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North Texas Dentist Faces Charges for Allegedly Treating Patients While Intoxicated, Police Say
Kelly Buck was arrested after failing a sobriety test during surgery at a pediatric clinic and released on a $10,000 bond, facing up to two years in prison.
- On Monday, Sherman Police Department officers made contact with Kelly Buck, 36, dentist, at Pediatric Dentistry of Sherman after police responded to a report; Buck faces a felony charge for performing surgery while intoxicated.
- A caller reported a dentist at Pediatric Dentistry of Sherman appeared impaired, prompting police to arrive around noon Monday and find Buck had treated patients that morning.
- Investigators obtained a search warrant to draw Buck's blood, and detectives say she was working as a temporary contractor through a staffing agency, and Buck failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody at the scene.
- She was booked into the Grayson County Jail and posted $10,000 bond, then released Tuesday; she faces up to two years for the state jail felony.
- With an investigation ongoing, officers warned that Buck has been licensed in Texas since 2016 and had a previously clean disciplinary file before this incident.
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