Dental Negligence

[Guest guest]

Moderator's Note- Again, please no asking for advice. Though I greatly feel for

you, I think telling of your experience will by itself lend to people telling of

their experience. The shortcut around asking for advice and putting the group

members and group moderators at risk of being accused of practicing *anything*

without a license. As you have already proven it is a topsy turvy world out

there and what is right is not always what is honored and can result in less

than optimal consequences.

Misty

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Had a very bad experience with a dentist in Florida and don't know

how to resolve it.

Went in for a cavity filling. He put in a bonded filling but did

not use a partition between that tooth and the adjacent tooth. The

end result was both teeth got bonded together.

In the process of using a metal saw to unbind them he exerted so

much pressure on the adjacent tooth that it broke off at the root.

The dentist refuses to make good on his negligence.

Called over 20 lawyers but they refuse to take the case because

there is not enough money in it for them. I then filed a small

claims suit but now find that the dentist's lawyer has filed a motion

to dismiss the suit and pay all his legal costs. His reason is

because Florida Statues say before you file a lawsuit against a

doctor or dentist you must send the dentist a " Notice Of Intent " by

certified mail with receipt stating you intend to sue him. This must

be accompanied with another dentist affidavit of expert opinion

stating that he agrees that the first dentist committed negligence.

There is no way that any other dentist will give me this expert

opinion affidavit against another fellow dentist. And since I did not

first file a " Notice of Intent " to sue before filing the small claims

suit, the whole thing is about to be dismissed with me paying the

dentist's legal fees, court costs, etc. Is this justice to you. I

still am in shock.

I am writing this for two reasons. (1) Can anybody give me any

advice on what to do and (2) as a notice to anyone else with doctor

or dental problems that I guess you must just grin and bear it

because lawyers won't take your case unless there are huge amounts of

money to be made and small claims court is next to impossible. I

would appreciate any feedback at aisgro.

[Guest guest]

Good information, a cautionary tale for the rest of us. i consider this info

for our self defence, to learn from other's trials. Wish i had an answers, but

thanks for your story. ng

 

 

Dental Negligence

 

 

Moderator's Note- Again, please no asking for advice. Though I greatly feel

for you, I think telling of your experience will by itself lend to people

telling of their experience. The shortcut around asking for advice and putting

the group members and group moderators at risk of being accused of practicing

*anything* without a license. As you have already proven it is a topsy turvy

world out there and what is right is not always what is honored and can result

in less than optimal consequences.

Misty

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Had a very bad experience with a dentist in Florida and don't know

how to resolve it.

Went in for a cavity filling. He put in a bonded filling but did

not use a partition between that tooth and the adjacent tooth. The

end result was both teeth got bonded together.

In the process of using a metal saw to unbind them he exerted so

much pressure on the adjacent tooth that it broke off at the root.

The dentist refuses to make good on his negligence.