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Dr. Hall,
\nIn November 2009 I had a crown put on my number 8 front tooth. My tooth was slanted from sucking my thumb when I was little, and this was to fix that.<\/p>\n
About 3 weeks after my crown was put on my tooth was really sensitive to hot and cold. I was told that was normal for the first few weeks. About 4 months later my tooth was hurting so bad that I\u00a0had to go to the ER! The next day my face swelled up and\u00a0I was out of work for 5 days. When\u00a0I went to another dentist, they told me that my tooth was infected and that\u00a0I would need a root canal<\/a> and a new crown. I was like WHAT??? how could this happen? She told me that\u00a0I had an open margin and it was from the crown not being placed properly.<\/p>\n I called the first dentist,\u00a0who did the crown, and\u00a0I told the secretary the situation. I told her that i deserved my money back because for his mistake i have to pay for another crown and a root canal!! she said that once the crown was in my mouth it was my responsibility!! I said even if it was a failed job???<\/p>\n Is he liable for this? Shouldnt he pay?? I have seen the xray and the open margin is huge! ! If he we re to have taken xrays at the end of the job he would have seen the open margin and knew it had to be redone.<\/p>\n At the time\u00a0I was making payments on the crown and paid a little more than half. After\u00a0I found out about his mistake i told the office i was not paying the balance . About three months later\u00a0I got a notice saying he was suing me for the balance! I couldnt believe it ! I of course filled a countersuit and when\u00a0I went to the small claims court his lawyer told me if i drop the counter claim then the dentist would “forgive my debit”. I said NO\u00a0I want the money that\u00a0I paid him and his lawyer said “Well he is not willing to do that.” The case now has to be handled by the superior court because civil court can’t deal with things like this.<\/p>\n My question is should this guy have fixed his mistake? Because of him\u00a0I was in the most extreme pain\u00a0I was ever in, I had to miss days of work,\u00a0I had almost a dozen appointments ( emergency room, doctors and dentist visits), my face swelled up so bad that\u00a0I could barely see and\u00a0I had to get a new crown and a root canal . Please let me know what you think!<\/p>\n Thanks!
\n– Sarah from Massachusetts<\/p>\n\n\n