METRO JETS EXPLAIN HOW HIS TRAINING ON THE ICE HELPS THEM GET THROUGH THE UNIMAGINABLE.
TONIGHT HELP ME HANK IS GOING
DEEP UNDERCOVER TO EXPOSE A
BIZARRE BUSINESS THAT MEDICAL
PROFESSIONALS ARE SAYING IS
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS. YEAH, THE
ADS ARE ONLINE, PROMOTING CHEAP
BRACES AND ORTHODONTIC WORK. BUT
INSTEAD OF THIS TAKING PLACE IN
A DENTAL OFFICE BY TRAINED
PROFESSIONALS, IT’S BEING
OFFERED AT AN EAST SIDE DETROIT
HOME. NOW INVESTIGATORS ARE
WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS
. OUR CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR HANK
WINCHESTER, LIVE AND HANK, AS
WE’VE SEEN IN THE PAST. THIS IS
VERY CONCERNING JASON KIMBERLY.
IT ABSOLUTELY IS. NOT ONLY IS IT
INCREDIBLY BIZARRE AND STRANGE,
BUT AS YOU WILL SEE, IT IS A BIG
POTENTIAL DANGER, WHICH IS
EXACTLY WHY WE WANTED TO CAPTURE
THIS WITH HIDDEN CAMERAS ROLLING
AND WHY I ALSO REACHED OUT TO
STATE INVESTIGATORS THIS WEEK. I
NEED TO KNOW WHAT YOU’RE REALLY
DOING. WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE IS
A POTENTIAL DANGER. THIS IS
INSANE, AND I’M DEMANDING
ANSWERS. NO, MA’AM, YOU NEED TO
ANSWER QUESTIONS. WHAT’S
HAPPENING OUT ON THIS FRONT
PORCH ON DETROIT’S EAST SIDE IS
SHOCKING. AND IN ORDER TO
CAPTURE IT, I’M GOING DEEP
UNDERCOVER, BUT WHAT’S PLAYING
OUT HERE HAS PLAYED OUT BEFORE
BUSTED ALLEGEDLY SELLING BRACES.
WHAT YOU’RE DOING IS NOT ONLY
ETHICALLY A PROBLEM, IT COULD
PUT PEOPLE IN DANGER. THAT’S
RIGHT BRACES ARE BACK BEING PUT
ON BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT TRAINED
, NOT PROFESSIONALS. THESE ARE
COPIES OF THE ADS POSTED ONLINE
THAT CAUGHT MY ATTENTION BRACES
BY JORDAN’S DEPOSIT REQUIRED $13
. SHE SAYS SHE ATTENDED THE
COLLEGE OF DENTISTRY. YET ON
THIS DAY SHE’S WILLING TO PUT ON
BRACES INSIDE THIS HOME ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE, SO IT’S 200
CASH. AND IS THAT JUST THE
BOTTOMS? TOP AND BOTTOM FOR $200
. HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU’VE DONE,
SAYS SHE HAS DONE THIS MANY
TIMES. BEFORE THAT YOU’LL GET
THE RESULTS YOU WANT. YOU JUST
HAVE TO PAY UP. $200 CASH IN THE
SHORT TERM. IT SEEMS LIKE
SOMETHING THAT MAY GIVE THEM
THEIR DESIRED EFFECT. BUT IN THE
LONG TERM, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE
COMPLICATIONS GOING TO COST THEM
MAGNITUDES OF DOLLARS MORE. DR
BLAKE LIVINGSTON IS A HIGHLY
TRAINED DENTIST IN HIGHLAND PARK
. ONE TREATMENT LIKE THIS IS
DONE BY SOMEONE WHO HAS ZERO
TRAINING. UM, THE POSSIBILITIES
OF DETRIMENTAL OUTCOMES ARE.
SIGNIFICANTLY MORE THESE X RAYS
HE’S SHOWING US ON THIS DAY ARE
FROM PATIENTS OF HIS WHO’VE GONE
TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS, AND THE BAD
BRACES HAVE CAUSED BIG PROBLEMS
AND WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS PATIENTS
WHO ARE GETTING BRACKETS AND
WIRES PLACED ON TEETH THAT HAVE
CAVITIES. UM BRACKETS AND WIRES
PLACED ON TEETH THAT HAVE GUM
DISEASE. THEY’RE ALREADY LOOSE.
UM, POOR ORAL HYGIENE, AND AS A
RESULT, THEY’RE GONNA END UP
LOSING TEETH. REALITY IS, THOUGH
. UNFORTUNATELY SOME DON’T HAVE
DENTAL INSURANCE BRACES ARE
EXPENSIVE. EVEN IF YOU ARE
INSURED, YOU MAY NOT BE COVERED,
AND IT’S ONE OF THE REASONS THE
DOCTOR HAS SEEN MANY PEOPLE
TRYING TO FIND THE CHEAP WAY
PATIENTS DO WANT THE TREATMENT.
UM SO THEY THINK THAT THE
CHEAPEST WAY MIGHT BE THE
EASIEST WAY FOR THEM TO GET IT
DONE BEFORE YOU MAKE AN
APPOINTMENT AT SOME PLACE LIKE
THIS, REMEMBER, THE DAMAGE THAT
CAN BE DONE CAN BE SEVERE. IT’S
JUST NOT WORTH. IT SEEMS EASY.
IT SOUNDS EASY. UM, BUT THERE’S
A REASON WHY ORTHODONTISTS GO TO
SCHOOL FOR FOUR YEARS OF DENTAL
SCHOOL AND THEN 3700 HOURS OF
EXCLUSIVE ORTHODONTIC TRAINING.
AND IN TALKING WITH DIFFERENT
DENTAL PROFESSIONALS. LISTEN
THEY UNDERSTAND. THEY KNOW A LOT
OF THIS ORTHODONTIC WORK CAN BE
VERY EXPENSIVE. THAT’S WHY THEY
ENCOURAGE YOU IF YOU ARE HAVING
A TOUGH FINANCIAL TIME TO HAVE A
CONVERSATION WITH AN ACTUAL
PROFESSIONAL TRAINED PRO IN THIS
FIELD, THEY ARE WILLING TO WORK
OUT. MOST OF THEM WILLING TO
WORK OUT PAYMENT PLANS TO HELP
YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AS I
MENTIONED THE TOP OF THE STORY
WE DID REACH OUT TO STATE
INVESTIGATORS. I WANT TO READ A
STATEMENT THAT WE RECEIVED FROM
THE STATE TODAY, IT SAYS, WHILE
ANY LICENSED THAT IN ITS CAN
PERFORM ORTHODONTIC WORK, THEY
CAN ONLY ADVERTISE THEMSELVES AS
AN ORTHODONTIST IF THEY HAD THIS
SPECIALTY CERTIFICATION FROM
LAURA INDIVIDUALS CONCERNED OR
ANY NEGLIGENT CONDUCT BY A
HEALTH PROFESSIONAL OR SOMEONE
POSING AS A HEALTH PROFESSIONAL
SHOULD FILE A COMPLAINT WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND
REGULATORY REGULATORY AFFAIRS.
WE HAVE MADE THE STATE VERY
AWARE OF WHAT’S BEEN PLAYING OUT
HERE ON THE EAST SIDE AND
INVESTIGATION. WE’RE TOLD NOW
GETTING UNDERWAY. WE’RE LIVE
HERE TONIGHT. HANK WINCHESTER
HELPED ME HANK BACK TO YOU JUST
CRAZY THAT THIS CONTINUES TO
HAPPEN EVEN AFTER YOUR INITIAL