Posts Tagged ‘unnecessary treatment’
$35 Million Awarded to Dental Patients Who Received Unnecessary Dental Treatments
A former dentist was recently prosecuted for administering unnecessary dental treatments to 29 of his patients. The man in question, Henri Duyzend, performed thousands of needless root canal treatments on over 500 patients over the years, before finally retiring in 2007. Washington’s Department of Health received 76 complaints regarding his negligence as thousands of patients […]
Patient forced to pay for a healthy tooth to be filled
A woman was faced with a bill for £126 following a procedure to fill a tooth, which was later found to be healthy. Anna Grayson, a writer from Devon, visited Teignmouth’s Den Dental Practice and was treated by Karen Hanbury; she paid £126 for the filling at the private dental practice. Just a few weeks […]
