Dentist who rode hoverboard while pulling tooth faces patient in court

Enlarge / A man tests out a Hovertrax hoverboard produced by Razor at the International Toy Fair 2017 in Nuremberg, Germany, 01 January 2017. (credit: Getty | picture alliance)

An Alaskan dentist accused of fraudulently billing Medicaid and needlessly sedating patients was also found to have pulled a patient's tooth while riding on a wheeled "hoverboard" scooter.

Dentist Seth Lookhart had the July 2016 hoverboard operation captured on video, which he shared with several people. He joked over text that it was a "new standard of care," according to a lawsuit filed by the state of Alaska in 2017.

The footage-played in court last week and broadcast by Anchorage's KTUU-TV-shows Lookhart standing over a sedated patient, swaying slightly on his hoverboard while extracting a tooth. Once done, he rolls out of the room, strips off his gloves, tosses them, and triumphantly throws both hands in the air as he zooms away down a hallway.

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