Dentist malpractice

I suspect a dentist cut a groove into my tooth while polishing it. How do I get an accessment to see if I have a case?

Atlantic Dawn

Might be better to ask them about it first to see if they believe that they have caused it, could have been genuine mistake they didn't spot.

coylemj

Deleted User wrote: »

How do I get an accessment to see if I have a case?

A 'case'..... for what?

Mental trauma? You lie awake at night with anxiety.

Cosmetic embarrassment? Your friends laugh at you. A child on a bus asked: 'Mummy, look at that man with a scratch on his tooth!'

Loss of earnings? You were formerly a model for Oral-B ads.

How much are you looking for?

GM228

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I suspect a dentist cut a groove into my tooth........

"Suspect" gives me the impression your not even sure if they did it or not, not a great start to any potential case!

McCrack

Deleted User wrote: »

I suspect a dentist cut a groove into my tooth while polishing it. How do I get an accessment to see if I have a case?

Contact a solicitor who can seek a liability and causation report on your behalf

McCrack

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Might be better to ask them about it first to see if they believe that they have caused it, could have been genuine mistake they didn't spot.

Yes and turkeys will vote for Christmas

coylemj

coylemj wrote: »

A 'case'..... for what?

Mental trauma? You lie awake at night with anxiety.

Cosmetic embarrassment? Your friends laugh at you. A child on a bus asked: 'Mummy, look at that man with a scratch on his tooth!'

Loss of earnings? You were formerly a model for Oral-B ads.

How much are you looking for?

I don't see what the joke is. It's a front tooth that could turn to a cavity

Green Peter

McCrack wrote: »

Contact a solicitor who can seek a liability and causation report on your behalf

They will run with it regardless and the insurance company will probably settle because it's just too expensive to fight it in the courts if one of the Santa Claus judges happen to be working that week. Meanwhile the rest of us pay inflated premiums, some country! Meanwhile the rest of us work for our cash!

Strumms

First thing would be to get the opinion of another dentist.

They will be able to determine the likely root cause of the damage...

You’ll need said opinion if you want to claim..

coylemj

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I don't see what the joke is. It's a front tooth that could turn to a cavity

The ‘joke’ aspect of this situation is that you haven’t mentioned any effort on your part to get the original practitioner to fix the problem. Instead, you post on an internet forum looking for advice on how to sue.

McCrack

coylemj wrote: »

The ‘joke’ aspect of this situation is that you haven’t mentioned any effort on your part to get the original practitioner to fix the problem. Instead, you post on an internet forum looking for advice on how to sue.

Clearly the OP can make a decision whether to go back to the dentist that botched up or find another perhaps more competent one and yes this is the legal discussion forum so it's probably the correct place for the OP to ask

coylemj

McCrack wrote: »

Clearly the OP can make a decision whether to go back to the dentist that botched up or find another perhaps more competent one and yes this is the legal discussion forum so it's probably the correct place for the OP to ask

It's not. For suspected medical malpractice, an internet forum is the last place you should go to for advice.

If the original dentist won't/can't fix the problem, the OP should talk to a solicitor.

McCrack

coylemj wrote: »

It's not. For suspected medical malpractice, an internet forum is the last place you should go to for advice.

If the original dentist won't/can't fix the problem, the OP should talk to a solicitor.

The OP asked for a steer where to go to get their issue assessed, it's clearly a professional negligence query that a solicitor can assist and the legal discussion forum is the appropriate place to ask

All you have done is replied to the OP in a disparaging, condescending and snarky way which could well reflect your real life ego

coylemj

McCrack wrote: »

All you have done is replied to the OP in a disparaging, condescending and snarky way which could well reflect your real life ego

And precisely what you just did. Spare us your moral superiority.

Op, the polishing attachments used by Dentists have non-cutting surfaces, they are either nylon brushes which are firmer than a toothbrush, or rubber cups, neither will cut a groove in your tooth. People often feel the surfaces of their teeth feel different when all the crap is cleaned off them. If the Dentist was polishing a white filling, what you could be feeling is the joint between the filling and the tooth. Before you rack up legal expenses, might be wise to go back and let the Dentist look at it, usually it takes a couple of seconds to polish any rough/sharp areas.

Thanks everybody for your replies