Dental Implant Horror Story- NY Medical Malpractice Lawyer Explains

[sweetgirl94949]

Whers the proof of this storyy

[lawmed1]

@sweetgirl94949 What proof do you want? To see a mouth w/o teeth? Sorry, that's just not going to happen. Do you think he feels proud enough to get on video and tell his story? Not this client. You are welcome to check the court files to confirm this case.

[sweetgirl94949]

@lawmed1 well this was in 2008 im sure he has teeth by now if he was re compensated.

[lawmed1]

@sweetgirl94949 There's a saying that the measure of a man is not what he has but what has been taken from him.

[droliv]

well, seems that he's just marketing his law office... i was wondering what to think about a lawyer who needs that kind of advertisement...

[lawmed1]

@droliv You're looking at the wrong way. It's got nothing to do w/ a lawyer who needs to advertise. Instead, it's a way to educate the public. It's a way to teach. It's a way to inform injured consumers about similarly injured victims and what can be done to help them.

It is also a way to stand out from the crowd by showing viewers what I do and what I have done to help others in a similar situation.

[Dental40]

Great way of explaining, i loved way of drawing, pictures always more helpful to make understand, sure in future want to follow it.. For Dental Implants you may check out my videos.......

[lawmed1]

@Dental40 The reason I didn't want to include photos of my client's mouth is that they are very disturbing. You can get the visual image from the description in the video w/o having to actually 'see' what his mouth looked like w/o teeth.

[BaronessAnneMarie]

this sounds like what I am going through.

[choubala]

Well if it's too good to be true....you get what you pay for....and why does every dentist feel the need to place implants???? Leave it to those who are properly trained

[soilmanted1]

I'm sorry but dental implants are never "ratcheted" in. A hole is drilled in the bone and the implants are screwed in.

[lawmed1]

@soilmanted1 There you go. I stand corrected. Thanks for pointing that out. What did you think about the treatment this patient received from this dentist, based on the video above?

[soilmanted1]

@soilmanted1

What do you think I think? By the way, I am a lowly (and unemployed) dental technician, and not a dentist. However that makes me, from a practical standpoint (but not a legal standpoint) an uncanny judge of the quality of dental care being provided by a dentist. And since I am outside the old boy network I can criticise freely without fear of career repercussions.

An implant could extend into a maxillary sinus, without becoming "lost" in it. Not as serious a problem.

[lawmed1]

@soilmanted1 His became "lost." The dentist had no idea where it went. Dentist couldn't explain the chronic sinus infections that the patient never had before. MRI revealed the 'missing' implant.

I would guess that you've seen your share of good dental work, and dental work that is below standard. Would you agree?

[soilmanted1]

@lawmed1 If the dentist put x implants into someone's head, and then he subsequently began hanging prosthetic teeth on x-1 of them, without first accounting for the missing implant, he should not be practicing dentistry. Either it fell out or it migrated somewhere. It isn't like a piece of titanium is difficult to see on an x-ray. If he had neglected to keep a record of exactly how many he had put in - that is also incompetent dentistry.

[soilmanted1]

Care varies by dentist. There are also varying standards of care, depending upon the patient's income. Break a tooth, and you have money, often the dentist will diagnose the tooth as needing root canal treatment and a prosthetic crown, and you can have a functional tooth for the rest of your life. Same patient goes to the same dentist, with the same broken tooth, and says "I have Medicaid" - very likely the dentist will diagnose the tooth as unsalvagable, and needing to be extracted.

[Anon5K]

Dentists can hit you with a bat, crack all your teeth, clean out your bank account, and charge you for oral surgery. The New Jersey periodonditst that did this sent me to all his pals, and endodontist, and a prosthedontist............all of the raved about the failed implant that felt like a spike in my jaw exploding out my right mandible thru my ear. Before that a Pennsylvania dentist cracke my teeth by forcing in an unfitted crown with jagged edgesuprooted 2 other teeth. Utube expose soon.

[jflydds1]

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Whats the point of this video? Sue your dentist? that helps society....! I

[lawmed1]

@jflydds1 You only sue your dentist if he departed from good and accepted dental care that resulted in significant or permanent injury. No one advocates suing anyone unless they suffered from improper or negligent care. A wrongdoer is obligated to compensate an injured victim for the harm they caused. That basic tenet of our society dates back to biblical times.

