Re: Dental Fraud - I want my money back



wipeout64@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Can you offer any suggestions
on how I can present my case in small claims court? Thanks


I'm not a lawyer and I've never been to small claims court.

That said:

If it's a matter of 'he said'-'you said', you lose. You would
need some proof that the dentist absolutely did not do the
procedures that you were charged for.

Previous radiographs compared to new radiographs might be enough,
or might not be. Judges aren't typically experts in reading
dental X-rays.

Few people have close up pictures of their teeth pre and post-
treatment. Proof may be elusive.

I'm not saying the dentist is not trying to rip you off, but I
sure have seen patients misunderstand what work was actually
done.

Many times I've had patients come into the office and say,
"That filling you did last week/month/year fell out". When
I check the records and look in their mouths, it is
almost always another filling on another tooth. Not the one
that I recently worked on.

A few of these patients never did believe me and thought I
was trying to charge them again for defective work.

So, from here, it's hard to offer much real help.

Steve

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