No Atlanta dental malpractice lawyer would doubt that modern sedation techniques are safer and more effective than ever before. Yet, every year there are far too many cases involving patients developing serious or even fatal complications after being administering anesthesia. According to a new article in Anesthesia Progress, the risks…
The family of a four-year-old boy in California, who died after a dental procedure, is still looking for answers about the reasons for his death. The boy had been taken to a dentist in Oakland, for tooth extractions and dental capping. He was administered a dental anesthetic. However, things worsened…
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (“CDC”) is concerned enough about a series of recent infections at outpatient oncology clinics, to release a set of guidelines for the prevention of these infections. Cancer patients are at a high risk of infections because of immunosuppression caused not only by the tumor,…
The family of a thirteen-year-old girl who died while she was undergoing dental surgery, has reportedly settled a wrongful death lawsuit for $1 million. The incident occurred at a dental office on December 21, 2010, when the thirteen-year-old was undergoing surgery. The girl had been administered general anesthesia, and during the…
As an Atlanta dental malpractice lawyer, I come across cases involving negligence by dental professionals every day. In many of these cases, patients might have been able to avoid the trauma of a dental injury if they had been aware of some of the warning signs of a negligent professional.…
A new survey of medical clinicians confirms to Atlanta medical malpractice lawyers that diagnostic errors are widespread and contribute to many preventable patient injuries. According to the study, close to half or 47% of the clinicians who were surveyed admitted that they encountered diagnostic errors in their practice at least…
Injury to the lingual nerve (LN) is a common result from Dental Malpractice. A number of oral and maxillofacial surgical procedures result in damage to the Trigeminal Nerve, Lingual Nerve or Inferior Alveolar Nerve. The most common signs or symptoms of dental nerve damage is numbness (about half) followed by…
Atlanta dental malpractice lawyers have found the failure of the Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to warn the public adequately about the dangers of mercury dental fillings or amalgam fillings, perplexing. The calls for the agency to limit the use of mercury fillings, or warn the public about the risks…
It’s not the most comforting thought for a patient who is scheduled for a hospital visit. A couple of recent studies indicate that seemingly innocuous items in a hospital, like doctors’ and nurses’ clothing or hospital curtains may be teeming with deadly infection-causing bacteria. It’s not as if Atlanta medical…
There has been a number of reported cases of bladder cancer caused by the diabetes drug, Actos. According to a major health-related website, there have been over 22,000 reported incidents of side affects from patients who have taken Actos and 0.22% of these have reported bladder cancer. The longer someone…