An Ankeny dentist who is being sued for alleged malpractice is now facing disciplinary charges of professional incompetence.
The Iowa Dental Board has charged Dr. Steven Yuan of Aspen Dental in Ankeny with failure to maintain a reasonably satisfactory standard of competency in the practice of dentistry, and with knowingly making misleading, deceptive, untrue, or fraudulent representations in the practice of the profession.
As is customary with all of Iowa’s licensing board actions, the Iowa Dental Board has not publicly disclosed the alleged conduct that gave rise to the disciplinary charges, or stated when that conduct is alleged to have occurred. Board records indicate two investigations into Yuan’s conduct were initiated by the board at some point in 2023…