Watkins v. North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners

MARTIN, Justice.

Petitioner, Paul E. Watkins, is a dentist licensed to practice dentistry in North Carolina who limits his practice in this state 1 to the specialty area of orthodontics. Based on formal complaints initiated by three of petitioner’s patients — John Casto, Conrad Naico, and Sabrina Wolfe — the North Carolina Board of Dental Examiners (Dental Board or the Board) held an administrative hearing to determine if petitioner had violated applicable provisions of the Dental Practice Act, N.C.G.S. § 90-22 to 90-48.3 (2003). The evidence presented at the hearing included documentary…