[bluehorse888]

@jflydds1 You're a dentist? I would think that a responsable and compassionate practitioner of any medical treatment would be even more outraged then I would. What if this "dentist" became a heart surgeon instead?

No words...

[jflydds1]

CT scan $300-400, Surgical Stent - $400 , Exam - $100 you have now spent around 1k in diagnostics for a 1500-2000 implant....interesting....try to sell that to a patient....Insurance doesn't hardly cover implants.

As a dentist this video frustrates me....lets go after lawyers for ripping people off...

[dingusmungus]

@jflydds1

Did you even watch the video before commenting? It was 20 implants, not one... and the dentist placed an implant in the mans sinus without knowing it. As a person who wants full mouth reconstruction, its your comment as a dentist that I find offensive and scary. I can understand your distaste for lawyers scaring patients, but I really hope you have higher working standards than the dentist described in this video. Just because patients are cheap does not mean DOCTORS can be reckless.

[69ali]

CT scan is not required in every case......if you've placed 1000s of implants and have enough experience, a guide is also not necessary.

in this case, there were problems of course, but this ambulance chaser is acting like he is a health practioner- WHICH HE IS NOT....

[lawmed1]

@69ali You recognize that there were problems. The point of the video is not to showcase my expertise, but rather to show what happened to my client because of departures from good and accepted care by a dentist in the community. Unfortunately for this patient, the dentist had 30 years of experience but was running a factory churning out lots of dental work and implant work without paying attention to detail. He was also cutting many corners.

[lawmed1]

It would also be helpful to educate the people who are reading these comments instead of calling people names. You mentioned that a CT scan is not required in every case. Please explain why, as well as your credentials. Also explain why a guide may not be necessary. Then maybe you can also explain why this maimed individual should not have been fully compensated for the injuries he suffered because of this dentist's improper care and treatment.

[RadioBlooie]

@lawmed1

Surgical guide by itself holds no value since it only provides Mesial-Distal location of the implant. It does not provide the angulation/trajectory in relation to the patient's residual ridge, nor the depth of the placement of the implant itself. CT scan is also not required majority of the cases because the area you are working is within the confines of a well taken PA. Severe resorbed posterior mandible is the only area a CT is truly necessary in my opinion

[lawmed1]

@RadioBlooie I only wish my client had been treated by a dentist w/ your knowledge and expertise. That would have prevented the horrible results he obtained by a doctor who ran his practice like a mill. Thanks for leaving those comments. It's nice to know there are doctors who know what they're doing.

[kokotiong]

@RadioBlooie As an oral surgeon, I just wanted to clarify some statements. Surgical guides can provide mesial-distal location as well as angulation/trajectory and depth. It really depends on the type of guide you made. A CT scan is quickly becoming the standard of care for implant placement due to cost and low amounts of radiation. It is proper treatment to have a CT scan to evaluate any area that does not have adequate bone, whether it is posterior mandible or anterior maxilla.

[ftosty84]

@lawmed1 CBCT is not necesser if there is enough bone. Simple panoramic x-rax can be informative enough.

Guide: 9 out of 10 implants are put without, surgeons with some practise do not need guides.

CT and guide are not a mast have for surgery, only in rare cases.

[lawmed1]

@ftosty84 You are correct. However, the experts I consulted all believed that if you are going to put in 20 implants in one sitting, the better practice is to have a CT and also a guide.

[Sherri119]

@69ali I had a ton less work than the person mentioned in the video, and I had scans done both before and after I had implants placed.

I'm sure as an attorney, this man had to do his homework to know in what ways his client had experienced malpractice. Try to put yourself in the client's shoes. Wouldn't you want your atty to know what he was going to bat for you for? Not all are 'ambulance chasers.

I'm not a litigious person, but this person really needed the help. So glad he got it.

[lawmed1]

@Sherri119 Thanks for taking the time to comment Sherri!

[186ashley]

im going to brush my teeth

[kralovna2010]

This is a clear case of neglect. No CT, No Stent, 10 implants per jaw..I am quite sure his lower lips are numb from the IA nerve damage. How the hell can someone shove in 10 implants per jaw..one implant in sinus...Is he really a dentist?

