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Georgia Dentist Accused of Assaulting Sedated Patients

By Conaway and Strickler

A Carrolton dentist is facing a 12-count indictment, including three felonies, alleging that he assaulted patients when they were sedated. According to an article in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 55-year-old Dr. Gordon Trent Austin faces nine counts of simple battery, two counts of aggravated assault and one count of first-degree child cruelty. The incidents reportedly involved eight patients. One of those patients filed a lawsuit against the dentist March 26 alleging he was physically abusive to her during a visit in May 2006. The suit accuses Austin of extracting the patient?s teeth without sufficient anesthesia and then hitting her in the face with a heavy metal object when she tried to resist. Austin?s defense attorney is saying that the woman?s account of events in the civil lawsuit, are ?erroneous...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on May 10, 2008 (boomark / email).