Re: should I sue the dental clinic

You should talk with your dentist about this problem and see what can be
done and at what cost. You certainly have the option of suing, and you
could talk with a lawyer to see what they think about this. It is difficult
to understand precisely what happened from reading your text, and it is even
more difficult to make an assessment without examing you. If you go to
court, this case would not be for a large amount of money, and you would
have to give the lawyer at least 1/3 of what you win [that is IF you win],
and also pay expenses for the expert witness, etc. In the end, you would
probably get about 40% of what you won [IF you won] and the case would
likely be worth less than $5000.

"mdk" <mdk332000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi experts,

In a dental clinic I had root canal and porcelain crown done for my
upper molar. At the time of the first examination, they found there was
a big cavity in the molar but said it could be saved. Unfortunately the
doctor forgot to remove the cement the crown was done and some time
later I felt great pain in my gum and went to them. It proved that it
was because the forgotten cement was pointing into my gum, which caused
the pain. They tried to remove the cement, but unavoidably damaged the
crown (otherwise the cement couldn't be removed since it is so hard and
hidden inside) . They did a new crown on it free of charge. After about
6 months, the corner crown was broken and I went to them to check, it
was the crown they redid last time. When the doctor was about the did
another crown for that tooth (would be the 3rd crown) a problem is
found: there is a big fracture in my tooth and it is not worth to do
anything on that anymore because it couldn't be save any more. Now the
money of some one and half thousand spent on it for root canal and
crown was wasted and i lost the tooth forever. I had to remove the
tooth.

While I had the crown on I took great care to avoid chewing/biting hard
thing with that tooth. I think the fracture happened right in the tooth
on which the crown was redone, such was not a coincident. It is because
they stress the tooth and take off more from my tooth the second time
they did the crown my tooth became fragile and easier to break.

I want to sue them for their own mistake causing me to lose a tooth. If
so how can i start off, the x-rays are all in their hands.

Timmy



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