[lawmed1]

@kralovna2010 I asked myself that same question. So did my dental expert. Turns out he had pretty good training and advanced level training too. Unfortunately, his business sense got the best of him and he surrendered his license to practice shortly after he abandoned his patients.

[khrystal1968]

I had an orthodontist wreck my mouth and face, so far costing me 13k to replace my teeth. I also have bone damage which he never mentioned. He dismissed me as a patient as well taking my $4400.00 with him.

[padredecarlos]

the missfortune for the patients is the forturne for the lawyers. The overwhelming majority of Lawyers are making way to much money ripping much more than they deserve and this is because we have a poor judicial system. Health care providers, dentists included should be more accountable than what they are, specially here in our USA charging a horrendous amount of money, many times 200 to 400% what other countries charge for good dentistry. We need good politicians that will care about people.

[padredecarlos]

the missfortune for the patients is the forturne for the lawyers. The overwhelming majority of Lawyers are making way to much money ripping much more than they deserve and this is because we have a poor judicial system. Health care providers, dentists included should be more accountable than what they are, specially here in our USA charging a horrendous amount of money, many times 200 to 400% what other countries charge for good dentistry. We need good politicians that will care about people.

[sinbin365]

I'm gonna make you suck my AIDS ridden cock

[star2000dancer]

I had SUNY Dental School mutilate my mouth. Now I'm helpless and hopeless. No lawyer will represent me. Apparently Universities can get away with anything with no recourse. They destroyed my bone.

[chifour66]

Jesus H. Christ. I need this surgery and should not have watched this. I think I'll go vomit now. Why was the idiot doctor performing this w/o a cat scan? I've had 4 already and 4 separate opinions, and am still scared crapless. Fear of necrotic tissue and having my sinus drilled is what scares me the most.

[star2000dancer]

@chifour66 Me too, plus I can't afford it now. I feel helpless.

[rodrigotramandai]

Well, i would like to the the documentation. A cat scan is a great image exam and in a case you will replace all the teeth in a arch it will be needed, as surgical guide either. In maxila there are no way to know the bone morphology is whithout a cat scan because you can't see the third dimension in a normal x-ray. A normal x-ray has 25-40% of distortion and cat scan doesn't... is 1:1 image. So i do have a lot o things to say but at first i would like to see the pacient before and after .

[flossing888]

When I was in Dental School 20 years ago, I've saw many implants placed partially in the sinus. Not a big deal. But for the whole implant to fall into the sinus and the doc. not to know, that really is malpractice.

[star2000dancer]

@flossing888 Do you know why a dental school can mutilate beautiful teeth, then refuse to fix it, destroying that person's life?

[rolpher]

can you upload part II. I'd love to see the pics and radiographs.

[greaterperio]

I am sure you made it sound much worse then it actually was. There is no standard of care that says you must have a CAT scan, plus most people can not read one and a cat scan delivers 7 to 9 x the radiation then a normal xray.

Let's see documentation of this case show a film or two. I kind of don't believe this whole story anyway.

Unfortunate implant in the sinus but it can happen. Patients like the one you described probably in poor health and a heavy smoker. Failure of some implants must

[lawmed1]

@greaterperio Dear Dr. Perio,@although you say there is no standard of care requiring a CAT scan, when you intend on putting in 20 dental implants the better practice is to make sure the patient has sufficient bone which to support all 20 implants. The risk/benefit evaluation of x-ray exposure versus the benefit of the dentist having sufficient information to know whether this patient's jaw can accommodate 20 implants is a significant consideration.

[lawmed1]

@greaterperio Although you did not examine this patient, or any of his records, you have no basis upon which to claim that you do not believe this story. If you had examined this patient and had reviewed this patient's records, you would've seen that every dentist and periodontist evaluating this case determined that the treating general dentist departed from multiple standards of care causing his patients significant injury.

[lawmed1]

@greaterperio You also would've learned that there was no dentist or periodontal expert who could support the defense in this case. You also neglect to mention that this patient did nothing to contribute to his own injuries. You assume that he was in poor health and a heavy smoker. Neither was true in this case. You fail to take into account that this general dentist was running a mill primarily to generate income, without any regard for patient care.

