Dentist turns in license after patient death
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A Florida dentist has turned in his license, nearly four years after dropping a tool down the throat of a patient who later died.
The Board of Dentistry moved to revoke the license of Dr. Wesley Meyers, of Winter Park, at a meeting on Friday, but the dentist's attorney says Meyers decided to voluntarily hand over his license instead.
The complaint against Meyers involves a 90-year-old man who was seeking dental implants. In one visit, Meyers and his staff dropped a tiny screwdriver down the man's throat. It was later removed from his large intestine.
Records state that in a later procedure Meyers dropped a mini wrench that the patient inhaled. He died from complications.
Meyers was fined and prohibited from doing other implant procedures until receiving further training.