Dentists are health care practitioners just as any other type of doctor. Dentists are subject to the same standards and laws as their colleagues in the health care practitioner field.
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Determine what you think the exact injury is.
First you should determine what your injury is and whether it was caused by the dentist. Injuries caused by dentists are quite expansive, meaning they can span various types ranging from pain to death. A rare occurrence is nerve damage resulting in altered sensation or loss of the sensation of taste . You should immediately contact an attorney if you have any condition that seems out of the ordinary. You should keep a timeline of dates and times of dental treatment as well as notes or a good recollection of the events and conversations with your dentist and his or her staff.
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Contact an attorney.
If you feel that your dentist has committed dental malpractice you should contact an attorney. In order to determine if dental malpractice was committed many things must be determined. Firstly, it must be determined if the dentist deviated from accepted dental standards in the community in which he or she was practicing. Secondly it must be determined whether that departure or deviation from the accepted standard of care was a substantial factor in causing the injury. Following this analysis it can be decided if the dentist is liable for the injury suffered.
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