[lawmed1]

@greaterperio Had you known the details of this case, you would've learned that this dentist had many cases of neglect against him, that he simply could not adequately defend.

You say that it's unfortunate that an implant in the sinus can occur. However, you would expect the dentist to recognize that the implant is in the sinus and to take steps to remove it. This dentist failed to recognize the implant was missing and located in the sinus despite the patients continued complaints.

[lawmed1]

@greaterperio If you scroll down the comments page you'll find that another dentist commented that a CAT scan is appropriate in this situation and would require surgical guides. Incidentally, it was not my determination that there was wrongdoing that led to permanent injury here. It was your colleagues who clearly determined that the wrongdoing by the general dentist caused significant and permanent harm to my client.

[oralflorals]

Regarding Dental Malpractice, forget finding a lawyer who will take a Dental Malpractice case, even if they win you loose. Cost me a fortune, still in acute pain after a year when a Pennsylvania dentist forced crown on that did not fit, breaking 3 teeth, followed by periodontist extractions, bone implants, oral surgeons, continued pain rigt mandible......then to Princeton area, 3 New Jersey HIGH-end expensive Specialists for endo root canals, new crowns then an implant rushed into site #30.

[donnybrooklads]

North America is obsessed with the Hollywood teeth dream. Pathetic view on life

[lawmed1]

@donnybrooklads I agree that people want to look good. People also want healthy looking teeth. They want functional teeth. Nobody wants to walk around with a mouthful of crumbling teeth.

This gentleman was not obsessed with anything other than having his dentist put in teeth that he promised using dental implants. The dentist didn't do what he was supposed to. As a result, my client suffered. That's the bottom line.

[takewhole]

20 implants, well something is almost guaranteed to go wrong. You dont need 10 implants in each jaw to reconstruct a smile and function. Rogue dentist, what an idiot, obviously has no clue what he is doing, gives dentist a bad bad name. Hate to say it, if what the lawyer is saying is correct then that dentist deserves to be screwed

[luigiperso]

I am looking for these kind of videos, I have a similar problem to the poor man mentioned, although NOT nearly as bad, really on a much smaller scale, I am sorry for this poor guy, I wish him the best, he deserves to be successful as anybody

[mcalpine1390]

You said that he wont be able to get a job without any teeth? He only had seven to begin with? I would hire somebody with zero teeth compared to seven rickety ones.

[lawmed1]

@mcalpine1390 That's really encouraging and I appreciate your comment. He tried to get a job, but with no teeth, nobody wanted to hire him.

[Sepheria]

@lawmed1 not to be mean, but not even walmart? mcdonalds?

[safadez]

I'm a dentist that places implants. I totally agree that the scope of this case usually requires a CT scan and surgical guides. One correction: implants too close together doesn't allow for healthy bone in between the implants. Incorrect angulation of the implants is the error that would make doing the bridge or denture difficult or impossible.

[patmonaghan1]

I just had dental sinus inplants just yesterday two on each side I hope this are good for me. The doc did run into a problem his divice did get stuck onto one of the inplants and he had to tug the tool free . The xray afterwards did show one inplant not straight like the other ones where just have to keep an open mind if there is trouble down the road. I will keep my fingures cross 2 inplants on each side a sinus bone graft inplant I had done .

[nycdweller]

I have 13 implants performed over the past 5 years. I simply cannot imagine what this poor man has gone through!!

[GarbageState]

the worst part is when damage or disability due to "treatment" is temporary and financial loss is low. No lawyer will take the case because patient/customer hasn't suffered severe permanent damage or disfigurement and there's very little money in it for lawyers. Thre's no justice for consumers when it comes to healthcare business.

[wendykpa]

Probably good you made this video to alert those seeking implants. It is true that you only get what you pay for. Always check any dentist out with the better business bureau first. I'm wondering why he didn't try dentures first tho.

[lawmed1]

@wendykpa You raise a good idea. However, the Better Business Bureau severely lacks any real reporting requirement and many complaints are usually explained away. This man tried to interest first, but because he had such poor bone and then petitioned, they kept falling out. He was promised all sorts of miracles by this dentist, and the dentist clearly failed to live up to the basic standard of care.

