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Dental Negligence Claims

Introduction to Dental Negligence Claims
  What is Dental Negligence?
Examples of Dental Negligence Cases
  When a Dental Negligence Claim may be possible
Experienced Dental Negligence Solicitors
  Importance of using an experienced solicitor
Dental Negligence Compensation Claim Advice
  How to start a Claim for Compensation

Introduction to Dental Negligence Claims

What is Dental Negligence?

A Dental Negligence claim for compensation can only be made if the dental treatment you have received has been substandard and has also caused you an injury of some kind.  This is the same principle as any type of clinical negligence or medical negligence claim.

There are two main ways in which people tend to suffer injuries as a result of dental negligence.  These are:

Misdiagnosis and / or Lack of Treatment

Inadequate Dental Technique

If you have suffered an injury as a result of Dental Negligence, you may be able to make a personal injury compensation claim.  For more information about how Thompsons Solicitors may be able to help you, contact us on 08000 224 224 or complete one of our online personal injury compensation claim forms.

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Examples of Dental Negligence Cases

When a Dental Negligence Claim may be possible

Below you will find just a few examples of when a dental negligence personal injury claim may be possible.

Advice and Consent

Dentists have a duty to inform patients of all the treatment options available to them. If a patient is led to believe that there is only one treatment option available to them, for example an extraction when a filling or root canal treatment would have been possible, the patient may be able to make a claim.

Cosmetic Procedures

Cosmetic procedures such as crowns, bridges, veneers and implants all have positive and negative points which should be discussed with the patient at length before any treatment is carried out.

The dentist should also assess whether the treatment is suitable for the individual in question. For example, a bridge can only be fitted if the adjacent teeth are suitable, and implants should only be inserted if it is likely that the implant will fuse with the bone in the jaw which could be difficult if a patient has certain pre-existing medical conditions.

Implants have also led to a number of dental negligence cases where nerves or adjacent teeth have been damaged during the process and where the sinus cavity has been penetrated.

Extraction of Teeth

Even when taking the utmost care, a highly skilled dentist can cause further damage during the removal of a tooth and a claim will not always be possible.  Damage caused during extractions tends to be to the tooth being removed, the adjacent teeth or the nerves.

At Thompsons Solicitors we review each case on its own merits to decide if we believe a personal injury claim for compensation is possible. Extracting a healthy tooth in error will usually result in a successful claim for negligence.

Gum Disease

At Thompsons Solicitors we have successfully dealt with a number of cases involving missed or incorrectly treated gum disease (or Peridontal problems to use the medical term).

If a patient has been regularly seeing their dentist for a number of years and their gum disease either goes completely unnoticed or is not treated correctly then a claim for compensation may be possible.

Restorative treatment for advanced gum disease can be very painful and is also extremely expensive. Therefore, it is important to appoint a solicitor skilled in dealing with dental negligence and also skilled in obtaining the highest possible amount of compensation.

Root Canal Treatment

Even when performed well, root canal treatment (or endodontics to use the medical term) is probably the most unpleasant dental treatment a patient can undergo.  Two of the most common things to go wrong during root canal treatment is failure to remove all of the root and failure to fill the canal properly.

Also root canal treatment sometimes results in a piece of the dental tool breaking off within the root canal.

If you would like to discuss a possible claim for dental negligence compensation in more detail, call us on 08000 224 224 or complete one of our online personal injury compensation claim forms.

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Experienced Dental Negligence Solicitors

Importance of using an experienced solicitor

When thinking about starting any type of clinical negligence claim and in particular a dental negligence claim, you should ensure that you obtain legal advice from a solicitor experienced in that type of case.

Dental Negligence is a very specialist area and the claims are often very complex ones to deal with.  Not all firms of solicitors have teams of experienced and skilled dental negligence solicitors.

Thompsons Solicitors have years of experience in dealing with cases involving clinical negligence and dental negligence.

At Thompsons, as we are one of the largest personal injury law firms in the UK, we have teams of solicitors based throughout our network of offices, some of which specialise in dental negligence cases.

If you have suffered an injury as a result of dental negligence and are thinking about making a claim for compensation, contact us to find out how we may be able to help you.  You can reach us on 08000 224 224 or by completing one of our online personal injury compensation claim forms.

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Dental Negligence Compensation Claim Advice

How to start a Claim for Compensation

If you or anyone you know has suffered from any form of clinical negligence, telephone us now for accurate claim advice.

There are strict time limits in place to make any personal injury compensation claim. For further information, contact us or visit our Questions Answered page.

Thompsons Solicitors are experts in all matters relating to clinical negligence and will be able to advise you as to whether or not you have a valid claim for compensation. Our specialist clinical negligence lawyers will be happy to talk you through the process of making a claim in plain English and will be happy to answer any questions or queries you may have.

Telephone us now on 08000 224 224 or complete one of our online personal injury compensation claim forms.

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