My question involves medical malpractice in the state of: Missouri
Long story short, I am currently in an invisalign program with my dentists office, different dentist. 6 months into it the doctor has me come in for a checkup in which a dental hygienist tells me they need to do ipr on my teeth (filing between the bottom teeth to make room for movement) Before I even realized what was happening she was filing between my teeth with who knows what mechanical tool. The hygienist goes next door to ask the dentist if he needs to see me before I leave and he says that the IPR (inter-proximate removal) was not supposed to be be done for another 12 weeks and that he didn't need to see me. I leave without seeing the dentist responsible for treatment to find out i'm not satisfied with her work at all. More than 12 months after I began I'm here after some additional unfortunateness with this treatment. But what I believe I have is a medical malpractice case.
A lot of people have told me not to pursue it, it's not worth my time etc. I've talked on the phone with multiple malpractice lawyers and they either don't seem interested or say they don't cover dental malpractice.
Right now I just want to leave this office, be reimbursed for my $4000 and pursue something different. This is the situation I'm currently in.
I told my dentist, different from the one responsible for treatment, that I wanted the buttons (bonding on the teeth to facilitate movement) removed by him because I would be more comfortable. His office worker presented me with a letter saying that he would not remove the buttons unless i signed a piece of paper which i'll type out below. I would appreciate your advice on what I should do, if I should pursue a case, and how I should pursue being reimbursed. At this time I'm not comfortable signing the letter so they will proceed.
Letter:
You came to our office wanting your buttons removed that were placed for invisalign treatment by dentist b. You requested the buttons removed by dentist a. You have said you are "not happy" because your lower teeth are not where they should be and wont ever be. (The sentence previous is not what I explained, i am not happy because of the incorrect, possibly over-extensive filing between the teeth)
Dentist a is NOT (they capitalized) recommending to remove buttons, stopping treatment or refunding your money. Because treatment was done and charged by dentist b only he is responsible for financial decisions in this case.
By signing this letter you understand dentist a's recommendations as written above.
Long story short, I am currently in an invisalign program with my dentists office, different dentist. 6 months into it the doctor has me come in for a checkup in which a dental hygienist tells me they need to do ipr on my teeth (filing between the bottom teeth to make room for movement) Before I even realized what was happening she was filing between my teeth with who knows what mechanical tool. The hygienist goes next door to ask the dentist if he needs to see me before I leave and he says that the IPR (inter-proximate removal) was not supposed to be be done for another 12 weeks and that he didn't need to see me. I leave without seeing the dentist responsible for treatment to find out i'm not satisfied with her work at all. More than 12 months after I began I'm here after some additional unfortunateness with this treatment. But what I believe I have is a medical malpractice case.
A lot of people have told me not to pursue it, it's not worth my time etc. I've talked on the phone with multiple malpractice lawyers and they either don't seem interested or say they don't cover dental malpractice.
Right now I just want to leave this office, be reimbursed for my $4000 and pursue something different. This is the situation I'm currently in.
I told my dentist, different from the one responsible for treatment, that I wanted the buttons (bonding on the teeth to facilitate movement) removed by him because I would be more comfortable. His office worker presented me with a letter saying that he would not remove the buttons unless i signed a piece of paper which i'll type out below. I would appreciate your advice on what I should do, if I should pursue a case, and how I should pursue being reimbursed. At this time I'm not comfortable signing the letter so they will proceed.
Letter:
You came to our office wanting your buttons removed that were placed for invisalign treatment by dentist b. You requested the buttons removed by dentist a. You have said you are "not happy" because your lower teeth are not where they should be and wont ever be. (The sentence previous is not what I explained, i am not happy because of the incorrect, possibly over-extensive filing between the teeth)
Dentist a is NOT (they capitalized) recommending to remove buttons, stopping treatment or refunding your money. Because treatment was done and charged by dentist b only he is responsible for financial decisions in this case.
By signing this letter you understand dentist a's recommendations as written above.
Medical Malpractice: Invisalign Malpractice
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