[estheticdentistry]

I can see both of your point of view. I completely agree about the exaggerated complications, yet on the other hand, the take home message is "you get what you pay for"

[cmdmd]

MIscommunication

[cmdmd]

If he didn't have money to do the prosthetic stage, it's his fault. One or two implants that might have been placed in less than ideal positions doesn't mean that the patient is a victim. Many malpractice suits are based on complications that are seriously blown out of proportion.

Unless the dentist used the MDI mini implants, it's just another case of miscommunicationion, some complications and unclear patient expectations.

I have seen it many times. I correct complications.

[cmdmd]

Implants can be a wonderful thing, when done properly. I have been witness to several cases where the patient screams "malpractice". Truthfully, the concept of "damages" gets too exagerated by attorneys everywhere in the name of LEGAL FEES.

And yes, THEY CAN BE RESTORED with fixed prostheses. It's seems that this is about patient expectations. I'd have to review the case.

How people deal with their problems is THEIR problem. He chose to "close the blinds" Bah.

[lawmed1]

@cmdmd My client didn't choose to "close the blinds." Instead, he was hoodwinked by a slick dentist who promised him many things he simply couldn't live up to. My client had no money to get restorations from anyone else, because nobody wanted to repair his disaster, and nobody was willing to undercut their prices to the level this guy did.

[luigiperso]

@cmdmd , you seem to imply that malpratice allows for mistakes that can be corrected. Malpractice means mistakes have been done out of lack of skill or whatever. Whether it can be 'restored' or not, that's another problem. Closing the blinds ,my boots. You don't know what it means to live as a social outcast for some physical problem and then putting all your hope and money on a dream that turns to be a bad one. The lawyer sounded pretty convincing to me.

[regkjoe]

things don't have to be exaggerated but they do get. Whether you agree or not. I ve been to court as expert witness on cases and how many exaggerated cases have I seen? So, don't try to glorify current legal trend to med field.

[regkjoe]

oh, one more thing, those cases keep happeninig driving up med insurance cost because people like you help it. On video you describe thinkg like it happens to you. It didn't.

[lawmed1]

@regkjoe The video does not imply nor suggest that these horrible things happened to me. Rather, I made it clear that this happened to a client of mine; someone who I had the privilege of representing.

[tpvalley]

although some people need compensation, these personal injury lawyers encourage peole to sew for anything, fart and they sew, as a result insurance is going sky high, also the lawyers get more in wages than the client gets in compensation, theyre like vampires.

[regkjoe]

you might think people need to be defended when wronged by medical profession or whatever.. many people take an advantages of similar situations and many times with lawyers' exaggerations, they do just that. Whatever you say, I know since imin the med filed as well..

[lawmed1]

@regkjoe

You think my client exaggerated the fact that his dentist improperly put in 20 dental implants? You think my client wanted to walk around his city with no teeth in his mouth? You think the multiple other dentists who treated my client exaggerated that they had never seen such horrible dentistry in their careers?

There's no exaggeration and personally I don't believe any client or lawyer should be exaggerating any injury an injured victim suffered. They don't need to.

[tpvalley]

u forgot the fact that when nerves r damaged u can loose the sense of taste.

I had a botched wisdom tooth op.

dentist took 45 minutes of yankingm smashed my tooth, I went into shock and had a fit, I then had to wait 3 months to get the tooth out at a sedation clinic.

The dentist put his finger in my arse hole to sedate me, I didnt sew.

also if friends and family fall out with someone just because they have no teeth then u r best rid of them.

[smartcool18]

you are just a lawyer ....:)

[lawmed1]

You are correct. I am just a lawyer who has been in practice handling medical malpractice and accident cases for over 21 years. I am not a doctor and never claimed to be.

Having handled many, many different types of malpractice cases I have learned much medicine from my clients and my medical experts. This video describes a horrible experience that my client suffered.

[smartcool18]

Become a doctor and after that ...we can talk about ,,,, and one more thing ... you describe the "horrible experience" .... i wanna see pictures with the pacient before and after the "horrible experient" .... !

