Legal Opinion
D'AMOUR v. Board of Registration in Dentistry
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 19, 1991PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, C.J.
On October 18, 1989, the Board of Registration in Dentistry (board) suspended Robert D’Amour’s license to practice dentistry in the Commonwealth for three years, to be followed by a probationary period of three years. The board found that D’Amour: (1) committed malpractice in failing to observe, document, and discuss a cancerous lesion inside the mouth of a seventy-nine year old patient, and in inserting dentures after observing the lesion; (2) failed adequately to inform a minor patient and her parents what they could reasonably expect from an unorthodox treatment; (3) engaged in irregular…
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