4 Prominent Things You Should Know about Dental Malpractice

A general dentist did a root canal with a post to tooth #11. Before, during, and after an abscess was present. Multiple rounds of antibiotics. After having oral surgery this week with an endodontist, it was found bone was eaten away from the infection. Is this something the dentist should have not had an issue with and should have been able to remove the infection during the root canal? I complained about this tooth for months- before, during and after...
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Tamara Lee Wood

A general dentist did some work on a root canal which was a front tooth. I was talked in to doing crowns on all my front teeth to make sure they all match. I've has severe issues with sensitivity to hot and cold, constant bleeding. The tooth with the root canal that they replaced the post for is very crooked, causing me to bite my lip. I went to a second dentist and he said that some of the crowns have a gap between the gum and the tooth. There is no options for me now that my teeth were ground down to nubs. My teeth were completely healthy before all this work was done. Now, I find myself stuffing cotton in my mouth to absorb the bleeding daily before I have to talk to my own patients. I can't kiss my husband because of the bleeding and not wanting him to taste blood. I wake up in the middle of the night swallowing blood from my gums. I can't bite into anything with my front teeth. And one of the real issues that needed to be addressed was that I had tooth aches on the top and bottom on the right side of my mouth. It was never taken care of.

She probably should not have been working on that tooth to begin with since the fillings were from less than a year prior. The other one had been done in 2015 and the dentist has left a spot that was not smooth to the tooth . My problem is she cut into the gums about an eight of an inch or more above where it had been prior to that appointment and told me I had receding gum line but the work she was doing shouldn't have interfered with the gum line ,, I called and told them that it was still bleeding and it hurt horribly.. if I used mouthwash , I could cry. She said stop using mouthwash and use salted water. But the problem is I think she cut into my gums on purpose. It has been over two weeks and it isnt getting better. I am using an extremely soft old organic toothbrush and avoiding going near it most of the time because it bleeds unmercifully. If you look at all my other receeding gumline you can see how horribly she cut it. She took an hour and a half on the 1st tooth which was way weird. And put some kind of white bond on it. It doesn't even match the one next to it where she destroyed my gum? I need help. I went to her in the fall because my regular dentist has new hygienists everytime I go and this kid shoved to pitch used to determine gum line right up into it and said I needed a scaling but I was not about to let a kid that just poked a hole in my gum do scaling. Not the same tooth as the one the dentist screwed up.. I didnt call new dentist until it stopped hurting. Is there a dentist I can talk to about this. Or a dentist examining board?

My daughter had a root canal the afternoon of Monday June 25, 2020, yes 3 days ago. It was a new dentist in the office. The root canal was to be done on a lower left incisor. My daughter has severe dental phobia/anxiety. She had contacted office Thursday June 112020 to express her extreme phobia /anxiety especially since no one could accompany her due to COVID-19 fell on deaf ears. When she arrived for appointment again told of dental phobia/anxiety again nothing,thought at least laughing gas would be available. Dentist began root canal about 2 hours later says unable complete root canal due to being complicated, multiple, deep canals/roots. The office didn't have correct, long enough equipment to finsh. A temporary filling was placed on top, she was having quite a bit of pain and discomfort was told normal and was sent home. She said her time in chair was horrible she felt so much of what he was doing, entire procedure was pain. The dentist is very young in practice only 3 years out of dental school. My daughter is 22 years old no dental insurance, she paid $330 for root canal out of her pocket on sliding scale for low/no income individual, since didn't complete she should receive either a full or partial refund. They said are referring her to an Endodontist to finish procedure but not to get her hopes up be they only do so many reduced rate or free procedures.Its now Thursday June 18 2020 3 days later and she still experiencing pain, discomfort and bleeding.My daughter has teeth that need a lot of work, the previous dentist at this office had been working to get her teeth all fixed up, she has severe dental phobia /anxiety that is now even worse after this fiasco and does NOT want to go back to this dentist or any dentist now. What is she supposed to do now, she can't afford to go to a different dentist to fix this screwed up root canal. Now she is scared of dentist more than ever. Please help.

I had a large bridge put in last year. It failed in less then a year. Now they want me to pay for a different procedure to fix my problem. I paid $14000, no insurance. I don’t want to have to pay again for their failure. I was told by the dentist who replaced the original dentist that the bridge that was made for me is not the normal way of going about fixing my original problem.

What if you get dentures and they dont fit correctly amd after paying a lot of money the only way they will work on them so they fit is if you spend even more money!! And I have only had them 5 months!!

