An ex-Marine, who was left severely injured after suffering a stroke that resulted from a botched dental surgery, has reportedly been awarded $17.5 million in damages caused by the alleged negligence. The Marine, Christopher Ellison, had visited a Veterans Administration Medical Center for dental surgery in 2007. He needed to…
Most of the dental malpractice claims that I come across as an Atlanta dental malpractice attorney involve lingual nerve injuries or alveolar nerve injuries caused during dental procedures. However, there’s more than one way that a dentist can be reckless. A woman in Somerset UK is suing her dentist for…
It would have been much more effective to get in touch with an Atlanta dental malpractice lawyer, but the parent of a five-year-old child had other ideas. The father, created a Facebook page deriding his son’s dentist after a nightmarish treatment procedure, during which, he alleges, the dentist extracted a tooth…
A woman in Cook County, Illinois has filed a lawsuit against her dentist, claiming that he severely injured her lip during a procedure. That fact by itself would not have intrigued any Atlanta dental malpractice lawyer. However, according to the lawsuit, the dentist had been watching TV while he was…
A dentist, who spent more than twenty-five years in prison after being convicted of the murder of three patients from improper use of anesthesia, has been paroled. The case involving California dentist Tony Protopappas has interested Atlanta dental malpractice lawyers for a while now. Protopappas had a thriving dental practice…
As an Atlanta dental malpractice lawyer, I constantly monitor new developments in the field of dentistry and dental pain management. Chronic dental pain because of nerve or joint disorders can be debilitating for many patients. Researchers at Boston University School of Dental Medicine have now found that stem cell therapy…
Many dental procedures can be painful, and your dentist will use an anesthetic to numb the pain. Unfortunately, dental anesthetics may come with side effects that patients are not always aware of. One the most common side effects of dental anesthesia is the development of hematomas. A dental anesthetic is…
Atlanta dental malpractice attorneys know that persons with certain medical conditions are not eligible for dental procedures. A dental procedure likely contributed to the declining mental health of popular British TV actor Peter Falk, eventually leading to his death. Falk died in June at the age of eighty-three from Alzheimer’s…
The State Legislature of Pennsylvania approved legislation on Saturday that would require dentists to carry at least $1M in liability insurance. As an Atlanta lawyer who specializes in dental malpractice, I am eagerly following this bill, and I think it is long-overdue. There are many similar laws in place all…
As an Atlanta Dental Malpractice Lawyer, I know that many so-called “routine procedures,” such as wisdom tooth extractions, root canals, crowns, and dental implants, can result in horrifying dental injuries. This is because the mouth contains many vital anatomical structures, including the lingual nerve, the inferior alveolar nerve, the mylohyoid…