How about a very unsettling way to start the day? According to Ryan Jaslow at CBS News, three infections have been linked to a denver dentist accused of reusing needles for more than a decade at his Highlands Ranch, Colo. office. The dentist, Dr. Stephen Stein, is also part of an ongoing investigation into prescription fraud, according to Jaslow.
Also according to Jaslow:
The health department had previously sent letters to 8,000 of Stein’s former patients urging them to get tested for HIV and hepatitis B and C in addition to informing the media of the potential risk to cast a wider net on Stein’s former patients.
So, if you have the misfortune of being a former patient of Stein’s, you should probably get checked. You probably need to find a new dentist, too.
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Content Managing Editor Nic Turiciano is a senior journalism major. He writes about music, film, pop culture and all things associated with leisure. He began at the Collegian in the fall of 2009, is the former local director for 90.5 KCSU Fort Collins and contributor for www.theawl.com. He can be reached at entertainment@collegian.com.
