Fake dentist used nail glue to attach veneers, causing patient to undergo 'emergency dental care,' cops say

A Florida pistillate is accused of performing dentistry without a licence and inserting veneers connected patients who subsequently had to person exigency surgery.

Emely Martinez, 35, faces astatine slightest 4 counts of practicing dentistry without a licence successful 2 counties successful the Sunshine State, on with a strategy to defraud charge.

Martinez allegedly advertised connected societal media nether the sanction Itsthe Veneerlady to insert the veneers for a dramatically cheaper terms than the going rate, cops said, according to a probable origin affidavit reviewed by Law&Crime. In 1 case, Martinez incorrectly enactment successful the veneers, causing the diligent "pain and injury," cops wrote. A existent dentist had to execute "emergency dental surgery" to prevention her earthy teeth and discovered Martinez allegedly utilized "nail glue" to insert the veneers.

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The unfortunate told cops Martinez presented herself arsenic a licensed professional, but she aboriginal learned the fishy had nary specified certificate.

In different case, a unfortunate suffered "ongoing consequences" from Martinez's shoddy work, cops said. Martinez allegedly charged the pistillate $1,600, but the veneers kept falling out. The suspect tried putting them backmost successful connected 2 antithetic occasions but the aforesaid problems persisted, according to the affidavit. Martinez allegedly refused to refund the unfortunate and past "ceased contact." As a result, cops arrested Martinez connected a strategy to defraud charge.

Cops accidental Martinez was operating retired of a portion promenade successful Pinellas Park.

Pinellas Park Police Sgt. Windy Vater told local Fox affiliate WTVT that the victims person spent thousands of dollars trying to repair their teeth.

"She is not licensed to enactment successful veneers," said Vater. "She has nary schooling to bash veneers. And successful the authorities of Florida, evidently you person to beryllium licensed to bash immoderate benignant of enactment similar that."

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Martinez besides is facing a abstracted complaint of practicing dentistry without a licence successful Hillsborough County.

Unlicensed veneer techs person go specified an contented nationwide that the American Dental Association issued a statement successful May 2024, informing that the procedure, if not done properly, could origin "irreversible harm."

"Risks that whitethorn beryllium associated with services from unlicensed individuals see imaginable corruption from adhesives and curing devices that are not decently sterilized oregon from placing veneers implicit unhealthy teeth oregon untreated cavities; nervus harm from improperly trimming oregon filing the teeth; and imaginable choking hazard during placement," the connection said.

Martinez remained astatine the Pinellas County Jail arsenic of Monday greeting connected a enslaved of astir $40,000.