Is there any way possible to sue a medical school for the malpractice of an intern? From the beginning this person was hostile, and during the procedure it was apparent she did not know exactly is what to do, which made me nervous. At one point she attempted to push a needle in a place and I could feel it was not going further, due to the fact it was not in a good position. I reached up after telling her this, and the needle which was now removed was bent. She then decided to use the bent needle again anyway, which caused me to be even more frightened. Then each time upon extraction there was always some mishap, slipping tools and broken tooth. I only had four teeth to be removed since those were all that remained in my mouth. Well, I feel that there are roots still left in my gums after two of the extractions, a molar and a canine. I am set to get dentures in two days and I hope I am wrong.

I went to a dentist because my teeth were bad and i was having trouble eating he said they needed to come out so right then he pull 6 teeth on the bottom they were infected he sent me home with NO antibiotics the infection got in my blood stream went to my brain and my heart valve it caused me to have 3 strokes and I might have to have my heart valve replaced is not sending me home with antibiotics malpractice

I noticed a dentist scraped my tooth -10 years ago while i was sedated and getting my wisdom teeth pulled out and its gotten bigger since then. My sister had the same dentist at the time and she said it happened to her to while she had her wisdom teeth pulled out to. This was under parent consent, is there any way to get the dirtbag now.

I’m currently having a root canal completed on my lower left molar, the last tooth in back of my mouth. This is being done in three parts in which I have completed the first two parts. First part done on 12/10/2020, second part done 1/19/2021. For the third part, I’m just awaiting my crown to be placed which will be done next week 2/9/2021. I was given local and injection anesthesia for the first and second parts of my root canal. After the first root canal session I had the usual numbness and pain associated with injections and anesthesia that all wore off after a few days. After the second root canal session, again I had the usual numbness and pain associated with injections and anesthesia. My second root canal session was done the morning of Tuesday, 1/19/2021– of course, I still had the numbness and pain as mentioned earlier. Numbness wore off the same day but I still had pain in my jaw and on the tooth being worked on (#18). The next day, Wednesday 1/20/2020 no numbness but still pain. On Thursday, 1/21/2021 I woke up with numbness of my lip & chin as well as the teeth in my lower front area. I went to the dentist again on 1/26/2021 to address the numbness and was referred to an oral surgeon for a second opinion. He took X-rays & found that they had pushed out whatever material was used through my tooth and put the bottom. The material is now sitting on a nerve causing the numbness in my lip, chin, and teeth. He said he is unsure of how they will remove the material. What do I do now? Help!! Louisville, KY.

My mother in Washington State had several implants recently done. She was very badly bruised and in a lot of pain. She is 88 years old and said the Doctor was extremely ruff with her. She said she was covered in blood during the procedure. after the screws were put in and months later the teeth added one fell out. the doctor glued the teeth together and sent her on her way. What actions can be taken on the Doctor so he doesn't do this to another elderly person!

i have ADD/deppression and ptsd went dentist 7-2020 im n im afraid needels and i told dentist i was scared he was really mean and i pd him 3900 to pull 27 teeth and new dentuers he got mad cause i cry a lil bitt he scream me he said aint got paientece deal with me. 1hour later he had all 27 out except he broke 8-10 off left in my mouth bleed with new dentuers, iwent back tthey pull 3 pieces broken off, i pull couple pieces my hands i still have pieces broken off under gums rubbing all day you can see them broke off in my mouth at least 3-4 more, what do i do he is veryy very mean man?/ he traumtized me more than i already was in life, now dentures rub broken teeth and bleed and fall out with lots glue all day.

I don’t have insurance so I’m paying out of pocket for a $2600 root canal. Money which I don’t have by the way. So I had to sign up for a care credit card. I had the surgery a couple days ago and my mouth is still hurting. So I went to check in the mirror and my tooth NEXT to the root canal tooth has a huge crack going down the side into my gums. This tooth was perfectly healthy before the root canal by the way. What can I do about this? I’m not going to pay them for screwing up. I want to be compensated for this and have it fixed for free. What do I do? Is this medical malpractice??

Does this site refer to any lawyers? I have a situation similar to above.

Is a dental assistant qualified to put dental crowns on? Should the teeth be rinsed before putting the new crowns on??

is it worth posting a comment or question because i've not seen any replies, do they reply to any comments? wondering because i'm thinking i have a very good case and am trying to find and understand how to go about suing the "reputable" dental franchise oh hell Western Dental. The are the worst!

