Botched Dentist Visit - advice?

[STS]

Hi guys,

I am asking on behalf of a friend, recently they went to the dentist for a rotten tooth, but the dentist said that they could not do it and referred them to a surgeon that could. The dentist then continued to put in fillings and clean their teeth. This was at a private institution.

* During this time, it seems like the dentist fused two teeth together with fillings and food is getting trapped in the gap between the two teeth, making it very hard to clean resulting in tooth ache. My friend says that they cannot floss any more.

* During the checkup, they placed a device against my friend's face leaving a burn mark/blister. When they saw the burn, they asked why they didn't bring it up, but he said that he couldn't because his mouth was full of tools. My friend has taken photos of the scarring developing over the past few days.

* My friend said that it was overall a very negative experience for him as by the end of it he felt very angry, he felt like he was choking on saliva, a cotton ball almost rolled to the back of his throat and the dentist/assistant seemed preoccupied with other things, even dropping some tools and not cleaning them(I am not a dentist/doctor so I don't know how serious these things are).

If the teeth that are fused together are a problem, is there a way we can claim the money back for a poorly done job and injury? I know we should report this to someone as well, but I am not sure who to?

He has another appointment booked next week at the facial surgeon and will ask if there is something wrong with the teeth and can get advice from there

 

[lived666]

I have had fillings done that I haven't been happy with and have gone back to have the dentist rectify - hasn't been a problem, done gratis. Maybe it just needs some grinding done or something like that.

 

[Lord Farquart]

How many friends went to this dentist that day? And how many dentists worked on your group of friend’s teeth?

Sounds like a good oral gang bang was had.

 

[XPD]

First port of call is go to the dentist and ask them to rectify. If still not happy then I suggest lawyer up and do a liability claim. HSPCA is useless so don’t even try complaining to them.

 

[STS]

First port of call is go to the dentist and ask them to rectify. If still not happy then I suggest lawyer up and do a liability claim. HSPCA is useless so don’t even try complaining to them.

That is what i was curious about, what if they claim they did nothing wrong and charge him again? I just wanted to help him avoid drama

 

[Polymathic]

name and shame the hospital on social media

 

[pinball wizard]

That is what i was curious about, what if they claim they did nothing wrong and charge him again? I just wanted to help him avoid drama

Go for volume. It always helps in these circumstances.

 

[NeonNinja]

That's rather detailed if it's your friend.

 

[STS]

That's rather detailed if it's your friend.

Friends don't share details?

 

[STS]

name and shame the hospital on social media

I just want the poor guy to be out of pain, not to spread it

 

[ArtyLoop]

That's rather detailed if it's your friend.

Still don’t get why people are afraid to say “this happened to me” but instead go “asking for a friend”

 

[STS]

Still don’t get why people are afraid to say “this happened to me” but instead go “asking for a friend”

I don't know why people need to probe simple questions either, if someone asks for advice, just give them advice. I looked for previous threads on this topic and tried googling it, but got a lot of different answers so I thought I would ask people if they have had similar experiences.

How would the question have changed anyway had I said it was me that suffered all of this?

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