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Dental Negligence Claims
As the number of dental practitioners decreases, you may have been unable to access routine or emergency care. And, if mistakes are made during dental treatment, you could find yourself facing extensive corrective treatment that is not only painful, but also extremely expensive if the dentist in question does not accept the mistake or offer to put things right. Mistakes are made both by NHS dentists and private dentists. Both have the same duty to you as the patient.
If you have been on the receiving end of a mistake during treatment with either a private or NHS dentist, you may be looking for a specialist dental negligence solicitor to investigate the matter on your behalf and ensure you get the right compensation. This is where Patient Claim Line can help.
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What is Dental Negligence?
Dental negligence is substandard care provided by a dental professional that causes harm to a patient. In order for a treatment to be classed as negligent, the care must have fallen below what is reasonable for a professional under those circumstances. This is usually assessed by an independent expert in the field. The law defines negligence as a breach of duty of care that results in damage.
What Types Of Dental Negligence Are There?
As specialist dental negligence solicitors, we regularly handle a whole host of dental claims, but some of the most common examples that we deal with include:
- Negligence claims due to careless work
- Negligence claims due to incorrect or inadequate work
- Misdiagnosis or missed diagnosis
- Poor dental treatment, failure to provide treatment plan, or dentist failed diagnosis
- Dental infection, failure to take adequate radiology, failure to remove unintended foreign objects during treatment, or failure to give preventative advice and oral hygiene
If you are left in pain due to dental negligence, either private or under the NHS, first and foremost you may be entitled to compensation for that unnecessary period of suffering. However, if there is a delay in reaching a conclusion about the medical mistake, then you could be left either with longer term pain, problems with the appearance of your teeth, or the possibility of having to pay privately to put things right.
13.4% of people now think they can’t get an NHS dentist appointment. At Patient Claim Line, we believe everyone is entitled to responsive and fair dental treatment, and can look into your claim for delayed or misdiagnosed dental care.
Am I Eligible to Make a Dental Negligence Claim?
Every dentist, whether working under the NHS or being paid privately, has a duty to perform the right and proper procedures. If you believe that your dentist has been negligent towards you and you are left with pain and/or treatment costs, you may be entitled to compensation and to recover those treatment costs. Some evidence suggests tooth decay is higher in the North than the South, but wherever you are in the UK, Patient Claim Line can help.
At Patient Claim Line, we’re not only dental solicitors, we’re medical negligence experts too. We specialise in getting the right compensation for medical negligence victims, and have many years of experience handling dental negligence claims. Get in touch for a no obligation conversation with our expert team.
How to Prove Dental Negligence?
When we take on dental negligence, we must have access to evidence that you suffered unnecessarily, or that your condition worsened, because of a lack of care. This includes medical records, dental records, photographs of injuries, and a detailed statement about what you experienced. We also gather evidence from independent dental experts who prepare reports on your treatment and the results of that treatment. These experts weigh in on whether your dental treatment was below the usual and expected standard of care. Your legal team will arrange all of this for you, so it is important that you are open and honest with your case handler and able to provide as much detail as possible.
The Impact of COVID-19 On Dental Treatment
Coronavirus has undoubtedly had a serious impact on our health services, and that includes dental services, with reports that patients could be waiting up to three years for dental treatment following the pandemic. In a bid to improve the situation, dentists have been ordered to reach 45% of their pre-pandemic levels.
19 million fewer treatments were offered in England between March and October in 2020, compared to the same period in 2019. Such delays can cause unnecessary suffering and irreparable damage.
In cases such as these, you could be entitled to compensation relative to your suffering. When avoidable pain, injury or a worsening of your condition occurs due to unnecessary delays, this can be a traumatic experience – speak to our specialist medical negligence solicitors today to discuss your case.
Why Choose Patient Claim Line for your Dental Negligence claim?
At Patient Claim Line we have more than 100 solicitors with combined experience of over 400 years and they will work on your behalf to achieve the best result possible for you.
It’s not enough to use a solicitor who sometimes covers medical negligence. You need someone who knows this area through and through. That is what the solicitors here at Patient Claim Line do. We deal exclusively in this area of law and are experts in the field.
Why Choose Patient Claim Line for your Dental Negligence Claim?
Not just lawyers — medical negligence experts
Patient Claim Line was established in 2014 and consists of a team of medical lawyers specialising in medical negligence and misdiagnosis claims.
At Patient Claim Line we have more than 100 solicitors with combined experience of over 400 years and they will work on your behalf to achieve the best result possible for you.
It’s not enough to use a solicitor who sometimes covers medical negligence. You need someone who knows this area through and through. That is what the solicitors here at Patient Claim Line do. They deal exclusively in this area of law and are experts in the field.
Frequently asked questions about Dental Negligence Claims
Our expert legal team answer your questions about making an Dental Negligence Claim
Meet our medical negligence team
Peter Rigby
Director of Medical Negligence
Christian Beadell
Partner, Head of Strategy and Legal Operations
Francesca Paul
Associate Solicitor
Sion Wynne
Senior Solicitor
Case Study
Sarah's Story
"Now we have peace of mind"
My husband, Nick, went back and forth to the doctors for a long time and tried everything the doctor recommended. But his illness got worse, to the point that he was in agony.
In the end we got so desperate that we asked for a referral. The doctor was reluctant, so we had to consult a private hospital. That’s when we found out there was a tumour. It took years from the onset of his illness to finally start cancer treatment.
He used to be a man with a lot to live for, but in the end he was in so much pain that he withdrew from the family. He became angry that nobody had helped him sooner, and the legal team were able to give him the validation that he was desperately seeking. The NHS confirmed if they had done more, Nick would still be alive today.
