My dentist recently injected me with the wrong type of anaesthetic, also injected it straight into a nerve and pulled one of my teeth out while I could still feel the pain. He ignored my shouts of pain and I went to my doctor afterwards and he told me I had extremely high blood pressure which I never had before. How can I sue my dentist and how do I start the process?
2007-11-22 10:42:11 · 7 answers · asked by ? 4 in Health ➔ Dental
Bumbleboi - the dentist even told me to lie to my doctor about what he had injected into me and then tried to pay ME to go back to his surgery to have his work corrected - not the actions of a professional person I think. I'm going to take the advice of the first answer and see a solicitor and sue his great big dirty unprofessional @rse off.
2007-11-22 10:59:41 · update #1
S P - I am NOT greedy. I am wealthy in my own right so I don't need the money. But I want to make sure he does not do this to anyone else in the future. Dentists have a duty of care towards their patients and this was obviously missed during my visit. And how do you explain him wanting to bribe me financially to go back to the surgery, have the work corrected and then keep quiet about the experience? If it happened to you or someone in your family you would be just as angry as me. So get off your high horse and off my page because you do not know what the hell you are talking about because you did not go through it.
2007-11-22 21:21:42 · update #2
go talk to a lawyer as they have free consultations to see if you have a good case.
2007-11-22 11:32:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 4⤋
Firstly Dentists only stock one type of anaesthetic and his records which have to be countersigned by his checking partner/ Dental Nurse, would say exactly what you were given.
It is not possible to inject into the nerve because of the size of needle used, if a Dentist stopped treatment everytime someone screamed no one would ever get any Dental work done and pain is legally seen as a reasonable risk of Dental treatment, you can't expect to be pain free because, for one the drugs they are allowed to use are not strong enough, by law if you were kept pain free at the Dentist you would also end up being a registered smack head by the end of the same week. For two, the teeth are close packed with a fine but plentiful blood supply and nerve supply so pain is pretty damn near impossible to avoid when you have problems with your teeth.
Lastly, whenever you are in pain your blood pressure raises and stays raised throughout the period of pain, it's perfectly normal and natural, it does go down again and having raised blood pressure due to a period of pain does not mean you have problem blood pressure for good! Don't think you have a complaint and if you do make one you won't get far with it.
p.s I hate to sound cynical, but I very seriuosly doubt what you claim given the strong and rigid codes of professional conduct and ethical practice under which such professions have to prove they practice. I repeat, there is is ONLY one type of anaesthesia a Dental surgery can use and ONLY one type they are legally allowed to have on the premises which is rigidly checked on a weekly basis. If they can only have one how can you have been given the wrong one? Dentists used to be able to give either local anaesthesia, with is injectable and numbing (the type they still give which is called Lignocaine and there are no other drugs that do this job) and a mild general anaesthetic, Nitrous Oxide gas you breathed in through a mask until you fell asleep, this was banned some years ago. It seems you have not noticed my other points either, like the impossibility of injecting into nerves due to needle size, (they make them that size for a reason!) also had he injected into your nerve you would have a serious facial paralysis by now. Sorry to be mean but I do get tired of people having completely unrealistic health care expectations and the "ambulance chaser" culture.
You might also want to remember that calling him unprofessional without evidence or proof is grounds for him to sue your @rse off for serious deformation of character.
2007-11-22 18:55:13 · answer #2 · answered by bumbleboi 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Unless there is a bunch of info. that we are not getting there is NO chance of litigation. Being rough doesn't mean negligent. The dentist probably had increased blood pressure also! By the way, how's your tooth? Is the pain gone? Was the procedure successful? Be thankful it's over and don't go to that dentist again!
2007-11-22 19:22:00 · answer #3 · answered by enamel 7 · 4⤊ 1⤋
There are anaesthetics with adreneline and ones without. Brand names can differ too.
2007-11-23 03:43:38 · answer #4 · answered by R N 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Go see a solicitor who specialises in med neg. Ring a large practice and ask.
2007-11-22 18:44:58 · answer #5 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
you sure are greedy. Move on. Nothing you can do about it. You have no pain now. You are not harmed. Grow up and move on.
2007-11-22 20:59:58 · answer #6 · answered by S P 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=how+to+claim+for+dental+negligence&meta=
2007-11-22 18:51:30 · answer #7 · answered by blue dolphin 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