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Because you might have caught this from a dentist. i'm scared. i am scared. i've been up all night last night. now we just have to sit and wait. and that part is going to be the hardest part is the waiting. >> reporter: a year ago this teenage patient says he went to dr. hairington's office to have three mole ars removed. what happened next is an excruciating ordeal. >> i was just like bleeding, like profusely. it wouldn't stop. it was gushing. and it was just pouring out of my mouth. >> this is all to pull out three wisdom teeth? >> yeah. i woke up in the middle of it and freaked out. and the...

You're at risk of contracting hepatitis c and the hiv virus from treatment by that doctor. they're being told, according to this letter, that testing to be. they had originally said saturday, and now it appears the testing for all of those thousands of patients will start monday. then they have have two to three-week wait to get the results. >> shepard: to the people who have been through this and inside the doctors office with us, susan rogers is the director of the oklahoma board of dentistry. she signed the official complaint against the dentist listing all of his apparent violation. dylan ...

I'm sure with 7,000 plus people being possibly exposed to this, it will just be crazy. it will just be madness. i do plan on getting tested as well as my mother, my uncle and my cousin were all exposed to this as well. we all went to this doctor. >> does it make you angry, the fact that your own health might be at risk here? >> yeah, for sure. that's the last thing in the world that you are going to think going in to get your wisdom teeth out that you are going to be exposed to hiv or hepatitis. that's something that never would have crossed my mind in a million years. >> how is your family re...

World you're going to think in getting your wisdom teeth taken out, getting exposed to hiv or hepatitis. >> reporter: his dentist, dr. scott harrington, came under suspicion after a different patient was diagnosed with hiv and hepatitis c. investigators for oklahoma's board of den trtistry said what they found was enough to turn their stomachs. >> whe were physically sick. that's how bad. i've seen a lot of bad stuff over the years. >> reporter: inspectors came up with so much bad stuff, they filed 17 violations which inclu included allegations harrington was using expired drugs. one was dated...

I know you're not a medical professional. >> yeah. jenna: the benefit of these drugs some say are great for people that need it for pain. >> absolutely. jenna: one wonders when we see this type of rise in addiction too. >> they have a by-product. there is actual medical application for people suffering from all different kinds of pains, cancers. they are beneficial when taken as prescribed under medical supervision they have an application. they also have a downside. i think it is the downside that we're not addressing. that it's a very common thing to have wisdom teeth out and, to have a vico...