New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-02
GRAND JURY GRILL
FOR DENTIST CRAFT
WeStCheSter Prosecutor
Promises Wholesale Ar
rests of "FakerS."

Following the disclosures of an al
legged ring of dentist brokers'" which
resulted Thursday in the arrest Of
Sylvester Bresnan in White Plains,
owners of dental parlors" in Manhat-
tan and other parts of the state, were
on their guard yesterday. 1t is gener-
ally expected that the fight to smash
the dentistry frauds, recently started
by the Allied Dental Council of Man
haitian against illegal practitioners, will
result IN one of the biggest scandals
in New York State professional cir
cles.
District Attorney Frederick E.
Weeks, at White Plans yesterday, sent
list of four hundred dentists who
are believed to be illegally registered
to the Board of Regents OF the Univer-
sity of the State or New York, at AL
bany. This was done for the purpose
of discovering dentists who are lille
gally practising dentistry In New
/ ork State.
Il expect to show up hundreds of
fake practitioners, W. j. Fallon, As
sistant District Attorney of West
chester County, in charge OF the IN
vestigation, said yesterday. mere
may be wholesale arrests before ] get
through with my investigation. | have
learned that there has been system
of graft which has extended through
out the state, whereby false license
certificates have been issued without
any legal right"
The illegal registration as dentists
in Westchester County and New YORK,
where duplicate certificates have been
filed, in many instances, has brought
about the charges of graft preferred
by the Allied Dental Council OF Man
haitian.
1t has been shown that in many
cases teeth have been extracted IN
such manner that several persons
nearly died from lockjaw. Some dent
lists. the investigation showed. admin
istered cocaine TO their patients IN
such large doses that some OF them
have become drug users, while lake
gold has been extensively used IN
bridge work and in GROWING molars.
District Attorney Weeks announced
Yesterday that the Westchester Grand
Jury when il convenes tomorrow will
be asked 20 investigate all dental reg
lSltaLlOUS uui lliS thC ioSN ~
Some fake" dentists, il is said, have
already slipped out of the jurisdiction
of the county.
Bresnan, who is said to have OPP
Grated a dental parlor" near 12Oth
Street and Seventh Avenue, New York,
is charged with perjury, because the
board of regents Of the University of
New York notified District Attorney
registered TO practise dentistry any
where IN the state.
II developed yesterday that an at
tempt was made 10 destroy the records
of Bresnans alleged fraudulent reg
istry in the County Clerks ottice IN
White Plains. A stranger appeared
there on Thursday and asked permits
sion 20 inspect the dental register. In
an unguarded moment he removed two
pages from the register bearing the
records of the affidavit of Bresnan and
an alleged pseudo dentist named brom-
berg. Search is row being made for
the supposed accomplice of Bresnan.
II there is uneasiness in anticipation
OF the possibility OF impending expos
ure of dental graft" among the prac-
titioners IN the dental parlors OF the
painless" and "old reliable" variety,
visible manifestations were skllfuliy
hidden from outsiders. Saturday is the
big day of the week for those dental
parlors which draw their clientele from
the working classes. The doctors" in
the "cut rate" establishments on lower
Sixth Avenue and Fourteenth Street, on
Ninth Avenue and along Forty-second
Street, and in Harlem, were working
overtime At the street entrance to
most of the "parlors" the negro "bark-
ers" were active as usual.
There are black sheep in every pro-
fession, but that does not discredit the
profession generally" said one of the
owners of large dental establishment
on lower Sixth Avenue. al Bresnan
has been guilty Of the fraud with
which he is charged he ought 10 be
punished. But it is unfair and I'M
warranted 10 say that the whole dental
Dro, ession il crooked