Unsafe medication practices found at Fort Worth dental office where child died

The Brief

  • A police search warrant at Cuddle Kids Dental Care in Fort Worth found multiple syringes with varying levels of leftover medication.
  • Cuddle Kids Dental Care is the site where 4-year-old Aithana Arriaga died in April after her dentist, Chrishelle Hemphill, administered a toxic amount of meperidine to the child.
  • Hemphill has had her dental license temporarily suspended following her arrest. She is out of jail on a $10,000 bond.

FORT WORTH, Texas A search of the dental office where a child died this past April revealed an office that didn’t follow mandatory safety practices.

What’s New:

Detectives who searched Cuddle Kids Dental Care in Fort Worth found syringes with varying levels of leftover medication located in a box in the office.

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