Dental Malpractice Lawyers | Dental Instrument Broke And Left Behind After A Root Canal.?

Dental Instrument Broke And Left Behind After A Root Canal.?

I had a root canal in February. It took about 2 months for the tooth to fully recover. I was in a ton of pain. when I went back to the Dentist b/c the pain was just too much he said it was b/c the tooth needed to be shaved down. Well it took 2 months and TONS of Advil for it to finally feel better. I recently went back b/c of excrutiating pain and it turns out a canal was left in the first time and the tooth was infected. The Endodonsit (different Dentist) found a piece of metal from an instrument jammed in my mouth and couldn’t remove it. Is this why I got the infection? Is this malpractice? How common is this? Thanks for your answers. I really appreciate it!!

Related posts:

  1. Do I Need A Root Canal? Is This Dental Malpractice?
  2. Root Canal Done Wrong! What Should I Do??please Read Detail Below For Story…?
  3. Is This A Case Of Dental Malpractice?
  4. Does Anyone Know Anything About Dental Malpractice?
  5. Dental Malpractice Case?

Filed Under Dental Malpractice Lawyers | 5 Comments

Tagged With , , , , , , ,

Comments

5 Responses to “Dental Instrument Broke And Left Behind After A Root Canal.?”

  1. Dental Nerd on February 23rd, 2010 2:05 pm

    It is not unheard of for a dentist to brake an instrument in a canal. It can be left there with no problem and then sometimes it can create a problem.
    The fact that makes me sounds suspicious is that after the root canal the dentist is supposed to take another x-ray and review his work. The dental instrument SHOULD have been noticed then and you SHOULD have been informed. I would ask for a copy of his dental notes (by law they must give this to you) and see if he noted it but never said anything. Also, get a copy of all x-rays taken that day. There should at least be two: pre operative & post operative. If it was noted but not told to you I would ask Dentist #2 to write a letter stating his findings and if he can professionaly express that Dentist #1 was at fault you have a malpractice case.

  2. Debi on February 23rd, 2010 5:46 pm

    Yes, that is probably why you got an infection. Yes, that is malpractice. No, this is NOT common. I would suggest asking the endodontist to make sure he has totally noted all of this in your record and see an attorney. The dentist who did this to you is the one who scares most people from seeing a dentist in the first place!

  3. ponyboy 81 on February 23rd, 2010 7:12 pm

    If one of the instruments from the original treatment broke in a canal, it may have prevented the canal from being properly cleaned and sealed. If an endodontist could not remove the instrument, the prognosis for that tooth is questionable at best. (It may continue to get re-infected). Endodontic files are small and can break. I hope your tooth can be saved.

  4. Dean on September 3rd, 2010 11:15 pm

    my spouse had multiple root canals Aug 2009. It took multiple visits and cost a ton of money – even with insurance. After that she endured 9 kidney infections. Doctors had not idea what was causing this – they even blamed her for bad sexual hygene???? Near the end a paralyzing mouth / throat infection which forced her back to the original dentist. An xray taken, a broken off instrument found – she was referred to an endodentist. He was appauled but was careful with comments. He is now redoing everything at much pain and money. We did call a lawyer but the legal said dont hope for much as they may not be able to tie it to the infections. Good grief??? Do we need vigilanties out there to protect us???

  5. Ok, now what....they broke the instrument in his mouth, but did not tell him til a week later and said they were going to leave it on September 6th, 2011 1:27 pm

    wow. In vegas, what do we do…..endodentist?????

Leave a Reply




Powered by Yahoo! Answers