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March 24, 2011 / 9:44 AM

Fake dentist botches tooth extraction

MIAMI, March 24 (UPI) -- Police in Miami say they arrested a man for practicing healthcare without a license after he bungled a tooth extraction.

Angel Nolasco, 76, was arrested after treating Adilenia Martinez for a toothache in a Miami dental laboratory called Coral Dental Studio, WTVJ-TV, Miami, reported.

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Police said Nolasco pulled Martinez' aching tooth Tuesday and gave her prescription medication. A short time later, her gum still bleeding, Martinez discovered a broken piece of tooth still in her jaw.

Nolasco allegedly admitted he wasn't a dentist when Martinez' husband demanded a receipt for his wife's dental surgery.

Nolasco claimed to be a professional tooth puller in Cuba and Venezuela.

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