Open Up and Say "Aaaaah!"

An office manager who sold sexual aids via office telephone.

A dentist who treated patients while wearing a belly-dancing costume.

A
woman who said she thought her "face was going to explode" after having
two teeth pulled and who later received emergency room treatment for an
infection.

False prescriptions written for staff members or patients.

After-hours office parties with liquor, body shots and sex.

A dental assistant who described overall patient safety as "terrifying."

These
complaints, and others, were filed by patients and employees against
Waterville dentist Dr. Denise A. Nadeau. They are detailed in reports
by Karen Packard, an investigator for the state Board of Dental
Examiners, and in findings by the board. The documents are public
record and were obtained by the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel
through a Freedom of Access request.

The Board of Dental
Examiners suspended Nadeau's license for six months beginning March 17,
and put her on five years' probation with numerous conditions after
hearing from co-workers and patients of Nadeau's at two dental offices.

After
three days of hearings, the board voted unanimously to find Nadeau
incompetent in several areas of dentistry practice, used a controlled
substance for purposes other than dentistry, inappropriately prescribed
or administered drugs, failed to follow infection control guidelines,
violated standards of record-keeping, and violated board standards
governing sexual conduct.