Dentist who extracted tooth on hoverboard sentenced to 12 years in prison
He was convicted on charges of reckless endangerment, illegally practicing dentistry and medical assistance fraud
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An Alaska dentist who extracted a patient’s tooth while riding on a hoverboard has been sentenced to 12 years behind bars for that stunt and other wheel-y bad crimes.
Seth Lookhart was sentenced Monday in Anchorage Superior Court on dozens of charges that stemmed from his scooting antics to Medicaid fraud and removing a patient’s teeth without their permission, the Anchorage Daily News reported.
ALASKA DENTIST FILMED EXTRACTING TOOTH WHILE ON HOVERBOARD CONVICTED ON 46 COUNTS
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He was convicted back in January on charges of reckless endangerment, illegally practicing dentistry and medical assistance fraud.
“In reviewing all this over and over again, I have this visceral response — you darn near killed some people,” Judge Michael Wolverton said in handing down the sentence.
ALASKA DENTIST RODE HOVERBOARD WHILE PERFORMING PROCEDURE, AUTHORITIES SAY
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The court heard testimony at his trial from patient Veronica Wilhelm, who was sedated when he was recorded performing her tooth extraction on a hoverboard in July 2016.
In the cellphone video, Lookhart could be seen riding away from the procedure with his hands triumphantly in the air.
He allegedly texted a video of the stunt to at least eight people, joking that it was a “new standard of care,” NBC News reported.
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Lookhart — who had his dental license suspended in 2017 — was also ordered by the judge not to practice medicine during his 10-year probation once he’s released from prison, the Anchorage Daily News reported.