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Case ref:201709200
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Date:October 2018
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Body:A Dental Practice in the Grampian 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
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.