Dental Malpractice - Wisdom Teeth Removal

Todd J. Bloomfield won a $655,000 verdict in Lancaster, California. The oral surgeon who removed his client's wisdom teeth cut the lingual nerve and caused permanent loss of taste and sensation to one-half of the tongue. A California state law known as (MICRA) the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act states that $250,000 is the maximum amount allowed for pain and suffering caused by a doctor. Thus Mr. Bloomfield's client only recieved $250,000 for his suffering.

Effres & Associates won $894,305, in California, for a right lingual nerve severed from a careless lower wisdom tooth extraction. Permanent numbness to right half of tongue and taste alteration to a 32 year old courier. Due to California law the sum was lowered to $250,000.

Dane Levy won $750,000 for a client who's general dentist removed a third molar. The morning after the extraction the client began to experience numbness and a burning tingling sensation on the right side of mouth. The bony plate next to the path through which the lingual nerve travels was fractured.

Dane Levy won a $750,000 verdict for a client who had an unnecessary extraction of a wisdom tooth which resulted in permanent nerve damage.The wisdom tooth was extracted despite its close proximity to the mandibular nerve. Unrelenting pain has dramatically affected quality of life and work.

Jane Paulson won a $600,000 verdict, in Oregon, for injury to her client's lingual nerve from a wisdom tooth extraction in June 2006. The client was left with numbness and shooting, burning pain, a tingling sensation, and a throbbing pain in the tongue.

Smiley & Smiley, LLP won a $500,000 verdict, in New York, on behalf of a 35-year-old computer consultant, who sustained a permanently numb lip, chin and tongue following his wisdom teeth removal.

Dane Levy won $500,000 for a client who suffered trauma to a nerve bundle as a result of negligent third molar extraction. A nerve bundle consisting of lingual and chorda tympani nerves was injured during use of dental handpiece.

Effres & Associates won $750,000, in Virgina, for lingual nerves that were severed from careless lower wisdom tooth extractions. This resulted in permanent tongue numbness and taste alteration to a 37 year old Maryland police officer.

Effres & Associates won $602,506 for a right lingual nerve severed from careless a lower wisdom tooth extraction. This resulted in permanent numbness to right half of tongue and taste alteration to a 30 year old graphic designer.

Dane Levy won a $325,000 verdict in California for a client who was left with difficulty in speaking and no sensation on most of her tongue, the floor of her mouth, and the inside of her gums due to a severed lingual nerve. The client says when she is eating she has to sprinkle broken potato chips on her food so that she can hear when to swallow.

Dane Levy won $257,333 for a client who had permanent anesthesia of the tongue and floor of the mouth and facial pain due to negligent extraction of wisdom teeth. Both lower wisdom teeth were extracted and both the left and right lingual nerves were severed. The client further was caused to have slurred speech and constantly bites his tongue.

Effres & Associates won $250,000 for a severed lingual nerve from wisdom tooth extraction. This resulted in permanent numbness and taste alteration to the right half of the tongue for a 24 year old mortgage broker.

Dane Levy won $150,000.00 for a client and his wife received $50,000.00 for loss of consortium. The client's jaw was fractured, along with permanent nerve injury, leaving the client with no feeling in his lower lip. The injury has affected the client's appearance, and ability to speak, drink and eat.

Effres & Associates won $150,000 for a left lingual nerve injury from a lower wisdom tooth extraction to a 23 year old mountaineer.

Effres & Associates won $125,000 for a right lingual nerve injury from a lower wisdom tooth extraction to a 32 year old glass company owner.

The DentaLaw Group won $54,000, in Florida for a 21 college student with nerve injury after wisdom tooth surgery.

The DentaLawGroup won $140,000.00, in Florida, for a 36 year old office worker for numb tongue following wisdom tooth extraction.

References
1. losangelesinjurylawyerblog.com
2. portland.injuryboard.com
3. smileylaw.com
4. effreslaw.com
5. dentalaw.com
6. dentalmal.com/wisdom.html