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I had a dentist attempt to extract a tooth. After about 20 shots of anesthesia I was still in pain. I had been on antibiotics only 1 wk. the dentist broke the tooth leaving exposed nerve , partial tooth in which now is cutting the side of my tongue. Trying to speak. At that point when it broke she stopped due to the pain I was in an sent me home with more antibiotics / pain meds. This was on a Fri now on Mon I returned needing more pain meds, they refunded the money paid in advance said I now need an Oral Surgeon. I do not have ins. Can I sue this dentist for Mal practice.
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Impossible to really answer this without more facts. The fact that you had the occurrence is not, in and of itself, malpractice. The question is did the dentist do something wrong or fail to do something which should have been done which caused the problems. the second phase is whethere there is a permanent injury. You need to have th oral surgeon treat you now and than you can determine if there is a viable claim if there is a permanent injury. The pain and suffering alone will not support a claim.
Answered on Nov 30th, 2015 at 5:31 AM
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