Dentist who extracted tooth while riding hoverboard sentenced to 12 years in prison

A dentist based in Anchorage, Alaska, who removed the tooth of a patient while riding on a hoverboard, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for that and other incidents.

Seth Lookhart was sentenced Monday in Anchorage Superior Court on several chargers, including the hoverboard stunt, Medicaid fraud and removing a patient's tooth without their prior permission, it is reported.

Watch this news report on Lookhart's hoverboard stunt:

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The allegations outlined in charging documents include the following description of the hoverboard incident, per NBC News:

"Seth Lookhart performed a dental extraction procedure on a sedated patient while riding a hoverboard and filmed the procedure and distributed the film to persons outside his dental practice."

Lookhart was convicted back in January on charges of reckless endangerment, illegally practicing dentistry and medical assistance fraud, per Fox News.

“In reviewing all this over and over again, I have this visceral response — you darn near killed some people,” said Judge Michael Wolverton as he handed down the sentence.

Veronica Wilhelm, who was sedated when Lookhart was recorded performing her tooth extraction while riding a hoverboard back in 2016, gave testimony to the court at his trial.

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Per NBC News, Wilhelm said to Lookhart during her testimony back in December, "What you did was outrageous, narcissistic and crazy."

Per Metro, Judge Michael Wolverton said:

"Lookhart almost killed many patients by performing anesthesia thousands of times without training or consent, on patients outside his scope of training and expertise, while stealing money from Medicaid and embezzling from his bosses."

Per Fox News, Lookhart - who had his dental license suspended back in 2017 - was ordered by the judge not to practice medicine during his 10-year probation once released from prison.

Lookhart's attorney, Paul Stockler, previously said in court, ""I want you to know that as his lawyer, I apologize for what he did on that hoverboard."