Dental Damage Claims
What are Dental Damage Claims?
Although related to negligence*, this would typically encompass situations where either inappropriate treatment was carried out or, in common parlance, it was a botched job resulting in pain, injury, a negative impact on your appearance and/or unnecessary loss of teeth or dental function.
Dentists are legally recognized as medical practitioners under the Medical Practitioners Act of 2007 and as such have obligations to conduct dental procedures to a high standard. However, if you have been injured or your appearance has been adversely affected because of dental malpractice, you can bring an action for compensation against the dentist in question and you should contact us for a confidential conversation about your case.
Types of Dental Damage
The two types of claims you can usually bring about your dentist are the following:
i) Clinical Negligence
This broadly covers the category where a dentist or clinic fails to provide the necessary treatment that you require, usually by failing to diagnose the problem during an examination or misdiagnosing your ailment e.g. not correctly diagnosing a mouth ulcer condition as oral cancer.
ii) Dental Malpractice
This would typically encompass situations where either inappropriate treatment was carried out or, in common parlance, it was a botched job resulting in pain, injury, a negative impact on your appearance and/or unnecessary loss of teeth or dental function.
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Knowing the details around medical negligence, if you feel like you have been the subject of malpractice, you should request a call with one of our Medical Negligence team members today.
