False Teeth, False Dentist

Floridia "denturist" was practicing without license in his garage

APRIL 26--Meet Roger Bean. The Florida man was arrested Tuesday for running an unlicensed dental practice from his West Palm Beach garage. Investigators allege that Bean, 60, manufactured dentures and false teeth from his dirty "garage/dental laboratory," according to a probable cause affidavit. When Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputies raided Bean's garage, they recovered various power tools, false teeth, putty, dentures, and moldings. Bean, pictured in the mug shot at right, described himself as a "denturist" and told cops that this was not the first time he had been nabbed for operating an unregistered lab. He was charged with practicing dentistry without a license, a felony. While first visiting Bean's garage (after receiving an anonymous tip), detectives watched as a 67-year-old woman arrived to pick up dentures Bean had repaired for the bargain basement price of $40. Make that the bargain garage price of $40. (4 pages)

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