Facial Injuries Due To Dental Treatment
If you or someone you know has suffered facial injuries and believe it was due to poor dental treatment, you should contact Brendan F. Mulligan, the dental injury attorney.
When receiving dental treatment, it is imperative that safety measures are taken are taken to protect you. Protective eye wear, a rubber dam and working with a dental assistant are a just a few safety methods a dentist should use.
Dentists routinely work with instruments and products that if mishandled or drop can cause a patient to suffer a devastating eye injury resulting in vision loss and/or blindness. To avoid this from occurring, the dental patient should always be provided with protective eye wear. The eye wear should cover the entire eye area and have side protectors. In addition, a working eye wash station should be available so that the patient can flush out any debris or toxic substance.
Facial Injuries Due to Dental Mistakes
To avoid injuries to the mouth and/or swallowing a dental instrument or toxic solution, a dentist should use a rubber dam or cotton rolls. A rubber dam is a small rubber sheet that is attached to a tooth by a clamp and allows a dentist to isolate a specific region of the mouth Cotton rolls are also used for the same purpose. Without appropriate isolation, a dentist can easily injure a patient.
Finally, to avoid injuring to a patient a dentist should not operate on a patient alone. A dental assistant provides an extra set of hands which aid in retraction and suctioning so that a patient is kept safe throughout the entire procedure.
If you or someone you know has been injured in a dental office and suspect it was because of poor dental treatment, remember to call Brendan F. Mulligan, D.M.D, Esq., the dental malpractice attorney.