Having dental treatment can be an unnerving experience and unfortunately damage and side effects can occur which in some cases are unavoidable. The Dental Negligence Team at Alexander Harris are experienced in investigating whether such damage and side effects are unfortunate or whether they have occurred through negligence. Such as in the case of one client whose tongue was left partially numb following the extraction of a wisdom tooth. Initial investigations showed that damage from the operation seemed to have just been unfortunate, but the team at Alexander Harris became suspicious as to how this particular nerve part had been severed and successfully proved that the damage to the client's tongue had been avoidable.
Another case involved a client whose dentist failed to recognise her serious dental disease. Mrs H made at least 20 visits to her Preston dentist between 1990 and 1992. She complained of persistent pain, but the dentist continued with the course of treatment which ignored the underlying condition destroying the bone in which teeth were fixed.
Only when Mrs H sought a second opinion was her serious condition correctly diagnosed. She urgently needed treatment at Manchester University Dental Hospital, and has been left with permanent injuries which were caused by the dentist's negligence. All her teeth have been damaged, and experts have told her most will be lost. The teeth have become loose as bone around them has been lost. Restorative dentistry needed by Mrs H is unavailable on the NHS and will cost an estimated 17,000. Mrs H sought damages for the pain she has endured and the distress she suffered because her condition is disfiguring. The team at Alexander Harris successfully won damages for Mrs H totalling more than 23,000.
More recently Alexander Harris has been investigating over 300 calls from patients of a Manchester orthodontist who is alleged to have carried out unnecessary treatment on children and young adults. Click here for details of this case.
In order to help we provide an initial consultation for free and offer a wide range of funding options. For more information on how a clinical negligence case works at Alexander Harris read about making a claim.
For an assessment of your potential claim please complete the online claim form. We will contact you to discuss your case further within one working day.
If you believe that you might have a legal claim relating to Dental Negligence, please complete the online enquiry form or call 0870 024 0558. Your enquiry will be forwarded to a solicitor who specialises in Dental Negligence.
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