The US security authorities have arrested a woman who extracted 13 teeth from a patient after giving her anesthesia.
This strange and painful incident occurred in Washoe County in the US state of Nevada, where 42-year-old Laurel Eich also stole about 23 thousand US dollars from the dental clinic office where she works as a doctor’s assistant, according to the British newspaper, “Daily Mail”.
During her interrogation, Eich admitted that she had extracted 13 teeth from a patient after giving her anesthesia, and that she had also performed several unauthorized medical procedures using an expired anesthetic.
Dental assistant Laurel Eich, 42, is charged with impersonating a dentist to pull 13 teeth from a drugged patient and stealing $23K from the office, despite not having a medical license, authorities said Thursday.🦷😬 pic.twitter.com/3RJJV7iVel
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The woman was charged with burglary, grand theft, conspiracy to commit burglary and carrying out an operation without a license. In addition, Eck faces charges of violating a probationary period and of serving a suspended sentence, which did not state the purpose of extracting the victim’s teeth.