Dealing with good intentions that go bad.
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Q Several patients who had been receiving care at the same dental office recently transferred to our practice. Although their stories were slightly different, the results appeared to be the same. For example, 1 patient stated that she had seen a new dentist for her routine examination and cleaning, and the dentist found a cavity in her lower right molar as well as in several other teeth. After the restoration was placed at a subsequent visit, the patient began to experience pain in that tooth, which had been asymptomatic before the procedure. After she complained for several months of pain in the tooth, the dentist told her she needed a crown. She agreed and underwent treatment; however, the pain intensified. The dentist replaced the crown with another crown, but the patient’s pain worsened. The dentist then told the patient she needed root canal treatment, which she agreed to undergo. After treatment, the pain lessened but did not go away. The dentist obtained a new radiograph and explained that the tooth had a canal that he had not treated. During surgery to remove the untreated root, the dentist told the patient that he would have to remove the tooth. The extraction took 1.5 hours, and the patient said the pain was so bad that the dental assistant asked the dentist if they should stop the procedure. Because of this 18-month ordeal, the patient refused to return to the
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of the American Dental Association
دوره 146 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2015