My firmer dentist made too and bottom partial the top is fine but the bottom was never made right, I advised them at the dental office they had me going back and forth the actual dentist never even checked the partial had the assistant who broke the clasp trying to fix it at the time and blamed it on me. I can’t eat with the bottom partial on it is so very painful, Oh and they finally had one of the dentist check me and I was so frustrated and I asked him to fix it and he asked me to leave then told me to never come back. Please can someone advise me on what can I do and also keeping them on at gatherings or events for hours create so much pain causing swollen glands and sore throat, please help on advising Thank you,

My dentist was performing a root canal on my tooth. He broke off a file deep within my root. He then decided to send me to an endodontist. The endodontist worked for 2 hours trying to get the file out. The result was the file was broken off again. I now have about 1/3 of a file broken off deep in my root and the endodontist isn’t sure the canal if clear of bacteria. I have paid $900 to the endodontist with no resolution. I go back in a week. Do I have a malpractice case against the dentist?

I signed and paid an agreement at Dentist to pay for my teeth to be pulled out and refutes put in. I signed it Oct 25th 2021. On Wednesday Nov 17 I went to have the teeth pulled and have the temporary healing denture put in. I had 6 teeth that had to be pulled out. We talked about that and they told me that that was what they were going to do. I went to two appointments before yesterday. When I went yesterday and they pulled all 6 teeth and put a healing denture in that didn’t fix they told me they found a mistake on their paperwork where they were suppose to put 6 teeth in the contact but only put three and told me that now I have to pay about $850.00 dollars more. Do I have any rights about this?

June 2020 I was referred by my pcp to go to their dental practice at a different location. The dentist extracted 6 upper teeth. She removed the teeth very quickly, she did not spray the area with water in order to see if anything was left or a tooth that may have broke and left. A couple days later I after the swelling went down I felt the eye tooth which part if it was left in the gums. I had an appointment for bottom ones to be removed I went in and had them extracted. I had signed a piece of paper stating they were going to use the gas to relax me. When she came into pull the teeth, I explained I did not feel anything and asked to turn it up I was told it was up as high as it could go. She proceeded to pull the tooth, I felt abused at this point as it was an experience I did not want to go through again. Her actions and treatment was very dehumanizing. I had explained to her my phobia of dentists. . A few days after her pulling them I felt the tooth I had another appointment to fill a tooth. I called in to ask them to cancel the filling and told German I needed her to remove the bone fragments that was in my gums. I had bit down on the bottom teeth which jarred and broke the remaining eye tooth and shoved it up into my gums. There has been other things such as referrals and oral surgeons and other dentist I have been to and have been told the same thing, nothing is there. I have talked with two doctors regarding the ct scan and pain along with tooth or bone fragments that naive all over in my mouth. It has progressively done other things to my face neck and chest. I am t the point of doing surgery on my own mouth because I cannot and am not getting this issue taken care of. I need help and need to know how this is going to be taken care of. He ct had a white glob sir led on the ct i. Asked my dr why it was circled she told me she didn’t know. I asked if I could speak to thhe person who read the scan and was told no that I cannot. I contacted the university of wa to see if they could do an exploratory surgery they told me I had to go back to my initial dentist. I did and begged them to help they pretty much said there is nothing they can do. So I begged him to put in a referral to uw. I feel that is not going to go any where. I want someone who understands my pain and suffering daily and am getting no where. to look for fragments that

DDS told me I had a hole in my tooth from all the chemo and radiation treatment years earlier - sent me for a $3500 root canal with a dental surgeon - then removed the temporary crown the dental surgeon put on that and installed her own with a molding substance. It broke off and took the rest of the tooth that was left with it.
A. why did they take so much of my tooth away? It was whole when I walked in the door.
B. should the she DDS have taken off the temporary and put on a molded substance.
C. how could it be now I am told I have to have an implant at $6K when 8 months ago and $3500+ later I had a tooth and money in pocket?

I'm beside myself.

I had a consultation for full mouth extraction and two lower implants. My cost, 18,000. Since the day of the procedure, the initial temp set did not fit. I could not go back to work. Had to use pto. They called me back in for another molding, this ripped all the stitching out of my mouth. The new temp set did fit and the pain was excruciating. I took more time off work. I was belittled, berated and cried everytime i asked for the service contracted. A new temp set was made and did not fit. I have been taking 800mg ibuprofen 5 to 7 times daily since 2018. The pain is still there. The set still does not fit and they are trying to charge me more money. I do not know what to do. I go through teeth glue like water. 1 tube or more a week just to eat. I put on lots if weight due to not being able to eat the foods i need. I had invested in a couple types of blenders in order to get what i needed into my body. I am depressed and have attempted to have them fix the issue several tomes nut to no avail. I am just sick to death when i think of the money, the time off of work, the pain and current i still have as well as how i am going to pay to some how fix this. I don't know what to do. I have left comments. I have spoken with owners and nothing. Whenever i attempt to address my concerns, no one remembers, or the blame is placed on me. Can i take them to small claims court? If so, can i actually win or will i just end up paying more money i dont have?