Woman Claims Dental Malpractice Compensation after Wrong Extraction
Most of the dental malpractice claims that I come across as an Atlanta dental malpractice attorney involve lingual nerve injuries or alveolar nerve injuries caused during dental procedures. However, there's more than one way that a dentist can be reckless.
A woman in Somerset UK is suing her dentist for malpractice, after he extracted the wrong tooth. The story doesn't end there. The dentist, who had discarded the extracted tooth into a waste bin, then retrieved the tooth, and replanted it right back on to the patient.
According to the 44-year-old patient, her dentist erroneously extracted a perfectly healthy tooth instead of the rotting teeth. She realized it when she went home, and contacted the dentist. He called her back to his dental office for remedial measures, and proceeded to replant the extracted tooth. By this time, he had already discarded the healthy, extracted tooth into the waste bin. Her tooth was retrieved from a bin that had a lot of medical waste, including bloodied tissues, used needles and saliva wipes.
Within a few hours of the procedure, the woman was in extreme pain, and had to be rushed to the hospital. She underwent an emergency dental procedure to remove not just the infected tooth, but also the healthy one.
Authorities in the hospital were horrified at her story, and reported the dentist to local authorities. He has now been suspended. The patient has filed a dental malpractice lawsuit against him, and claims that she had to take several anti-hepatitis injections as well as undergo blood tests to rule out infections from the contaminated replanted tooth.
