Q: Do i have a case worth fighting and where can i find a lawyer?
I went to a dentist to fill 9 cavities. I was put under a form of anesthesia using tranquilizers. This is used for people who are afraid of the dentist and its called sedation dentistry. While i was sedated, the dentist preformed a procedure where he drilled a hole in my tooth and inserted a metal rod through my tooth and into my skull. He didn’t tell me that he did this until the next day when i went in because i was in so much pain. When he told me this i flipped out. I went to the emergency dental place where they told me that this procedure had shattered my tooth and that it wasn’t savable. They took out my front top tooth (#9) and then i had to go get bone graphs and then had to wait for those to heal and then get an implant in. All the while I’m toothless which destroyed my self esteem and prevented me from going out in public and enjoying myself. I’m 31 years old and this destroyed my self image and was incredibly painful. It also cost me thousands of dollars
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Where can you find a lawyer? You can find a California lawyer on this site, or through your own searches. Do you have a case worth fighting? It's difficult to say based only on these facts. Teeth can break during endodontic and other procedures. The fact that a tool fractured/shattered is not evidence of malpractice in and of itself. The standard is negligence, in terms of whether the dentist exercised the proper standard of care. You could contact a lawyer to discuss the matter in further detail. If they felt it was a case they could handle on a contingency basis, they would request your records and films for review. Good luck
Tim Akpinar
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