If you consider that you have been injured due to negligence by your dentist or other dental practitioner Contact Us Now. You may be able to claim compensation.
We are Dental Negligence Solicitors. We deal with a wide range of compensation claims arising out of negligent dental treatment.
If you’ve experienced any of the following, you could be entitled to compensation:-
This can include Inadequate fillings, crowns, or root canal treatment
If your dentist takes too long to diagnose a problem leading to you suffering injury. This can include:
If your dentist has not provided adequate care over a long period of time, this may result in the onset of issues such as premature tooth decay and periodontal disease.
In order to have the basis of a claim for dentall negligence it has to be proved that someone was to blame for the accident. ie that the dental practitioner has been negligent.
Whether the dental practitioner has been negligent will depend on whether the treatment you received was to a standard that could reasonably have been expected. The practitioner would have a defence to your claim if the treatment you received was in line with the views of a responsible body of medical opinion.
You also need to prove that your injuries would not have occurred if it were not for the negligence of the medical practitioner. In some cases injury may have occurred anyway. For example the injury could be due to the actual problem or condition being treated.
At some stage in your claim it will be necessary to obtain a medical report from a dental expert. This is to advise whether the treatment provided was negligent and whether the injury would have occurred anyway even if the negligent treatment had not taken place.
If you are successful in your claim for medical negligence you will usually be able to claim compensation for any pain and suffering caused as a result of the negligent treatment.
You may also be able to claim for other losses you may have incurred or may incur in the future as a result of the negligent treatment.
This may include:
Keep a record of any financial losses you have suffered as a result of dental negligence. This will include for example any wage slips or P60s. You should also keep any receipts for other losses.
There are Time Limits for bringing claims of this type…
You only have 3 years to issue Court Proceedings from the date you first knew, or could reasonably have been expected to know, that you have suffered an injury caused by the fault of a dental practitioner.
This could be the date of the mistake or some time later if you did not know you had been injured at the time the mistake was made.
If Court Proceedings are not issued within 3 years of that date you would usually be unable to pursue your claim further.
The Courts can however waive this 3-year time limit if it can be shown that there was a valid reason why you did not pursue the claim sooner.