[lawmed1]

As much as I know you want to see the gory pictures of before and after, I have to respect my clients privacy in that he does not wish to be further embarrassed by what he went through.

[arimacun]

no one picture no one video of the case...this is just bla bla bla.

[lawmed1]

Is that really what you wanted to see?

Please do not tell me that you only wanted to view gory looking photos, or a video of this broken man speaking without any teeth. Thankfully, I chose not to subject my client to further humiliation by showing the awful condition of his mouth. There are plenty of other gory photos and videos of tragedies online, and this will not be one of them.

[regkjoe]

what happened to the patient? what do you mean ' he hides in the house'? implant in the sinus? was that really confirmed or was that just some dentist's opinion? Without ct scan, you really don't know if it's really into the sinus or not.

[lawmed1]

Here are the answers to your questions:

He hid in his house. He became a recluse; a hermit. He had no teeth. He was ashamed to go outside because people thought he was a freak.

The dental implant being in the sinus was confirmed with x-rays and CT scan. This wasn't opinion; it was FACT.

Thanks for watching the video and for taking the time to comment.

[regkjoe]

You say on the video, that patient received 10 implants on upper and lower. so what do you mean no teerth?

people thought he was freak? There are 5 million people in US alone who don't have any teeth. Are they viewed as freak too? What an exaggeration.

[lawmed1]

@regkjoe

He had the implants, but nothing on them; hence, no teeth. He couldn't afford to fix them since nobody wanted to touch his mouth because of the horrendous treatment he had received from his original dentist. He couldn't get a bridge or anything temporary; hence, no teeth. When you walk around with metal stubs on your gums, in public, people think it's very odd.

There's nothing exaggerated here. Only verifiable facts.

[regkjoe]

again, if walkikng around with metal stubs on your gum is odd or perceived as freak, then you shouldn't have considered getting implant in first place. if they are staying in the mouth, then they are fused to the bone( called osteointegration) and then with difeerent post design on top, they can be restored many times.

[lawmed1]

@regkjoe

An improperly positioned implant that cannot hold a restoration cannot be "restored many times." In fact, in this case, all implants needed to be removed, bone grafting was required, and a after lengthy healing period, he would require the insertion of all new implants; assuming that he still had sufficient bone left to accommodate new implants.

[johnnecron]

remember your mothers old jewish advice.

Never argue with a fool!

and "a word to the wise is sufficient"

[johnnecron]

Good job man

keep up the good work boychick

[benbenben42]

you want the best care not the cheapest care in the end it is never worth it

[benbenben42]

You have to see a specialist for this type of work not a general dentist who is cheaper but does not have nearly the same training. oral surgeon (most training) then a periodontist second

[12FlyMe]

OUCH!!

Still -- I'd like to see competition on prices for DDS and even MDs.

But the big moral of the story -- BRUSH YOUR TEETH RELIGIOUSLY growing up.

[TamboGG]

Poor guy.

I do hope that doctor had his license revoked...

[jeproks2002]

is it necessary that a patient prepare a contract in writing with the dentist for a dental implant stating the scope of work? if so, what terms should be stated in the contract?

[lawmed1]

The doctor should be preparing the documents to establish a treatment plan, not the patient.

[foundationandempire]

well, i believe this man no longer has any teeth, I'm a going to assume that some of the implants that the a hole dentists are good and are actually capable of supporting a denture of some sort. I hope this guy got enough money to get his life back on track

[lawmed1]

The patient was not asymptomatic. He kept feeling air going in and out of the roof of his mouth every time he took a breath. He developed multiple sinus infections and was given antibiotics.

The implant in the sinus had to be removed by going through the roof of the mouth, then allowing sufficient time to heal.

The dentist didn't restore the implants because he abandoned all of his patients. The patient had no money to pay for restorations from another dentist as he had already pre-paid.

[BYECUSPID]

just one question. If the patient only found out about the implant in the sinus from another dentist, that means he was asymptomatic. Why did the dentist NOT restore the remaining 19 implants? If two implants are too close together (very common), the dentist can skip one. Why was this case never finished? the patient had 19 fixtures! why no bridge? Thanks!

[BYECUSPID]

Thank you. There is always more to the story than you can tell in a 3 minute spot.

Nice case. Should you need a case evaluated for injury and liability, lets talk.

