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Dentist injected sperm in patients mouths

RALEIGH - An Atlanta psychiatrist testified Sunday she doesn't think Dr. John Hall, a Cornelius dentist accused of injecting semen into the mouths of six female patients, has a psychiatric illness or an interest in deviant sex.

 

Dr. Tracey Irvin, of the Behavioral Medicine Institute, told a panel of the N.C. Board of Dental Examiners that she evaluated Hall for three days in November and also talked with three of his employees and reviewed dental board investigation records.

 

"I did not feel that the information that I had supported that he had been involved with what he had been accused of," Irvin said. But she added she found Hall "very intrusive" and "overly familiar."

 

"I suspect that the loose boundaries that we were observing in my office were also happening in his office setting," she said, adding that could be a "major contributor to him being in his current situation."

 

The dental board suspended Hall's license Nov. 5 after Cornelius police began investigating allegations by three former Hall employees. They became suspicious of Hall's behavior in May 2003 and collected five syringes from the office. They were later found to contain his semen.

 

In February, the board restored Hall's license with conditions, including the requirement that he cannot be alone with female patients. Meanwhile, the board scheduled a public hearing on whether the dentist violated the profession's standard of care, engaged in "immoral conduct," and committed "sexual assault or battery" by his actions.

 

Hall's lawyers say the dentist has been falsely accused by disgruntled former employees. He and his wife have been present throughout the hearing.

 

Five patients testified Friday that Hall injected an awful tasting substance in their mouths.

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