Two Arizona women face felony charges for allegedly impersonating dentists and performing unlicensed dental work on unwitting patients, including injecting anesthesia and extracting teeth. According to an indictment filed in the Superior Court of Maricopa County, Melissa M. Pavey, 45, and Jolene E. Houchens, 38, used drills, lasers and surgical tools on at least five people between July 2016 and December 2017. The women operated out of an office in Glendale, where they charged victims thousands of dollars for illegal procedures, according to the Arizona Attorney General’s Office. In one instance, Pavey and Houchens allegedly charged a man $6,000 for a tooth extraction. In another, a Glendale woman had multiple teeth extracted by the pair in January 2017, authorities said.

Source: Huffington Post April 26, 2018 19:23 UTC