Halifax-Area Dentist Facing Charges After Being Accused of Assaulting Patients

A Halifax-area dentist who was suspended in November 2020 after allegations that he had assaulted his patients over several decades is now facing criminal charges.

Halifax Regional Police did not name the dentist in a news release early Wednesday because the charges had not been sworn in court at that time.

However, the charges have since been sworn in court, and the accused has been identified as 78-year-old Dr. Errol Gaum.

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