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Case ref:201401911
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Date:January 2015
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Body:A Dentist in the Forth Valley NHS Board area
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Sector:Health
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Outcome:Not upheld, no recommendations
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Subject:clinical treatment / diagnosis
Summary
Ms C complained that her dentist failed to examine her or treat her reasonably or appropriately. She said that it was only shortly afterwards, when she changed to a new dentist, that she learned the extent of her problems, which she said the first dentist had allowed to develop.
We took independent advice from a senior dental practitioner and we found that as the appointment concerned had been on an emergency basis, Ms C had been given immediate treatment on the particular problem she presented with. The appointment was not routine, and so the dentist had not been expected to make a full examination of Ms C's mouth. We found the treatment he gave her had been appropriate in the circumstances.