The Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners unanimously voted to terminate a dental license of a dentist on Friday. The dentist has been under investigation by the board since 2022.

The valley dentist seems to have had a problematic past and many are happy with the actions by the State Board of Dental Examiners.

While the investigation was underway in Arizona, Dr. Thomas Endicott was able to perform dentistry in the state of Utah despite having his Arizona license suspended. However, his dental license was revoked by state regulators in Utah in the month of February.

The Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners unanimously decided to revoke his Arizona dental license on Friday. An investigation by the board began in 2022 following the death of a patient in his exam chair.

At a previous hearing in 2022, his attorney David Williams, called the patient’s death “an unfortunate event.” “It’s our position Dr. Endicott appropriately managed the patient’s care and treatment as he tried to walk through an emergent situation,” he told the dental board.

Endicott was not present for the meeting on Friday, either in person or virtually.

During a hearing to revoke his license, Dr. Endicott’s care was described as “egregiously subpar.”

Authorities alleged the dentist:

• Failed to consult with the patient’s cardiologist before performing dental surgery.
• Failed to immediately call 911.
• Failed to put oxygen on the patient.
• Left the patient to attend to other patients.
• Failed to provide records about the incident when requested by the Arizona Dental Board.

This is not the first issue that the dentist has had.

Endicott was initially licensed in Michigan in 1990. Several years later he lost his dental license to practice in Michigan and in Illinois for healthcare fraud and overprescribing narcotics. His second chance came in 2012 when the Arizona State Board of Dental Examiners granted him a license to practice. It should be noted that the board’s vote to grant him a license was not unanimous.

In 2016, Endicott obtained a dental license to practice in the state of Utah.

In February of 2024, Utah state regulators revoked his license, due to failure to report that his Arizona license had been suspended in 2022.

Since 2018, there have been seven Arizona dentists that have had patients die after anesthesia or sedation procedures. Some of those dentists have practice restrictions due to their incidences. Endicott is the only dentist to have the board vote to revoke a license.

Endicott does have the opportunity to challenge the board’s ruling.