The plaintiff; a twenty-nine year old Internal Revenue Service secretary went to a dentist for an examination and was told she needed her four wisdom teeth removed and a root canal and crown on a lower molar tooth. The plaintiff went to defendant teaching-hospital’s Oral Surgery Out-Patient Clinic to have the wisdom teeth removed under...Read More

The plaintiff, a middle-aged homemaker, was driving to work and listening to her Cuban radio station when she heard the news: the State of Florida raided her “dentist’s” office and closed him down because he wasn’t a dentist. Apparently, the defendant, a former dental lab technician, was tired of working for dentists, so he decided...Read More

The plaintiff, who was a twenty-nine year old kitchen manager for a local restaurant, sustained multiple facial fractures, hand, chest injuries, and lacerations when he was thrown from a motorcycle in an accident. He was taken to a local hospital where he was admitted to defendant’s Ear, Nose and Throat service. After emergency surgery to...Read More

Plaintiff was a 64 year old former citrus plant packer who had been 100% disabled for a number of years when she visited Dr. M., a general dentist, to have upper and lower partial dentures made. Within a week after the insertion of the lower partial denture, the patient began to complain to the dentist...Read More

Plaintiff was a 60ish homemaker who was referred to the defendant endodontist because of continued sensitivity following crown placement on a lower premolar tooth. A conventional root canal procedure was performed and the patient continued to complain of sensitivity. Within six weeks following the root canal, the endodontist told the plaintiff that she had to...Read More

Plaintiff was a 21 year old college student when he underwent the removal of one of his lower wisdom teeth for which an adequate consent form was reviewed and signed. There were no untoward effects from this simple extraction. One week later, the young man underwent the surgical removal of a difficult impacted lower wisdom...Read More

Plaintiff was a 24 year-old single woman when she first visited the general dentist with complaints referable to her lower third molar teeth. She was told that she should have the teeth extracted and she told the dentist that she wanted a general anesthetic. He offered to refer her to an oral surgeon or, if...Read More

Plaintiff was a 36 year old office worker who underwent the surgical removal of her asymptomatic erupted lower right wisdom tooth by the defendant general dentist, during the course of which surgery her lingual nerve was transected, leaving her with a permanent right lingual nerve numbness and right-sided taste disturbance. At deposition, the defendant testified...Read More

The plaintiff was a thirty-eight year old mail carrier who had been receiving regular dental care from the defendant general dentist for several years. He complained about a “white spot” on his gums above a maxillary central incisor tooth and later noticed pus exuding from this spot. The defendant suggested that the plaintiff see a...Read More

Plaintiff was a 55 year old school teacher who had been under the almost continuous care of her general dentist from 1963 until 1995. During her 32 year course of treatment by the defendant, the plaintiff diligently and almost religiously returned to the office for periodic prophylaxes (cleanings) which were performed by the defendant and...Read More