A bargain-basement smile makeover in a Pinellas Park strip mall has turned into a courtroom saga for a woman accused of posing as a veneer technician and gluing fake teeth into clients’ mouths with household adhesive.
Authorities say multiple clients reported pain, infections and tooth damage after getting what were billed as veneer implants. Investigators allege the operator used household cyanoacrylate – the stuff commonly sold as Krazy Glue – to stick the veneers in place, a shortcut dentists warn can cause serious injury. Several alleged victims told police they needed emergency dental work for infections and nerve pain, and they say the woman behind the procedure refused refunds or repairs, according to FOX 13.
Investigators say the cut-rate treatments were marketed on social media and carried out inside a strip-mall salon in Pinellas Park, where full-mouth veneer “makeovers” were advertised for far less than a licensed dentist would charge. The case is back in the spotlight because the woman, Emely Merbaly Martinez, is scheduled for a pretrial hearing today in Pinellas County Court in Clearwater, WTSP reports…