There have been 24 pediatric deaths related to complications due to dental procedures in the past seven years. This number accounts only for reported pediatric deaths. Shockingly, of the 24 pediatric deaths occurring within the seven year period, 11 have been within the last 21 months. 52% of the deaths have occurred since April of 2010! What once may have been viewed as a rarity has clearly become an epidemic. Wake-up Dr. Milton Houpt!
If you add the adult deaths, the numbers skyrocket. If we knew the exact number of pediatric deaths and adult deaths I think everyone would be is shock! Many are unreported as taking place during dental procedures. Just last week I heard from a person whose friend’s husband had died in Florida just a few months ago during a dental procedure. She said the man had been dead for 15 minutes before the dental assistant brought it to his attention. This never saw the pages of a news paper or a spot on the evening news. There are hundreds more of these same kind of stories. Mr. Milton Houpt ,the ADA and the AAPD do NOT want the true numbers told, it’s a $3 billion dollar a year industry!
Here is a memo sent out by the AAPD after the death of Jacobi Hill in Richmond, Virginia in 2010.
Nor does the DOCS Education program; a drive thru; weekend; three day seminar to teach dentist the fine art of sedation. Used to help general dentists increase services and revenue streams. A very dangerous one at that!
Someone has suggested it’s only a coincidence that the major dental agencies that set the standards and shape state rules and regulations are all located at the same address in Chicago: 211 E. Chicago Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry
American Student Dental Association
American College of Prosthodontists
American Association of Endodontists
and…drum roll please…..
Just a coincidence?
The ADA owns the building and simply leases it to other organizations, no conspiracy?
I say Hogwash!!
