Seth Lookhart is facing 42 criminal charges and numerous civil lawsuits. Prosecutors allege he overused sedatives to defraud Medicaid and extracted a tooth while riding a hoverboard.
Anchorage dentist Seth Lookhart listens to his lawyer Paul Stockler question a witness Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 during his trial for Medicaid fraud and"unlawful dental acts."
Lookhart and Cranford started performing IV sedations while he worked for Alaska Dental Arts in 2015, according to the charges. He bought the business and changed the name to Clear Creek Dental the next year. Former patient Joseph Smith testified Tuesday that four of his teeth were removed without his permission. He’d visited Clear Creek Dental numerous times for appointments leading up to the extraction and said the plan was to pull his remaining top teeth to fit him for dentures and leave the bottom four, fitting him for partial dentures.
Joseph Smith asks his former dentist Seth Lookhart"How did I end up with a full bottom, not a partial ? Explain that to me, explain that one!" on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 during Lookhart's trial for Medicaid fraud and"unlawful dental acts." Smith alleges that while he was under anesthesia, Lookhart extracted four teeth unnecessarily.
Another patient, Nickolas Seifert, testified that Lookhart “created more problems instead of fixing them.” Charges said Lookhart “scheduled procedures that could have been completed in a single day over the course of multiple visits so they could bill for additional IV sedation procedures.” Lookhart’s attorney, Paul Stockler, pointed to positive reviews left by both patients. He also said Lookhart’s office made the second set of dentures for Smith at no cost “because he felt bad” and said the office tried to fix the problem each time Smith returned.
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