Seth Lookhart, DMD v. State of Alaska, Board of Dental Examiners

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the Superior Court’s judgment that the Board of Dental Examiners did not abuse its discretion in revoking Seth Lookhart’s dental license. The Court held that the statutory mandate to “seek consistency” does not restrict the Board’s ability to impose harsher sanctions when faced with novel, egregious misconduct, and that no prior Board decisions are factually comparable to justify limiting the revocation.