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2006/10/14

Dental Assistant at office where 5-year-old died had no training

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@ 09:03 PM (22 months, 15 days ago)
At The Hearing, to see if the Dentist should have his license reinstated his assistant, a woman actually asked th Board-- What's a stethoscope?
 Her dentist gave 5-year-old Diamond Brownridge four times the amount of anesthesia for her size, then left her alone with a dental assistant who had no formal training and didn't even know what a stethoscope is, according to testimony Friday at a state hearing over whether the dentist should lose his license.

The state suspended the dental license of Hicham Riba on Sept. 29, two days after Diamond died on life support.

Attorneys for the state Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on Friday told an administrative law judge that Riba gave Diamond a fatal overdose of oral and intravenous sedatives that put the 35-pound kindergartner into an irreversible coma, and that the dentist isn't even licensed to practice deep sedation -- only conscious sedation.

"Although these doses were already high, additional doses were given," said veteran oral surgeon and University of Illinois Professor William Flick, testifying as the state's expert witness. "All of the effects of these drugs are additive. The more drugs, the more you're going to see the negative side effects . . . respiratory and cardiovascular depression."

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2006/10/2

State Suspends Dentist Riba's License After 5-year old Dies

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@ 06:16 AM (22 months, 28 days ago)
Report alleges he didn't monitor girl's pulse or breathing.....
A dentist failed to monitor the pulse, breathing and blood pressure of the 5-year-old girl who slipped into a coma and eventually died when she received a sedative mix of Valium, nitrous oxide and several other drugs, according to a state report.

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2006/9/26

Child in Coma After Dentist Visit Gone Terribly Wrong, Dies

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@ 03:06 AM (23 months, 4 days ago)
Okay, Mothers in Internet Land, LISTEN, UP!   Your child complains of teeth pain and she is just 5 years old.  You take her to a dentist for a consultation.  The denist tells you he will repair the cavities, but first in order to do that he must put her to sleep.  No. No. No.  This is a consult not to be taken lighty.  Go to another dentist for a second opinion.  And whatever you do, remain with your child at all times and do not allow them to start an IV and out your child under heavy sedation.  Here's a tragic, but, preventable situation that just happened over the weekend.     Diamond Brownridge, a 5-year-old Chicago girl remained in a coma this morning after she was sedated during a visit to the dentist and never woke up. She is now in critical condition at Children's Memorial hospital and not expected to survive.   A few things don't add up.  First, why would any dentist put such a young child under sedation?  Especially when it's to work on a couple cavities.  Where was the specialist to administer the drugs?  Why wasn't the mother allowed to stay in the room?Diamond Brownridge   

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