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Friday, June 07, 2013  Authorities have shut down two unlicensed dental offices being run for low-income clients out of two homes in Mission.

Wednesday, January 23, 2013  An autopsy reveals that the death of 10-year-old Marcos Tirado was an accident caused by a pre-existing medical condition.

Monday, January 21, 2013  San Juan Police are looking for a woman who robbed a Dentist office Saturday night.

Thursday, November 01, 2012  Authorities have made a second arrest in the case involving a man practicing dentistry without a license and sexually assaulting a teen patient.

Friday, October 19, 2012  A sexual assault investigation lead to the discovery of a make-shift dentist office inside a mobile home in Brownsville.

Friday, October 19, 2012  An investigation to a sexual assault lead authorities to arrest a man who set up an unlicensed dentist’s office inside a mobile home.

Monday, October 08, 2012  Steve Sauceda landed his first job as a dental assistant at Dr. Leonard Ledet's Weslaco-based mobile dentistry, shortly after he first opened it last year.

Monday, October 08, 2012  A Weslaco dentist, his brother and his two sons were killed in a plane crash on Saturday.

Wednesday, September 12, 2012  Just this weekend the Tirado family had to bury their beloved little boy.

Friday, September 07, 2012  Family and friends gathered at Thomae-Garza funeral home to celebrate the life of 10-year-old Marcos Tirado Jr., a life that was cut too short this week.

Thursday, September 06, 2012  A Harlingen family is mourning the tragic death of their son who suffered from a medical condition and died two days after receiving a simple dental procedure.

Friday, March 16, 2012  A Brownsville dentist has offered to help Velma Suarez with her dentures.

Thursday, March 15, 2012  The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is now reconsidering the plan that rolled out just a little over two weeks ago.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012  When your children are chomping on chips are you imagining them sitting in the dentist chair? Dr. Bonnie Villareal of Rio Vista Dentistry in Harlingen is since she sees firsthand the results of junk food overload.

Friday, July 09, 2010  If having a stranger’s hands in your mouth isn’t bad enough, odds are good you’re swallowing the cost.