After newborn dies following procedure, Montreal dentist pleads not guilty to disciplinary charges – CTV

January 21, 2025

According to his parents, Jules Beauchemin was a happy and healthy baby.

“On June 28th, he was four weeks old, and we lived a happy life,” said his father, Nicolas Beauchemin.

Beauchemin’s baby died minutes after what he and the baby’s mother thought was a minor operation, and they have brought disciplinary charges against dentist Marie-Eve Gregoire.

Gregoire has pleaded not guilty to professional misconduct charges.

Beauchemin said that in June 2023, they took Jules to Gregoire’s office to learn more about a procedure to fix a slight tongue tie.

There, the couple was told by Marie-Ève Sturrock, who said she was a lactation consultant with the clinic, that a simple surgery called a frenotomy would help with breastfeeding, language development and social skills later in life.

“Everything that she told us made it like it was the best decision to go forward with this procedure,” said Beauchemin.

Beauchemin said that after the procedure, things went horribly wrong.

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/after-newborn-dies-following-procedure-dentist-pleads-not-guilty-to-disciplinary-charges/