Richard Hull, a dentist in Lexington, has been in trouble numerous times with the board.
According to a consent order filed this month, in ‘05 and ‘06 Hull provided a prescription for a patient not related to dental to work. The medicine, Vicoprofen, was intended to help ease the pain of osteoarthritis and was based on the apparent prescription of an out-of-state practitioner.
In return for the Vicoprofen, which was purchased four times from Sullivan Schein Dental for $681.44 each time, the patient performed some sort of labor for the doctor.
Earlier in his practice (Sept. ‘05), Hull pulled the wrong teeth from a female patient. Hull was supposed to pull the girl’s wisdom teeth but instead pulled four 12-year-old molars. Ouch. The order said that the patient would require more dental work in the future as a result.
Hull is on an indefinite suspension that can be stayed no sooner than May 15 2008 — meaning license restrictions can be lifted in a year, provided he follows through with the boards requests. Hull is prohibited from prescribing Schedule II-V drugs, has to pay $33,000 in fines and take some continuing education classes.
