I've always had my suspicions how children were treated at Ocean Dental. I even made a trip to the one in Louisville, Kentucky and talked with a couple of parents. I was scared the children were receiving the same kind of care at Ocean as they do from FORBA/Small Smiles and NCDR/Kool Smiles, Smile Starters and other dental mill clinics. However, I'm only one person and my focus has been on Small Smiles and Kool Smiles.
Ocean Dental and Adventure Dental have been on my radar and did make the 'to do' list here at Dentist The Menace. A couple of weeks ago the two comments below were posted.
I was a employee of ocean dental. I was a hygienist that had to see 40- 50 patients a day. Ocean Dental commits Medicaid fraud and something needs to be done! RDH
I worked at ocean dental. ocean dental should be investigated. I also heard children cry and a doctor tell the kids to shout up. They give to much nitrous. the children are getting sick, wont allow parents to come back. now they are committing insurance fraud: bad filling!! RCT (Root Canal Therapy) failures, abscesses and fistulas not treated because they are to busy. They have fired over 20 people in three years in the Louisville office because they had been good employees, and didn't like what went on. Someone needs to do something. I reported it to the dental board but nothing is done!! Health care and being poor should never be at the cost of our children. RDH
I hope this employee or ex-employee takes this a step further and files a Qui Tam (Whistler Blower) lawsuit. Surely there is some attorney in Kentucky willing to take this on. In light of the recent settlement by FORBA and their Small Smiles clinics it's clear the same kind of abuse and fraud is taking place. Let me appeal to "greed"...Imagine the $$'s to be made here. As for the employee, 10% of the settlement is usually a pretty good chunk of change...
To the poster:
I understand your frustration with the dental board. I've written them several times, the last time ended up more like a book and have not heard a word from them. I sent a copy of this letter to 8 lawmakers in Kentucky and I've not heard back from them either. Clearly they could care less. But know this, I care!
