The Medicaid Dental Center (MDC), a corporation in North Carolina that owned a chain of dental clinics under the name of Smile Starters and Carolina Dental Center, has agreed to pay $10,000,050 to the federal government and to the State of North Carolina for Medicaid fraud allegations. MDC is owned by dentist Michael Derose and Letitia Ballance and were discovered to have performed unnecessary pulpotomies (commonly referred to as “baby root canals,” and unnecessarily placed stainless steel crowns in children, in order to submit wrongful claims for Medical Assistance (Medicaid monies). Medicaid financing is shared in all states between the federal and state governments. If you are seeing fraud on the government, contact us by calling 800-377-1812 for strictly confidential advice from experienced counsel, with no fee obligation.