Kieran Bembridge, 30, from Shirebrook, obtained the out of courtroom settlement from his native, long-term dentist after he suffered excessive ache and swelling as a consequence of undetected tooth decay.
The gardener needed to endure in depth corrective remedy with a number of procedures together with root canal remedy and misplaced a tooth after his dentist allegedly failed to identify and deal with his tooth decay that was seen in X-Ray photographs.
Kieran has been awarded £7,000 in compensation in an out of courtroom settlement this 12 months from the dentist who didn’t admit legal responsibility.
He visited Dr Aikpologwihien Collins Atalor at Market Place Household Dental on Alternate Row in Mansfield between 2017 and 2019.
“Dr Atalor was my long-term dentist so when he informed me I wanted a filling I wasn’t significantly fearful, it appeared pretty routine,” Kieran stated.
“However I used to be barely shocked when he instantly knowledgeable me I had fairly deep decay at considered one of my tooth as I had at all times been led to imagine my tooth had been in good well being.
“He stated I wanted a filling near the basis of my tooth.
“However I trusted he knew what he was doing.
“I used to be warned there can be a little bit of discomfort after the remedy due to the depth of the filling however the ache was excruciating.
“I ended up having emergency appointments and was finally informed that my solely choices to cease the ache had been root canal remedy or to have the tooth extracted.
He added: “It bought to the purpose the place the ache was so dangerous I used to be having hassle doing on a regular basis issues like consuming and sleeping, my face was additionally very swollen.”
Kieran determined to have the basis canal remedy beneficial to him by Dr Atalor, however his ache didn’t subside and his tooth was additionally extracted.
The gardener continued: “By this level I’d misplaced religion in Dr Atalor so determined to hunt a second opinion with a distinct dentist.
“The brand new dentist indicated Dr Atalor’s root canal remedy was poor.
“It was very irritating and upsetting to listen to.”
Kieran contacted the Dental Legislation Partnership and evaluation of his dental data revealed that Dr Atalor had ‘persistently did not diagnose and deal with decay that was seen in X-rays’, which resulted within the want for ‘avoidable’ root canal remedy which was carried out ‘beneath an affordable normal’.
“I haven’t been in a position to stay my life correctly, even lacking out on work,” he stated.
“All I can hope for is that this sort of factor doesn’t occur to anybody else, I wouldn’t want this expertise on my worst enemy.”
Olivia Mounsey of the Dental Legislation Partnership added: “The misery and ache our shopper has skilled was fully pointless.
“If the dentist had carried out sufficient remedy within the first place, his issues may have been averted.”
The Chad contacted Market Place Household Dental however they declined to remark.
