Miami-Dade woman accused of performing dentistry without license inside home

A Miami-Dade woman was arrested after investigators said she was practicing dentistry without a license, and was performing those procedures from inside a home.

The Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office is urging her former patients to come forward as they continue to build their case.

CBS News Miami discovered new details about the case through an arrest affidavit. The document states that the Miami-Dade Sheriff's Office received an anonymous complaint from the state Department of Health and then initiated an investigation.

Investigators said that they discovered the suspect, 33-year-old Maria Delcarmen Fontaine-Uliver, held an active dental radiographer license issued by the state Department of Health. However, dental radiologists are not allowed to practice dental procedures other than X-rays unless they are supervised by a licensed dentist.

Detectives made contact with a man who was in the home and set up an appointment. When the two detectives noticed Fontaine-Uliver working on a patient and using an anesthetic, they arrested her.

CBS News Miami stopped at the home and knocked on the front door, but no one answered.

In bond court Friday, Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Mindy Glazer told the defendant, Fontaine-Uliver, "You have two cases. You were arrested for practicing dentistry without a license and a second case for possession with the intent to prescribe or sell prescription drugs."

Investigators say they found six vials of the anesthetic Xylocaine in the home.

Judge Glazer said, "There is probable cause for the charge of practicing dentistry without a license. Do you understand the bond is $2,500?"

Her attorney, Luis Reynoso, responded, "Judge, that was what we were asking for as a first-time offender."

Judge Glazer set the bond for the other case at $1,000, making the total bond $3,500.

"Ma'am, you have a good attorney. Listen to what he tells you," Judge Glazer said. "Ma'am, you cannot work as a dentist without a license because you will be arrested and you will be locked up in jail until your trial."

Judge Glazer spoke to the defendant through an interpreter.

Reynoso told CBS News Miami: "We trust in the process and will the process take its normal course."

Jose Montes, who lives across the street from Fontaine-Uliver, said he had not seen a lot of activity at the home, but commented, "Nobody should practice without a license. I don't have anything more to comment."