Lower Jaw Dental Work Common Cause of Dental Nerve Damage in Georgia
Dental malpractice can occur during various procedures, but some common dental procedures result in a much higher percentage of dental malpractice claims. The reason for this is probably the complexity of the procedure, the proximity of the procedure to certain anatomical structures in the mouth and tongue and jaw and the severity of the injury when these structures are violated by the dentist performing the procedure. Some of the procedures which tend to cause the most Georgia Dental malpractice claims are:
- Tooth Extractions in the Lower Jaw: Improper extraction techniques during complex extractions can lead to damage of the jawbone, nerves that run along the jaw and tongue and other parts of the face. This results in nerve damage and has leads to signs and symptoms such as pain, numbness, (pain and numbness together) and loss of feeling in the lip chin gums, teeth and face.
- Root Canals Procedures in the Lower Jaw: Not complying with the applicable standard of care when performing root canal therapy (root canals) results in errors during root canal procedures, such as perforations of the root, over-instrumentation of the canals, apllying too much pressure whine filling the canals, using the wrong type of filling material, incomplete cleaning, or overfilling of the canal. These can call cause cause infection, pain, nerve damage and or damage to surrounding tissues and, even at time, damage to the surrounding bone when the malpractice causes and infection and the infection is not treated in a timely manner or is treated ineffectively. This can lead to osteomylitis, a very serious bone infection that is extremely hard to treat due to the lack of blood and oxegynation in the infected bone..