out, and all of her teeth are gone. What happened to all of her teeth?”...

After Motley put photos of her daughter’s dental horror on Facebook, the parents of the alleged victims started coming forward with their own horror stories, resulting in a class action for assault and battery. (Motley and her daughter dropped out from that suit, but are pursuing a separate medical malpractice case against Schneider).

[pinboy3niner]

1. I suspect there's a molar to this story

[KamaAina]

2. I hope they get to the root of the problem

[pinboy3niner]

3. Poor guy was dammed if he do and dammed if he don't

[Initech]

4. I stopped reading at "Florida".

[WinkyDink]

5. Iss it safe?

[pinboy3niner]

7. LOL!

Great movie reference!

[onehandle]

6. Florida Man got a dental degree. nt

[CrawlingChaos]

8. I'll bet they wore these masks

My heart goes out to these kids though. A lifetime of dentalphobia stretches before them, I suspect.

[KamaAina]

9. If they have any teeth left to be taken care of.

[CrawlingChaos]

11. Hopefully they were baby teeth

Although I suppose they could have functional problems till their permanent teeth come in.

But this is exactly how phobias are born. I never had any fear of the dentist until one harrowing dental ordeal and I've been a white knuckle patient ever since. I try to smile and joke about it but I'm trembling as soon as I hit the chair. My dentist is really sweet about it - he puts a blanket over me to help me stop shaking. I keep hoping someday I'll get over it. Hey - at least I'm in a lot of good company.

I hope these kids will be more resilient, being so young.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. Those masks are somehow scary and creepy.

If they work, great, but I wonder...

[appalachiablue]

10. Sadist monster-

[onethatcares]

13. one at a time

he should be strapped in a chair and one tooth at a time pulled with vice grips, no anesthesia. Start in the front by rocking each tooth back and forth until they break off.

I have dentaphobia too, caused by some sick s.o.b. in the 1960s. Dr Stanton, rot in hell.

[AngryOldDem]

14. I had a bad experience as a 5-year-old...

...and I don't see any of the humor here. This will likely affect how these kids see dentists and dentistry for the rest of their lives.

Heard on the news this morning that this guy has given up his license. Most of the procedures, as far as I could tell, were totally uncalled for in kids that young.

[NewJeffCT]

15. I'm normally against torture

but, I might be persuaded to make an exception for this monster. How about we pull all his teeth out with pliers? No anesthesia.

[jmowreader]

16. Sounds like a combination of the Little Shop of Horrors dentist and Medicaid fraud

According to the article, Medicaid pays him on a per-tooth rather than a per-patient basis.