As a Board Certified Oral and Maxillofacial surgeon I am held to the same standards as an MD or CRNA anesthesia provider. Our surgery suites are fully monitored and equipped to meet the same standards. I employ an licensed R.N. who previously worked in surgery center to recover and monitor my patients until they meet discharge criteria. All of this is recorded on an anesthesia record that has to be signed off by me prior to their departure. When some smuck pulls something like this it paints all of us who do the best we can for our patients with the same poo. Just for the record our association requires periodic testing and onsite facility inspection for OMS doctors. I can’t imagine what kind of outfit this must have been. BTW just because your dentist tells you he is an oral surgeon doesn’t mean he or she is. One of the most common disciplinary actions of State Dental Boards is for holding one self out as a specialist when one isn’t.
That's the problem....self-regulation.