Phoenix Woman Arrested for Running Unlicensed Dentist Practice Out of Her Apartment
Many people will go to great lengths for a healthy, beautiful smile. In a survey by the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, 99.7% of respondents agreed that a good smile is socially important. But would you go so far as to visit an unlicensed, cash-only dentist's office run out of a Phoenix apartment?
Late last month, special agents from the Arizona Attorney General's Office and the Phoenix Police Department arrested a woman on charges of treating patients in an unlicensed dental office, which sources say had been operating for more than two years.
The woman, 54-year-old Elda Graciela Margez de Zamora, or "Mama Elda," as she's known, reportedly drives in to Phoenix from her home in Mexico to perform dental and orthodontic procedures for cash payments.
Zamora rented a normal re...