{"id":169973,"date":"2026-02-18T17:06:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/169973\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T17:06:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T17:06:08","slug":"north-texas-dentist-arrested-for-allegedly-performing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/169973\/","title":{"rendered":"North Texas dentist arrested for allegedly performing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9irx2001e01t9cc7fdc88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">A Plano dentist was arrested Monday for allegedly performing surgery while intoxicated at a pediatric dental office in Sherman, police said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9kuqw001s357vfuwl8ifu@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Kelly Buck, 36, was taken into custody at Pediatric Dentistry of Sherman on Loy Lake Road after officers responded to a report of an intoxicated dentist around noon, according to Sherman police Lt. Sam Boyle.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9kut3001t357vmrkd7fzb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">\u201cThe caller alleged that there was a dentist practicing and showing signs of intoxication,\u201d Boyle said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9kuvd001u357v0kvluksl@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Officers found Buck exhibiting signs of intoxication and she failed a field sobriety test, Boyle said. Buck was arrested on a charge of performing surgery while intoxicated, a state jail felony.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9kv0u001v357valoigy6x@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Buck has been a licensed dentist in Texas since 2016 and has no prior disciplinary actions on her record. She was booked into the Grayson County Jail and released Tuesday after posting $10,000 bond.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9kv36001w357vjp244yk5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\">Police did not specify whether Buck appeared to be intoxicated by alcohol or drugs. If convicted, she faces up to two years in prison.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"www.audacy.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmls9lgg50023357v7ppaq4jr@published\" data-editable=\"text\" class=\"paragraph paragraph--station\"><a href=\"https:\/\/go.audacy.com\/krld\/listen\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LISTEN<\/a>\u00a0on the Audacy App<br \/>Tell your Smart Speaker to &#8220;PLAY 1080 KRLD&#8221;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.audacy.com\/newsletter\/subscribe\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign Up<\/a>\u00a0to receive our KRLD Insider Newsletter for more news<br \/>Follow us on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/KRLDNews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KRLD\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/krldnews\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCX1Qei3Ev-DLiUujxT2A__Q\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n          Featured Image Photo Credit: GettyImages\n        <\/p>\n<p>    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Plano dentist was arrested Monday for allegedly performing surgery while intoxicated at a pediatric dental office in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":169974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[160,162,161],"class_list":["post-169973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-plano","tag-plano","tag-plano-headlines","tag-plano-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/169974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}