B.C. dentist suspended a 2nd time for unwanted dental work

A few years after his last discipline for misconduct, an Abbotsford, B.C., dentist has agreed to a year-long suspension for transgressions ranging from billing for unnecessary treatments to removing "excessive tooth structure" from a patient.

Dr. Kyle Nawrot's 12-month suspension from practice will begin Oct. 1, according to a notice from the B.C. College of Oral Health Professionals. It says he will also pay $10,000 in fines and costs, receive a reprimand and participate in remedial education.

The latest investigation into Nawrot began in March 2021, just four months after he was allowed to return to work following his previous nine-month suspension, according to a college consent order. In the earlier case, he had admitted tomisconduct involving 21 patients.

The 2021 complaints came from two patients who reported problems with their treatment, the consent order says.

The college says Nawrot has since admitted to, among other misconduct, "performing restorative treatments in a fashion that was not supported by the records and by removing tooth structure that was excessive in several teeth" for one of the patients.

In the same case, he also did not have proper documentation of the patient's informed consentand billed for treatment that his records didn't support, according to the consent order.

An investigation into the second patient's complaint also revealed concerns about informed consent, the consent order says.

In addition, Nawrot has admitted that he did not complete a required course on ethics and boundaries that he agreed to under the terms of his previous discipline.

Meanwhile, he was recently the subject of a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court by a former patient who alleged he shaved down and bonded her four front teeth without her consent when she visited him to have some cavities filled in her back teeth.

The patient's February 2022 notice of claim says that when she confronted Nawrot about the bonding, saying she was scheduled to get braces in two weeks, he removed it andshe saw that her teeth had been "shaved down significantly."

The claim goes on to allege that Nawrot's clinic attempted to charge her for the unauthorized work, and she left the office "with bleeding gums and in significant emotional distress."

It's not clear from court documents if the patient who filed the lawsuit also complained to the college.

Nawrot did not file a response to her claim, and default judgment was granted against him in March 2023, with damages yet to be decided by the court.