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Kitchen Nightmare: 5 Teeth Extracted At Long Island Woman's Unlicensed Home Dentistry, DA Says Kitchen Nightmare: 5 Teeth Extracted At Long Island Woman's Unlicensed Home Dentistry, DA Says
Kitchen Nightmare: 5 Teeth Extracted At Long Island Woman's Unlicensed Home Dentistry, DA Says A Long Island woman is accused of practicing unlicensed dentistry from the kitchen of her one-bedroom apartment, putting at least one patient’s health at risk, prosecutors alleged. Gladys Serrano, 70, of Hempstead, was arraigned on a felony count of unauthorized practice of a profession in Nassau County Court on Tuesday, Dec. 10. It came after she conducted dental procedures, including extractions, from a makeshift setup in her apartment on Greenwich Street, according to the DA’s office. The investigation began after a victim contacted Serrano in July 2024 for a tooth extraction. According…