Yesterday, another child was abused and traumatized at Smile Starters in Fayetteville, North Carolina. This child's father is a member of our military serving our country with pride.
The abusers were dental assistants Sonya and Christy and the dentist Dr. Rafael (Raf) Rivera, Michael DeRose and Tish Ballance's hand picked successor to run their Smile Starter clinics.
Until yesterday this was a bright and energetic 29 month old little boy, today he's bruised, scratched, withdrawn, not eating and having other intestinal track issues.
I called the Fayetteville office – 910-864-9884 to see if they had any comment, Debbie at the office, said they did not.
Tricare contracts with this house of horrors to provide dental services to our military families. SHAME on TriCare, SHAME of The Department Of Defense, but most of all SHAME on The North Carolina Dental Board for not closing the doors on these places. The board knows full well what happens to children here.