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Cops: Millionaire Dentist Buys $40 in Pizza on Student's Lost Credit Card

Chew on this: Police say a millionaire dentist used a stolen credit card to buy $40 worth of pizza -- then bragged to investigators about his net worth. Even though he had $250 in his wallet, Richard Lewis Ludwig didn't hesitate to charge $40.64 on a stranger's credit card that he found on Friday in a shopping center's...

Churchill's Choppers Auctioned for $23,723

(July 30) -- When Winston Churchill told the British Parliament he had "nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat," he was talking about the prospects of war, but he could have just as easily been referring to his dental work. Seems Churchill had serious dental problems since childhood and needed dentures to...

Sandwich to Be Renamed for Man With Lockjaw

(April 5) -- A Georgia man bit off more than he could chew -- literally -- when he dislocated his jaw while trying to eat a super-sized sandwich. Chad Ettmueller, a structured settlement broker in Cumming, Ga., suffered a locked jaw for 14 hours after biting into a double meat, double cheese sandwich. But what may be...

Dentist Charged Over Using Paper Clips in Root Canals

(March 16) -- Open wide and say "fraud." A grand jury in Bristol County, Mass., has indicted a dentist for bilking Medicare for false claims, Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley said today. Michael Clair, 51, stands accused of using pieces of paper clips for root canal procedures, then billing Medicare for much...

Background on dentist

A dentist, also known as a 'dental surgeon', is a doctor that specializes in the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases and conditions of the oral cavity.

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