All dentists and dental offices must use best practices and follow the standard of care to protect patients and provide the safest office environment possible. This has always been the law in Georgia, but now, in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, these dental providers must do much more. To…
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Dental Implant Centers May Cause Injuries By Using Non-Sterile Water
Otherwise healthy patients who undergo dental implants are at risk of ending up having heart surgery. As evidenced by the recent situation involving an oral surgeon who performed a number of procedures in his practice including installing implants which became infected, dental implant centers who regularly install “all on 4”…
Trigeminal Neuralgia Caused by Dental Malpractice Care Below the Standard of Care
As a lawyer in Atlanta, Georgia who specializes in Dental Malpractice Injuries, I receive lots of calls from Georgia patients who have been severely injured by Atlanta dentists. The calls are many, and at the outset, I must point out, that not every injury in the dental chair is caused…
Injuries From Dental Malpractice in Georgia Include Burns
As evidenced by recently filed lawsuit, dental injuries from malpractice that are compensable in a lawsuit can include, in addition to dental nerve injuries, lost wages, pain and suffering and loss of consortium, such injuries as burns inside the mouth caused by fire. Of course, to be recoverable in a…
Filling Baby Teeth in Georgia Simply Too Risky Under General Anesthesia
Early childhood cavities (ECC) is the single most common chronic childhood dental disease. In the treatment of ECC, children are often sedated under general anesthesia. An estimated 100 000 to 250 000 pediatric dental sedations are performed annually in the United States. Many of these procedures are not necessary and are performed…
Dental Malpractice in Georgia Could Include Fraud and Unnecessary Procedures
Georgia patients are injured every day from dental procedures. Common dental procedures are not always as safe, effective, or durable as we are meant to believe. As a profession, dentistry has not yet applied the same level of self-scrutiny as medicine, or embraced as sweeping an emphasis on scientific evidence.…
Dean of Dental School Files Lawsuit Alleges Theft of Gold Crowns
The dean of a major university dental school has filed a lawsuit after being terminated as dean and in his complaint alleges, among other things, the stealing of gold crowns from the dental school and accusing officials of retaliating against him for reporting problems at the College of Dentistry. As…
Georgia Dental Implant Malpractice Injuries
An Improperly Installed Dental Implant Is The Result of Dental Error Dental implants must be placed carefully to ensure that they will heal properly and be able to bear the stress of biting and chewing. Common errors made by dentists, oral surgeons and periodontists who incorrectly install implants include placing…
Georgia Root Canal Leads to Nerve Injury and Permanent Pain
Root Canals Are Common Procedures In Georgia Root canals are a common dental procedure performed in Georgia by general dentists and endodontists. If the root canal is not performed correctly, the plaintiff in a lawsuit will allege that the defendant dentist was negligent in performing a root canal and the…
Georgia Dental Injuries by Prevalence
As a lawyer in Georgia who regularly handles dental injuries, I come across a lot of situations which result in dental injuries. Some injuries are sustained prior to the patient going to the dentists, while others are caused by the dental treatment itself. Some of the most common situations which…