The Iowa Dental Board has suspended the license of a dentist accused of incompetence in a patient’s death.
In November 2025, the licensing board charged dentist Robert O. Wolf, with six separate regulatory violations: employing or permitting an unlicensed person to practice dentistry; encouraging or assisting with the unauthorized practice of dentistry; practicing dentistry in a manner that is harmful or detrimental to the public; willful and gross neglect; failure to maintain a satisfactory standard of competency; and practicing beyond one’s training.
The board alleged that Wolf, who has been an Iowa-licensed dentist since 1981 and now operates his own general dentistry office in North Liberty, was involved in the treatment of a 50-year-old Joseph Daniels on Jan. 24, 2024…