Mal-practice cases

unreggd

It seems a lot of people have gone through things that were completely negligent and unprofessional

I have one meself

When I was 17 I had a bad cavity, but it was the back of an upper tooth, and pain free, so I didnt notice it til it got bad.

So I went to the dentist and she scraped the bad bits out and said "Its gone very deep, so do you want me to dress it now?" and I said yeah

So I assumed it was a filling, done and dusted, grand

about 2 months later the corner of the white filling she used broke off, then another few weeks later I was eating chewingum and the whole tooth just shattered

So now I'm left with the root in my Jaw, which will have to be surgically extracted, and that will cost 300 odd euro

Turns out she should have told me I had to get a root canal or get it extracted. So I wudda got it extracted, for about 65 euro, and that wudda been it

I dont think shes still there, but i really feel like chasin her up and putting in a complaint

Any chance I had to the save the tooth [if i chose a root canal] is gone, so now I face dentures or an implant if I want it back

davo10

Unreggd, I have a few points to make/ask before you consider making a complaint.
1. If you knew you had a cavity, why didn't you have treatment immediately?, the decay would probably have been less extensive, the filling much smaller and you may not have lost the tooth. That's you being negligent.
2. The dentist diagnosed the problem, removed the decay and offered you what she considered the best possible treatment option, a filling. Where's the problem?.
3. The larger the filling the more likely it is to fracture, you said it broke on eating chewing gum, so something you did/were eating caused it to break. Where's the problem?.
4. Perhaps due to your negligence in not seeking treatment earlier, there was not enough of tooth left to root treat tooth and the choice was to extract or place a filling which meant you retained the tooth for a while longer. Where's the problem?.
5. Lastly you said in one sentence you would have had the tooth extracted if the option was discussed, then in your last sentence you decry the fact that all hope of saving the tooth was lost by the dentist's "negligence", which is it?.

Face it, you were the negligent one, it's your own fault you lost your tooth and now you have to pay for your mistake in not seeking treatment earlier

unreggd

It wasnt a proper filling, it was a temporary dressing, but she didnt tell me

and she never noticed it at previous checkups even though it musta been like that a good while

I wudnt have noticed it til the pain set in, which wud have meant it was there a while

and i meant to say I probably would have got it extracted, dependin on the outlook of a root canal

she should hve made it clear it was only a temporary dressing, and not a proper filling

there'd been many other complaints about her

I didnt wait, i went as soon as it started to hurt

unreggd

davo10 wrote: »

1. If you knew you had a cavity, why didn't you have treatment immediately?, the decay would probably have been less extensive, the filling much smaller and you may not have lost the tooth. That's you being negligent

I didnt know, she never told me at checkups! I only knew when the pain set in cos it was the back of an upper tooth

2. The dentist diagnosed the problem, removed the decay and offered you what she considered the best possible treatment option, a filling. Where's the problem?

She didnt diagnose the problem properly. She didnt tell me the dressing she was puttin on was only temporary, and that I'd need a root canal or extraction soon

3. The larger the filling the more likely it is to fracture, you said it broke on eating chewing gum, so something you did/were eating caused it to break. Where's the problem?

It wasnt a real filling! and the fact that chewing gum broke it shows how fragile it ended up

4. Perhaps due to your negligence in not seeking treatment earlier, there was not enough of tooth left to root treat tooth and the choice was to extract or place a filling which meant you retained the tooth for a while longer. Where's the problem?

Again, i wasnt waiting and it wasnt a proper filling

5. Lastly you said in one sentence you would have had the tooth extracted if the option was discussed, then in your last sentence you decry the fact that all hope of saving the tooth was lost by the dentist's "negligence", which is it?.

I meant to say i probably would have
She still should have given me the option

davo10

Unreggd, you stated in your first post that she asked you " do you want me to dress it now?". She told you what treatment she was doing and asked permission to proceed, you got A DRESSING, not a filling, not a root filling, not an extraction, A DRESSING, you seem to have heard this.Whats the problem?

Again root treatment may not have been possible if tooth was badly decayed. A permenant filling such as composite would be expensive and have a poor prognosis, you would then be on here giving out about that breaking too, a dressing may have been the simplest and most cost effective way of prolonging the retention of the tooth.

Also, don't use other peoples complaints to try and substantiate yours, you have no grounds for complaint.