Dentist Finder San Diego » Dental Lawsuit http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog What's New in Dental News Fri, 03 Sep 2010 12:17:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Lawsuit: 19-year-old suffered brain damage during dental extraction http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/lawsuit-19-year-old-suffered-brain-damage-during-dental-extraction/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/lawsuit-19-year-old-suffered-brain-damage-during-dental-extraction/#comments Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:54:52 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=520 A 19-year-old from Lawrence Kansas has filed a lawsuit seeking damages after suffering brain damage during a dental procedure.

The lawsuit alleges that oxygen and nitrous oxide lines were crossed during design and construction of Dr. Kirk Vincent’s new office. It also alleges the city, during inspections of the office, should have caught the problem.

The suit was filed in Douglas County District Court on behalf of Austin Stone and seeks compensation…

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Faye Lewis

A woman filed a lawsuit against a dental chain who she claimed caused permanent injury by placing an ill-fitting dental bridge that contained toxic levels of lead. Faye Lewis filed the suit against Aspen Dental and two of their dentists for negligence.

She claims her jaw now slips out of place, swells and her teeth don’t meet.  She now wears a special appliance for TMJ disorder.

Employees at the dental office…

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The lawsuit claims that Michigan has…

]]> http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/michigan-lawsuit-tries-to-save-adult-dental-medicaid/feed/ 1 Man sues dentist for punctured bowel http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/man-sues-dentist-for-punctured-bowel/ http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/man-sues-dentist-for-punctured-bowel/#comments Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:50:03 +0000 Dentist Finder http://blog.dentistfindersandiego.com/blog/?p=317 Stephen James of Hamilton, Massachusetts has filed a half a million dollar lawsuit against a dentist who allegedly dropped a foreign object into the man’s throat, eventually puncturing the man’s bowel.

Mr. James visited Dr. Priti Amlani in 2008 for restorative work on two crowns on his upper teeth. During the procedure the said he felt something hit is tongue while the dentist was removing a hardened molding.

A few days after…

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