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Decision Report 201709200

  • Case ref:
    201709200
  • Date:
    October 2018
  • Body:
    A Dental Practice in the Grampian NHS Board area
  • Sector:
    Health
  • Outcome:
    Not upheld, no recommendations
  • Subject:
    clinical treatment / diagnosis

Summary

Mr C complained about the dental treatment he received over a number of years from a number of dentists. Mr C had recently moved to a new dental practice, where the dentist discovered that he had a blood clot in his lower jaw which had been present for some time and caused the bone to degrade. Mr C felt that the previous dentists should have discovered this at an earlier stage.

We took independent advice from a dentist. We found that there was no evidence that Mr C had reported any problems with his lower jaw, or that the lower teeth were unstable. We found that Mr C had had reasonable assessments in view of his reported symptoms over a number of consultations. We did not uphold the complaint.

Updated: December 2, 2018