Dental Anesthesia Mistakes
If you or someone you know has suffered from an anesthesia mistake and believe it was due to poor dental treatment, you should contact Brendan F. Mulligan, the dental injury attorney.
Death or serious injury due to dental anesthesia is a major problem in America. In the past, oral surgeons or dental anesthesiologists would normally have provided sedation for a patient. However, in today’s world a great deal of offices are offering “sleep dentistry” in an unsafe environment resulting in paralysis, coma and death to the dental patient. It doesn’t matter if you are having your “wisdom teeth” extracted or your child is having extensive dental treatment performed by a pedodontist, dental anesthesia must be provided in a safe environment with the ability of the dental office to address any complications that may arise.
Causes of Dental Anesthesia Mistakes
Dental anesthesia resulting in paralysis, coma and death generally occurs because of the following:
- Dentist gave the wrong drug
- Overbooking
- Failure to update medical history
- Failure to have proper working equipment
- Drug Allergy
- Underlying medical condition that was ignored
- Failure to get medical clearance, especially with the elderly patient
- Failure to update medical emergency drugs
- Staff not properly trained in emergency protocols
- Ignoring medical monitoring equipment
- Lack of quality and trained staff
- Failure to address an obstructed airway
No dental treatment should result injury to a patient. If you or someone you know has been injured due to a dental anesthesia mistake or error, you need to contact the dental malpractice attorney, Brendan F. Mulligan, D.M.D., Esquire.