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Dear Dental Board of California,

In doing research for a story, I found a person I believe to be a California practitioner who has had some 32 filed complaints in Washington state and his license suspended 5 times, it seems, although it seems the suspensions were stayed.

His name is Alireza "Allen"' Yekta Nazeri, WA license # DE00006673.

Notice of his final suspension was published here: http://www.doh.wa.gov/Publicat/2005_news/05-057.htm

.PDF files of the adjudicated cases, including complaints and final orders are to be found here:

https://fortress.wa.gov/doh/providercredentialsearch/ProviderDetail_1.aspx?CredentialIdnt=142152

His name also appeared in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer's database of dentists with complaints against them (compiled as part of a large story), Dr. Nazeri's name to be found here:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/dentists/db.asp?searchtype=disciplined

and here:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/specials/dentists/db.asp?searchtype=complaint&name=NAZERI%2C+ALIRE ZA+Y&dob=3/11/1966

Hope this helps.

Dave Bailey,

Seattle, Washington

I called Dr. Nazeri in Palm Springs where he practices "concierge" dentistry from a luxuriously-appointed office. He would only say that there was a "settlement" here in Washington and directed further inquiries to his attorney. Some will remember a quite-shocking expose in the Seattle P-I about lax standards for dentists here in Washington state. One thing Washington state is doing very right is making information public and accessible. But that doesn't mean it gets shared among agencies.

I stumbled upon this in the way one stumbles upon things on the Internet. Before today, I didn't know anything about Nazeri, I don't know any of his patients, I have no malice nor any conceivable reason for malice against him. I am simply a citizen conveying information from one regulatory agency to another.

It will be embarrassing, however, for the CBS 2 TV news station in Palm Springs, who used the good doctor and his practice as an on-camera news source. Nazeri sports the video on his website in the "in the media" section.

Anti-regulation, anti-tax conservatism "cut its teeth" in Southern California with the "Reagan revolution". And now it is having its teeth cut.