SHERMAN, TX (WOWO) A 36-year-old Texas dentist was arrested after police say she was intoxicated while performing surgery at a pediatric dental office in Sherman.
Officers responded around noon Monday to Pediatric Dentistry of Sherman after receiving a report of a dentist allegedly showing signs of intoxication while practicing. When officers arrived, they observed signs of impairment and administered a field sobriety test, which police say the dentist failed.
Kelly Buck was taken into custody and charged with performing surgery while intoxicated, a state jail felony under Texas law. Authorities did not specify whether the alleged intoxication involved alcohol or drugs.
Buck has been licensed to practice dentistry in Texas since 2016 and does not have prior disciplinary history on file. She was booked into the Grayson County Jail and released Tuesday after posting a $10,000 bond.
Sherman police described the case as unusual and said they take allegations involving patient safety seriously.
The incident was first reported by KXII, a Gray News affiliate.
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(SpongeBob has shaped himself in the form of our 28th state, to irritate Sandy)
SpongeBob SquarePants: “Hey, Patrick. What am I?”
Patrick: “Uhh, Stupid?”
SpongeBob SquarePants: “No, I’m Texas!”
Patrick: “What’s the difference?!”
SpongeBob SquarePants: [singing] “The stars at night are dull and dim whenever they have to be over dumb ol’ stupid Texas.”
Sandy Cheeks: “Don’t you DARE take the name of Texas in vain.”
SpongeBob SquarePants: “You mean we can’t say anything bad about dumb old Texas?”
Sandy Cheeks: “No, you can’t!”
Patrick: “Well, can we say that people from Texas are dumb?”
I get a lot of my political stances from SpongeBob… what can i say?
🙂
Please, I want more details on this story… ’cause all i can imagine is Steve Martin, as the Nitrous Oxide-sniffin’ Doctor, in 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors!
I need to get back to work… but first.
SpongeBob SquarePants: “Patrick, your genius is showing!”
Patrick: “WHERE?”
(Patrick covers his shorts)
S1.E18 July 11th, 2000 24m Texas / Walking Small