Dentist Penalized

The New York State Education Department Regents announced the following action

Gary Mark Helman, Syosset

Profession: Dentist; Lic. No. 026445; Cal. No. 25747

Regents Action Date: April 24, 2012

Action: Application for consent order granted; Penalty agreed upon: 2 year stayed suspension, 2 years probation, 100 hours public service.

Summary: Licensee admitted to the charge of unnecessarily extracting two teeth of a child due to his failing to realize that the wrong radiographs were retrieved from the film developer.