Case study: Pinpoint fistula
...Mrs L complains of recurring headaches following an extraction and is eventually sent to A&E...
Treatment abroad
...The patient asks his UK dentist – Dr U – to re-cement the bridge permanently without further endodontic treatment...
Mercury fears
...Mr K says he has been generally unwell since the filling was placed and is convinced that this is caused by ingesting mercury from the amalgam filling...
Consent to treat
...Dr L is concerned that Mrs P does not appear to have capacity to give informed consent for the necessary treatment...
Case Study: Mercury fears
...The patient is convinced that this has been caused by ingesting mercury from the amalgam filling and exacerbated by the treatment to adjust the “poor occlusion”...
Case Study: Consent to treat
...Dr L is concerned that Mrs P does not appear to have capacity to give informed consent for the necessary treatment...
Case study: Nerve injury
...Mr J returns to Dr N over a week later complaining of numbness in his lip and tongue...
Nerve injury
...Mr J returns to Dr N over a week later complaining of numbness in his lip and tongue...
Unstable implant
...Mr W demands he be refunded for the cost of his implant which he says is unstable and has required repeated tightening...
Bone loss
...It is alleged that Dr W neglected to secure informed consent for the procedure and failed to provide an adequate standard of treatment...