Dr. Jan Kippax attends a hearing before the Maine Board of Dental Examiners in Augusta at the end of September. AUGUSTA — For Dr. Jan Kippax, it all comes down to five cases. Though the oral surgeon has treated about 97,000 patients during his more than a quarter-century in Lewiston, the Maine Board of Dental […]
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Under oath, Kippax denies charges of dental misconduct
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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It's possible dentist Jan Kippax may regain his license this week
AUGUSTA — Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax may be able to practice dentistry again after a temporary license suspension expires Friday. Though Kippax faces a slew of allegations that he mistreated patients that were severe enough for the Maine Board of Dental Practice to suspend his license last month, the panel only has the statutory […]
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Former patient details complaint against Lewiston dentist
BRUNSWICK — Shortly after Christmas in 2014, Donna Deigan reluctantly found herself in a dental chair in the Lewiston office of oral surgeon Jan Kippax after her dentist sent her to him to figure out why she was hurting. The memory of what happened next still haunts her 26 months later. She went in complaining […]
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Kippax still able to practice dentistry in Vermont, Massachusetts
Though Maine has suspended the license of Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax, he is still a dentist in good standing in two other New England states. It is not clear whether he is doing any dentistry in the other states where he’s legally entitled to work. Both list his address in Lewiston. Massachusetts and Vermont […]
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State dental regulators face decision deadline on Lewiston dentist
AUGUSTA — The state’s decision to suspend the license of Lewiston oral surgeon Dr. Jan Kippax is an uncommon move. Stripping him from the chance to practice would be even more unusual. The Maine Board of Dental Practice rarely suspends the license of any of the more than 600 dentists in the state and ultimately […]
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More former Kippax patients accuse oral surgeon of misconduct
Four years ago, David Grard had two badly infected teeth that had to come out. It didn’t go well. Grard is one of half a dozen former patients of Lewiston oral surgeon Jan Kippax who described to the Sun Journal incidents they believe support the Maine Board of Dental Practice’s decision this month to suspend […]