AUGUSTA — Called to testify in a case that may decide his professional future, Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax offered a careful and unbudging defense against state charges that he acted unprofessionally in cases involving five patients who spoke before him in the first two days of what may be a lengthy hearing. After 10 […]
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Jan Kippax fights for his dental license in state hearing
Dr. Jan Kippax attends a hearing before the Maine Board of Dental Examiners in Augusta on Friday. AUGUSTA — Catherine Clavet of Danville told a state dental panel Friday that when she went to a Lewiston oral surgeon 13 months ago, she wound up screaming in pain for half an hour or more while she […]
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Kippax's lawyer calls dental panel biased as hearing gets underway
Maine Board of Dental Practice at a recent meeting. AUGUSTA — On the eve of a hearing that may determine whether Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax is allowed to continue to practice, his lawyer issued a blistering attack on the state oversight board that will determine the dentist’s fate. The Maine Board of Dental Practice, […]
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Dental oversight panel schedules Kippax hearing
AUGUSTA — The Maine Board of Dental Practice has scheduled a hearing Friday, Sept. 29, on whether Dr. Jan Kippax should be allowed to practice in Maine. The board suspended the Lewiston oral surgeon’s license last winter and issued a preliminary finding that he had “put the health and safety of his patients and staff […]
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Jan Kippax may face dental license hearing soon
AUGUSTA — The long-delayed hearing about whether Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax should retain his license to practice dentistry is likely to take place in the next few months. The hearing officer in the case, Mark Terison, told members of the Maine Board of Dental Practice on Friday that he hopes to hear the case […]
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Kippax attorney says dental board 'intolerably biased'
LEWISTON — The lawyer for Dr. Jan Kippax, who’s been under a cloud since the Maine Board of Dental Practice briefly suspended his license last winter, said Thursday that regulators are “intolerably biased” against the longtime oral surgeon. James Belleau, an Auburn attorney, called the board’s 30-day suspension of Kippax “an impulsive action” that “deprived […]
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Jan Kippax reopens Lewiston dental office
LEWISTON — A colorful yellow flag out front of Androscoggin Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery’s office in an old house on Main Street on Wednesday simply said, “OPEN.” Out on the curb, a sign with white letters on a red background, said, “TOOTH PAIN? STOP IN!” The other side of the sign promised “Wisdom Tooth Removal.” […]
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Kippax a great asset
This is in response to Angelo Giberti (April 2), who responded to my letter of March 24 in support of Jan Kippax. Perhaps Giberti thinks having a tooth pulled should be like going on a picnic. Oral surgeons have a release form that patients have to sign. I would imagine Giberti (and others) had to […]
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Kippax should lose license
This is in response to Jeffrey Keenan’s letter regarding Dr. Jan Kippax (March 24). His statement, “Well, duh, they were having their teeth pulled,” is ludicrous. Mistreatment is not an expectation when having teeth pulled. Neither is a broken jaw, or ignoring patients’ complaints of pain when a dentist fails to wait for local anesthetic […]
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Board lacks authority to do its job
I agree with Andrew Hall in his letter (March 28) when he stated “there is absolutely no excuse for an oversight system so lax that it is essentially pointless.” He further questioned, “Where is the Attorney General’s office”? The Maine Board of Dental Practice expressed similar sentiments when it originally suspended Jan Kippax’s license, citing […]