[1] Historically, its owners were Letitia L. "Tish" Ballance of Charlotte, North Carolina and Michael DeRose of Pueblo, Colorado.
[3] In 2003, WCNC-TV NewsChannel 36 I-Team aired a report showing children and parents alleging that MDC clinics had given unnecessary treatment.
In 2005 the North Carolina State Board of Dental Examiners held a hearing on the chain's operations.
[2] That year, Ballance entered a consent order with the state dental board in which she agreed not to contest allegations from seven patients that she had performed excessive treatment.
[1] In addition, nine dentists received sanctions in relation to their work at Medicaid Dental Center clinics.