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US Dentist Accused of Sexual Impropriety
October 15, 2007 at 6:28 PM
Dental News
Dr.Mark K.Anderson, a dentist has had a thriving dental practice in the idyllic small town of Woodland in California in US and is father of seven.
Many of his patients say he was kind and caring, always upbeat and ready with a corny joke.
But he is in deep trouble now. As many as 27 women have come forward to accuse the 48-year-old doctor of groping them in the examination chair.
The Yolo County District Attorney's Office has filed two misdemeanor charges of battery and sexual battery against the dentist based on one patient's allegations. It is investigating complaints by the other women to determine whether additional charges should be filed.
The state dental board has suspended Anderson's license, but Attorney Robert Zaro told administrative law judge Jonathan Lew at a hearing Thursday that he should let Anderson keep his dental license while disciplinary appeals proceed. Anderson would be supervised by two assistants and would no longer do the chest rubs, Zaro said.
Zaro said Anderson needed to keep seeing patients so he can feed his seven children and pay for his defense.
The judge made no immediate decision.
Police say Anderson said during recorded phone calls that he routinely massaged patients' chests to treat temporo-mandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, which causes neck and head pain.
The allegations have left friends and relatives unable to reconcile their picture of a devoted, church-going father with the sordid stories of inappropriate touching told by his accusers.
Many of his patients say he was kind and caring, always upbeat and ready with a corny joke.
But he is in deep trouble now. As many as 27 women have come forward to accuse the 48-year-old doctor of groping them in the examination chair.
The Yolo County District Attorney's Office has filed two misdemeanor charges of battery and sexual battery against the dentist based on one patient's allegations. It is investigating complaints by the other women to determine whether additional charges should be filed.
The state dental board has suspended Anderson's license, but Attorney Robert Zaro told administrative law judge Jonathan Lew at a hearing Thursday that he should let Anderson keep his dental license while disciplinary appeals proceed. Anderson would be supervised by two assistants and would no longer do the chest rubs, Zaro said.
Zaro said Anderson needed to keep seeing patients so he can feed his seven children and pay for his defense.
The judge made no immediate decision.
Police say Anderson said during recorded phone calls that he routinely massaged patients' chests to treat temporo-mandibular joint disorder, or TMJ, which causes neck and head pain.
The allegations have left friends and relatives unable to reconcile their picture of a devoted, church-going father with the sordid stories of inappropriate touching told by his accusers.
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12/17/2007
dr anderson is a great man he is very respectable dr anderson would never do this.I have been a patient seven years god bless you
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