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Conscious Sedation During Dental Procedure Leads To Child’s Death

December 24, 2015

A four-year-old child in Texas died three days after he was given conscious sedation medications by a pediatric dentist on December 30, 2013 at the dentist’s office located in a strip mall before having extensive dental work. The child’s general dentist had recommended four crowns to t[...]

$4.5M Connecticut Dental Malpractice Verdict For Botched Root Canal

June 14, 2015

A Connecticut dental malpractice jury has awarded $4.5 million to a 42-year-old woman who had a root canal procedure performed on her by the defendant dentist on March 15, 2011 that left her with pain at all times: pain when she is eating, pain while she is sleeping, and pain when she is doing noth[...]

$430,000 New York Dental Malpractice Verdict Set Aside On Appeal

May 19, 2015

By its decision rendered on May 6, 2015, the Supreme Court of the State of New York Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department (“Appellate Court”) reversed a jury’s verdict in the amount of $430,000 in favor of a dental patient in a New York dental malpractice case, finding tha[...]

New Jersey $2.3M Dental Malpractice Verdict Upheld On Appeal

April 18, 2015

By its unpublished decision dated March 27, 2015, the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division upheld a $2,300,035.00 verdict in a New Jersey dental malpractice case, determining that the verdict was not excessive in light of the substantial permanent injuries sustained and the medical exp[...]

Dental Malpractice Lawsuit Alleges Bad Treatment Requiring Further Surgery

May 5, 2014

A Louisiana man has filed a dental malpractice lawsuit against his former dentist and the dentist’s employer, alleging dental negligence by the dentist who performed an unnecessary dental procedure using an improper technique, failing to obtain the patient’s informed consent, and failin[...]

Virginia Dentist Pulled Too Many Teeth

March 16, 2012

A Maryland man in his mid-60s went to a Virginia dentist instead of a Maryland dentist because the Virginia dentist was closer to his girlfriend’s home and the Virginia dentist was also a member of the same church as his girlfriend. So when the man needed to replace a dental crown in 2010, he[...]

Maryland Medical Malpractice Claim For Teen’s Death In Dentist’s Office

December 30, 2011

A medical malpractice case recently was filed against a Maryland dentist (a highly-regarded oral surgeon) and an anesthesiologist for the death of a teenage girl who was undergoing routine wisdom teeth extraction in the dentist’s office when her heart rate fell drastically, causing her body t[...]

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