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A dentist faces up to 10 years in prison for arranging to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in exchange for prescription painkillers and cash.

Gender was also associated with dentists’ attitudes toward screenings. More female dentists (61 percent) than their male counterparts (52 percent) agreed that illicit drug use screening should be the ...

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HAGERTOWN, Md. AP -- A dentist faces up to 10 years in prison for arranging to have sex with a 12-year-old girl in exchange for prescription painkillers and cash.Vaqar Choudry of Germantown is ...

Dentists under the median age of 53 were also more apt to say that illicit drug use screening should be part of the dentist's role than their more senior counterparts (62 percent versus 47 percent).