[vampgirl58]

:'( poor man .. i am 20 years old and got a wrong tooth removed :'( the dentist checked nothing this happened 2days ago i'm still crying about it since im only 20..

[superkartz]

oh i feel sorry for you

[vampgirl58]

thanx :(

[Bombeni]

It seems like with the technology of this age, new teeth would not be so complicated. I mean, you can get a bew heart or kidney in one day now, but nice new teeth are only for the wealthy. It sucks.

[pupplesan]

A lesson might be not to go with the lowest bidder when the job involves one's health.

[listerstorm239]

Wow, that really is a horror story! How the heck did a dental implant get in the poor guy's sinuses? Thats even crazier than the "traditional" per se malpractice error of leaving a surgical sponge inside an abdominal surgery patient, because- dental implantation does not require invading the sinuses! Gah.

But I bet it felt nice to be able to help someone (the client) who really needed it :)

[lawmed1]

What was so crazy was that the dentist didn't even know he had put the implant into the sinus. The patient noted that he felt air in his mouth through the roof of his mouth whenever he breathed. The sinus then got infected and when the patient went to an oral surgeon, he took an x-ray and what do you know?

"Hey, do you know you have an implant sitting in your sinus?"

"No," was the reply.

[sourgirl76]

Thx for the video, now at least I know to get a CT scan..

That doctor should lose his licence!

[ghexhorter]

Congratulations, you've successfully represented an un-informed idiot. No wonder our insurance rates are out of this world.

[lawmed1]

I find it amazing that you make no mention about the general dentist who treated this patient with total disregard for the standard of care.

You have focused your comment on the victimized patient, who does not have a formal education and certainly never went to dental school.

Our insurance rates do not go up because of uninformed patients, but rather because of: (1) Negligent doctors and (2) Insurance companies that don't manage their money well.

[calumation]

Wow, unless you yourself have been to medical/dental school you are going to assume that the doctor know what he is doing and is acting in your best interest.

I can wait until something like this happens to you and you are the "un-informed idiot"

[lawmed1]

@calumation who

While we expect and hope that the doctor or dentist will do the right thing, and know what the right thing is, unfortunately there are some physicians in practice today who don't. My goal in creating these videos is to educate a viewer about how lawsuits work in New York, as well as give you an insight into some recent cases that I've handled. Thanks for taking the time to watch the video and leave a comment.

Gerry

[calumation]

@ lawmed1

Sorry, I should have specified that my last comment was directed at ghexhorter. I agree with you in full about the need to make people aware that there are these kinds of practitioners out there, and that satisfactory resolution can be arrived at.

On the other hand I think it is a terrible attitude to blame the patient as ghexhorter did, because it downplays and almost excuses the misconduct of this particular dentist.

Having said that, great video keep up the good work

[wiccanandcharmed]

great video gerry thank u for posting! i'm learning quite a bit from you and i appreciate it!! this particular horror story is yet another reason i chose to remove myself from the medical field after 12 years (1990-2002)...TOO MUCH INCOMPETENCE!

[reefturkey]

Damn $22,000. that's a minimum $75,000 in my practice. No CT scan!!!!!! He should be shot.

[lawmed1]

And that was cash too.

[kittyasuka]

Im sorry to hear that. I think that DDS should have lost his lice. I am happy to hear everything ill be fixed but sad to hear that he has to suffer getting all that surgery.

[lovelyana26]

oh so sad for him..

[leeculver]

Ok point taken, I was eating my dinner at the time (it didn't look that appealing the 1st time around!!!)

was just intrigued to see it-perhaps i need psychotherapy not pictures lol

thanks for the reply

Lee.

[leeculver]

this video would be more interesting with pictures of the mans teeth(or lack there of) great presenting skills though .

[lawmed1]

Thanks Lee. I chose not to include photos of this man's mouth as it really is gut wrenching and not very pleasing to look at. The doctors call a mouth with no teeth "edentulous." Believe me when I say that the informative video is better presented w/o graphically showing the inside of the gum and mouth w/o any teeth; just little metal nubs that stick out like pegs.

Thanks for taking the time to watch.

Gerry

[bigkwilli]

MAN! POOR GUY!