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Oral surgeon severed nerve causing loss of feeling in half of mouth that is still present 6 months later. It has caused multiple infections and thousands of dollars since.

Submitted 2007-08-25

Defendant: ^Negligence

The day of the surgery, I was treated very "rushed," as if I was one of a herd being routed through that day. For instance, I groggily mentioned something about the financial portion of the surgery AFTER already being placed under sedation and they dragged me up to the front office stumbling, running into walls, and not being the least bit coherent at all, because they were so worried about about a dollar! During the surgery, I groggily remember the oral surgeon being very rough removing a wisdom tooth, banging me around quite a bit and almost jerking me off the chair, and even cheering when he finally got it. Ever since that day, I have been unable to feel the entire left side of my mouth. They said, "Oh yeah, it was too deep. We had to sever a nerve." WHAT?! They made me sign a release, but I was told that this was absolutely an essential surgery and they refuse to do surgery on anyone without the release, just like virtually any doctor's office. That does not mean that they should be so crazy and careless! They ripped the wisdom tooth out, cut a nerve in half, and shoved me right out the door like I meant nothing to them but a paycheck. They know what they did, but they have failed to take any steps to follow up on what was wrong, instead dropping me like a leaf. They have not invited me back for a checkup a single time. I've had to go to other doctors for medication repeatedly because of this incident, and there is a very solid chance I'll never be able to feel the left half of my mouth and tongue again!! :(

-- Texas


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