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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>You can listen to the story here: </span></font></b><a
href="http://audioboo.fm/boos/606699-pullman-dentist-charged-again">http://audioboo.fm/boos/606699-pullman-dentist-charged-again</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Pullman Dentist Charged Again<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>A <st1:place w:st="on">Pullman</st1:place> dentist is facing his fifth
set of charges in ten years by the Washington State Department of Health,
stemming from alleged unprofessional conduct.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>WDOH officials filed the newest claim against Alfred Fairbanks in
November after he prescribed a patient 220 Vicodin pills in two months back in
2008.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>This was despite pharmacists allegedly telling <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:place></st1:City> the man had gotten more painkillers
from an emergency room prescription just three days prior.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>The charges go on to say the dentist allegedly never searched for
evidence of a possible addiction and failed to record any treatment plan after
pulling each of the man’s teeth.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><font size=5
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>Fairbanks</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> first had his license suspended by the DOH
in 2001 after poorly restoring two patient’s teeth; one of which had no
evidence of it being necessary and the other’s needed to be re-done by a
different dentist.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>Records show he failed to serve his 30 day suspension within the
parameters given by the agency, along with never reimbursing the patient for
the improper care and was given an additional 60 day license suspension and
fined five thousand dollars.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>D-O-H officials eventually fined <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:place></st1:City>
25-thousand dollars total and temporarily pulled his credentials again after he
extracted six patient’s teeth without informed consent and failed to keep
proper medical records.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>Doctor Fairbanks could not be reached for comment.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>Alfred Fairbank’s son Dr. Jonathan Fairbanks runs a separate
practice within the same building, but was not implicated in any of the allegations.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=5 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
16.0pt'>Officials say the elder <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Fairbanks</st1:place></st1:City>
will have 20 days to respond to the charges.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=previewmsgtextvisualiefloatfix><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>James Dawson</span></span></font></span><br>
<span class=previewmsgtextvisualiefloatfix>Public Affairs Reporter</span><br>
<span class=previewmsgtextvisualiefloatfix>Inland Northwest Broadcasting</span><br>
<st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><span
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w:st="on">83848</st1:PostalCode></span></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
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