As an Atlanta Dental Malpractice Lawyer, I encounter many clients who have had asymptomatic wisdom teeth extracted. Not only is this a form of dental malpractice (because it constitutes over-treatment) but many of these procedures result in permanent nerve injuries to the lingual nerve and/or the inferior alveolar nerve. Many…
A group of 10 families in New York has filed a lawsuit against Small Smiles/Access Dentistry, a nationwide network of dental clinics that also has a presence in Georgia. The lawsuit alleges that dentists at Small Smiles in Schenectady performed unnecessary procedures on young children. The lawsuit also alleges that…
The mouth is an important part of our ability to function as humans in society. We use it to eat, drink, and communicate with each other. We take the mouth largely for granted, until there is a problem. We then trust a dentist or an orthodontist to fix that problem.…
The Food And Drug Administration has found that the maker of the popular Invisalign invisible braces failed to inform the agency about allergic reactions to the product. Some of these allergic reactions were serious enough to be life-threatening. According to the Food and Drug Administration, it first learned about these…
As an Atlanta dental malpractice lawyer, the risks from the widespread use of dental fillings containing mercury have been a particular subject of interest to me. This week, the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) announced that it would be revisiting this safety issue. An FDA advisory panel has convened a…
As an Atlanta Dental Malpractice Attorney, I receive many calls from dental patients who have been injured in the dentist’s chair. Some are injured during wisdom tooth extraction, others are injured from nerve block injections and still others suffer their nerve injury after receiving toot canal therapy or a new…
Radiation diagnostic procedures have always been sparingly used among children and adolescents because of the risk of overexposure to cancer-causing radiation. However, the same kinds of precautions are not taken when children are in a dentist’s chair, getting an x-ray or a scan before a routine dental procedure. This is…
Both lingual nerve injury and inferior alveolar nerve injury can occur during oral surgery procedures. Both of these injuries can result in permanent or temporary loss of sensation in the mouth. In some cases, the lingual nerve may be injured, while in others, the inferior alveolar nerve may be injured. In…
The vast majority of the Atlanta Dental Malpractice cases that we litigate involve damage to the Lingual Nerve or the Inferior Alveolar Nerve (or both). Recent studies in dental journals have identified common factors that contribute to the incident of nerve damage. Most are secondary to a dental procedure such…
Articaine is a local anesthetic that is used widely around the United States. Worldwide, more than 100 million dental patients are believed to be treated with Articaine every year. However, since the drug was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2000 under the brand-name Septocaine, there has been…