Dental Malpractice-Dental Implant Nightmare

[A true story]

Dental Malpractice-Dental Implant Nightmare

Dental Malpractice-Dental Implant Nightmare

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Dental Malpractice-Dental Implant Nightmare

Dental Malpractice-Dental Implant Nightmare

The oral surgeon in New York promised to give a patient a set of perfect teeth. All he needed to do was get 10 dental implants on his upper jaw, and 10 dental implants on his lower jaw. The patient, who never had implants before, agreed. He wanted a beautiful set of teeth. It had been many years since he had good healthy natural teeth, and when he arrived in the oral surgeon's office for that first consultation, he had only seven decaying teeth remaining in his mouth.

WHAT IS A DENTAL IMPLANT?

It is usually a titanium screw that gets screwed into the jaw. It creates the foundation upon which a permanent bridge or crown will sit. Once the implant is screwed into the jaw, ittakes months to heal. After the healing period, healing collar is placed around the implant, and then a post is placed on top of the implant. Once a post is put on, a fixed bridge or cap (also known as a crown) can be attached to the post.

THE COST TO PLACE IMPLANTS

My client had been to a few different implant dentists and was told that for six implants it would cost anywhere from $ 35,000 to $ 50,000. Since this man did not have the money to pay for these implants, he held off, and continued to use his ill-fitting denture that would fall out at the most inopportune times.

One day, while at work, my client saw an ad by this oral surgeon promising inexpensive dental implants and great results. The adwas intoxicating and held the promise of a great set of teeth for only a fraction of the cost that most other dentists were charging.

"IF IT SOUNDS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE ...IT IS "

This patient was quoted a price of 10 ,500 to put in implants on his upper jaw, and 10 implants on his lower jaw. Twenty implants total. All for the low, low price of ,500. That price also included the restoration for full porcelain fixed bridges on both upper and lower jaws. What a bargain.

What the patient got instead was botched dental treatMent. To begin with, the oral surgeon failed to properly evaluate whether this patient had sufficient bone for all these implants. He failed to identify where the nerves were in relation to where he wasgoing to insert the implants. Unfortunately for the patient, the implants were put in too close together; they were improperly angled; there were too many implants; he put an implant into the patient's sinus and never realized it. he created a hole in the sinus and despite trying to fix it twice, failed.

THE RECORDS DON'T LIE

The doctor's dental records were worse than scribbles. They had no useful information. The notes reflecting the doctor's comMents after the dental implant surgery simply said "Observe." That's it. No notes about patient complaints, what type of examination he performed on that visit visit or any other for that matter. No notes about what his treatMent plan was. Incredibly, while the patientwas having the implants inserted the doctor claimed that he would take one to two intra-operative x-rays to determine if the implants were in the correct place. Once he decided they were in the right place, he would then inexplicably throw away the x-rays he had taken. The doctor attempted to explain that he had no use for the intra-operative x-rays once the implants were embedded into the jaw.

The fact that The x-rays were technically the patient's property had no impact on this oral surgeon.

A DENTIST RED KISS HIS PATIENTS

Months after the patient had his implants placed into his jaw, he received a letter from this New York dentist announcing that he could no longer continue to provide dental services, giving variousexcuses. Incredibly, the dentist failed to refer this patient, or any other patient, to another oral surgeon to continue their dental implant care. As a result, this dental victim remained without any teeth in his mouth for two full years.

Calls and letters to this oral surgeon requesting a refund of cash that had been paid went unanswered. All efforts to recoup money for the improper work and unfinished work were ignored.

THE PATIENT FILES A LAWSUIT

Dental Malpractice-Dental Implant Nightmare