SAN QUINTIN, Pangasinan – Police arrested a 52-year-old dental assistant in Sitio Lincupan, Barangay Bantog, this town, for conducting an unauthorized procedure Friday.
The suspect was identified as Napoleon Robeniol of Barangay Lawak, Tayug, this province.
The Pangasinan Provincial Police Office said the suspect was arrested by the San Quintin police and Pangasinan Dental Chapter District 6 in an entrapment operation at 5:50 p.m. following the complaint of Janice Peralta, 27, of Barangay Bantog here.
Peralta said she had Robeniol attach a dental jacket which sustained damage later on. She tapped the suspect to replace it at her house.
However, she found out that Robeniol is unauthorized to do the procedure as he is an unlicensed dentist and just a dental assistant, prompting the victim to file a complaint with authorities that led to the suspect’s arrest.
Seized from the suspect was various dental equipment.
Robeniol was taken to the Eastern Pangasinan District Hospital in Tayug for medical examination and is now under the custody of the San Quintin police for filing of charges, case officer Police Corporal Mandoleo M. Lopez said. (Liezle Basa Inigo)
