Jensen’s Patients Were Awake in the Chair and Felt Everything: A True Crime Case

Dr. Phillip Jensen's theft of fentanyl from his own dental patients is one of the most methodical true crime cases we've covered. For eight months, the oral surgeon pierced sealed medication vials, extracted half the fentanyl, replaced it with saline, and glued the safety caps back shut—leaving 99 patients partially conscious through oral surgery.

Built from federal court documents in Case 3:22-cr-30005, this episode reveals the seven-step method Jensen executed every single time, the child who told their mother "felt everything," patient S.M. who was struck with a surgical instrument while fully awake on the table, and the stalking incident six weeks before trial that finally ended two and a half years of pretrial manipulation.

On December 18, 2024, Judge Colleen R. Lawless sentenced Jensen to 15 years in federal prison and asked from the bench: "If you cannot trust your doctor, who can you trust?"

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