A Peekskill, NY, man was arrested December 23 for practicing dentistry in his kitchen without a license, according to news reports.
Police said Carlos Flores, 68, a native of Ecuador, had a dentist chair, dental tools, and various medications in his home at the time of his arrest.
They learned of his unauthorized operation after a man who went to him with a toothache wound up in the emergency room of a local hospital, the Lower Hudson Journal News reported.
Flores, who police said claims to have been a licensed orthodontist in Ecuador, was charged with unauthorized practice of a profession and criminal possession of a controlled substance.
