AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners is investigating the death of a baby girl who died after receiving dental treatment at Austin Children’s Dentistry in Northwest Austin Tuesday.
The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office says 14-month-old Daisy Lynn Torres was taken to the North Austin Medical Center following a procedure at the dental office. Austin-Travis County EMS confirms they transported a baby girl from the dental office to the hospital around 7 a.m. The ME’s Office says the baby died five hours later. The child’s cause of death is still being determined pending the outcome of an autopsy, which is being done Wednesday.
The Texas State Board of Dental Examiners says a dentist is required to report a death that could be related to dental treatment within 72 hours.
Calls to Austin Children’s Dentistry have not been returned. The company’s websiteshows six doctors on staff, none of which have any disciplinary actions filed against them with the Texas State Board of Dental Examiners. Austin Children’s Dentistry operates five locations in Travis and Williamson County.
