2008-07-06 Dentist disciplined for breaching rules, then has license yanked over tax liability

The Board of Dentistry licenses dental professionals and enforces state laws and regulations governing dental care. When dentists get in trouble, the board metes out punishment in conjunction with the state attorney general.

Gwendolyn Timberlake, a St. Paul dentist, has been a focus of complaints and disciplinary action by the Minnesota Board of Dentistry since 2000. But until Timberlake became delinquent on her taxes, the state let her keep practicing dentistry.

In 2004, the board put conditions on Timberlakes license based on "substandard periodontal care, substandard prosthodontic care, unprofessional conduct (prosthodontic work that was billed for but not completed), as well as continuing concerns" about recordkeeping and infection control, according to Marshall Shragg, executive director of the Board of Dentistry.

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