An oral surgeon was found dead of a suspected overdose, a few months after she was suspended from practicing following complaints that she was pulling the wrong teeth.
Dr. Mansureh Iravani, 50, was rushed to a local hospital after a witness found her unresponsive inside her home in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Monday night.
She was pronounced dead and had Fentanyl, which is a man-made opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, inside her residence, according to police.
Iravani had her license temporarily suspended in March due to claims that she was pulling the wrong teeth, starting operations without enough sedation and painfully ripping stitches out of patients’ mouths.
The dentist and doctor was previously suspended from practicing in 2013, after she crashed her car with meth in her system.
Dr. Mansureh Iravani, 50, (pictured with her husband) died of a suspected overdose in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Monday. Investigators said they found Fentanyl, a man-made opioid 100 times more powerful than morphine, inside the oral surgeon’s residence
Iravani had her license temporarily suspended in March. Former employees claimed she was pulling the wrong teeth, starting operations without enough sedation and painfully ripping stitches out of patients’ mouths
Emergency responders attempted to revive Iravani with Narcan, a drug meant to reverse the effects of opioid overdose, but their attempts failed.
The medical professional’s death is still under investigation because a toxicology report revealing which drug Iravani overdosed on, is still in the works.
Iravani practiced out of the Oral Surgery Center of Bismarck, the same place of business where two former employees brought complaints against her to the North Dakota Board of Medical Examiners in March.
The board temporarily suspended her license after they received 13-points of bad practices Iravani allegedly committed, reported the Bismarck Tribune.
Some of these allegations include that Iravani didn’t fully sedate her patients and continued on with the procedures although the patient was in pain, at times covering their mouth to stop their screams.
The medical professional’s (pictured with her husband) death is still under investigation. Her recent suspension was the second of her career – she crashed her car on meth in 2013
Responding to the allegations at the time, Iravani told the local paper: ‘They have made me sound like I’m a monster, and I have to basically prove I’m not a monster.
‘I’m going to do everything in my power to come back and be a good oral surgeon to this community.’
Her former employees also claimed she had ‘weekly outbursts’, sometimes taking it out on her patients by ripping out their stitches.
Iravani also allegedly pulled the wrong tooth from a patient’s mouth but placed it back in the socket once she realized the mistake.
The dentist and doctor practiced out of the Oral Surgery Center of Bismarck (pictured)
Another complaint was that Iravani had once refused to do a surgery because the patient smelled bad and insisted that the woman showered at a nearby truck stop.
Iravani did not deny this allegation but said the woman’s smell gave her an asthma attack.
Iravani’s recent suspension was the second punishment of her career – she crashed her car while she had meth in her system in 2013.
After the suspension, she was allowed to keep practicing if she wore a drug patch and had to undergo treatment and training.
Speaking to the Bismarck Tribune at the time, Iravani said she was going through a difficult time and was partying, using drugs for recreation.