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Daredevil Dentist Found Guilty of ‘Unlawful Dental Acts’ After Extracting a Tooth While Hoverboarding

An Alaskan dentist was found guilty of 46 counts of reckless endangerment and Medicaid fraud.

Alaskan dentist Seth Lookhart has been found guilty of 46 counts of “unlawful dental acts” including performing a tooth extraction on a patient while riding a hoverboard. Charges against the 34-year-old Anchorage native also include reckless endangerment and Medicaid fraud, according to NBC News. “Seth Lookhart performed a dental extraction procedure on a sedated patient while riding a hoverboard and filmed the procedure and distributed the film to persons outside his dental practice,” the court heard before reaching a guilty verdict. Prosecutors also say the dentist billed tax payers more than $10,000 for unnecessary procedures, including sedation when it wasn’t necessary, likely so he could perform his rogue dentistry. The Alaska Dental Board suspended Lookhart's dental license.