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Drilling injuries to tongue and gums in dentistry

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#1
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  • 2021/06/08 03:19

I recently injured my tongue and gums drilling with a drill during a cavity treatment at a Japanese American dentist in Torrance. I was a little concerned about the way the doctor used the drill during the treatment. I thought it might be dangerous to be so careless. During the treatment, I didn't notice the injury because of the anesthesia, but I noticed it a few hours after I went home. The injury is not that big, but since I injured the side of my tongue, it hurts when I hit my teeth while eating and talking.
Since the pain was stronger on my tongue, I didn't notice it easily, but my gums were also cut by about an inch. I noticed that the gums were almost turning into mouth ulcers.

I told the dentist that I was injured, but they said that I would be seen 5 days after the injury,
I would think that after that many days, I would have recovered quite well,

but even if I went to see the dentist,
I would be sent home, ！ thinking that it is almost healed already. I feel that it is useless to go there.

What would you do ？?

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#22

7, I emailed the dentist about my injury and how I felt during the treatment,

"I am very sorry to hear that, as I have treated you in good faith and with precision and fairness."

I received a reply.

"Sincerely" ・ ・ My idea of sincerity is that if I caused an injury, I would properly apologize to the patient while checking the wound and prescribe disinfectant or a smear to prevent mouth sores, and the doctor did not apologize or care for me.

"Precise" ・ ・ "We won't know until we open it up" even after x-rays were taken, and one more tooth to be treated with one word from me, a layman.

"Fair" ・ ・ A story told in a quiet voice with no subject matter.

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#23

8, In addition, the doctor's e-mail said,
"How are your teeth doing ？
I will check your tongue for damage ？
I would like to see you as soon as possible, so come to the 00 office tomorrow and the Torrance office after that. We'd like to do it as soon as possible.
Both are already full, but please let us know so we can make time for Mr. Drill." And

I told him I was injured and he asked me about the condition of the teeth I had treated and now it's not your place to ask about the condition ？ ？

After all, this dentist never once checked my tongue and gums.

However, my tongue is healed today, and my gums, although they have mouth sores, are enough to be completely healed in two more days, so
I don't think it's a big deal to check the wounds at first,

but at first he told me to check the wounds
"I'll be there as soon as I can, and I'll bring the shortfall of just under $50 from the other day's payment."

The next day he replied, "You don't have to pay the shortfall.
If you would like me to check your tongue, please come tomorrow.
Tomorrow is the doctor's day off, so if you are coming, please let me know the time."

You are going to end up injuring me and not even examining the wound ・ ・ Where is the good faith that the doctor said he had? I wonder ？ I felt that.

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#24

9, "On the rare occasion that an instrument may touch a non-affected area during treatment and cause damage, we will be honest with the patient about it on the spot and
we will never hide or ignore it."

"We are never vague or sloppy about the treatment or the teeth we have treated."

He also emailed.

"I told you honestly on the spot" and "I would never hide anything from you" ・ ・ ・ I think it is hard to say that I told you this honestly and without hiding when it was explained in a voice so small that it was hard to hear and without subject.

"And never in a vaguely worded way." ・ ・ ・ Even after the x-rays were taken, "I'll have to open it ！ to see..." and "This tooth here looks suspicious too..." is generally ambiguous ？ don't you think?

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#25

And I thought that even in this email, you never write that you apologize.
You say you will be honest with me, but how will you tell me there without an apology ・ ・ ？

"During the treatment, the drill hit me and I have a scratch on my tongue and gums and they are bleeding. You won't notice it now because of the anesthesia, but the pain should be gone in a couple of days." ？

I think most patients would feel that ？ "What?

"I'm sorry. The drill hit my tongue and gums during the treatment and caused a wound ・ ・ that will hurt for a couple of days. I am sorry.
I have just disinfected the area, but I will also prescribe an ointment to prevent mouth ulcers from forming.
Most patients will say "Yes".

We are all human beings and we all make mistakes.
Even so, since we are working in the tight space of the mouth, we expect the drill to hit something other than the affected area.

I think it is important for the doctor to be sincere to the patient in such a situation.


I was looking for a new family doctor, but alas, not here.

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#26

＃ 8 ， 9 ， 10, 11
Thank you all.　
It has been a long story, but I have told you what has happened so far.　

Here in the U.S., we are often told not to apologize ！ even for car accidents, but
everyone who has ever hit me has opened with "sorry" or "it's ok ？".
Maybe it happened because I was hit from behind when I was stopped waiting for a red light.

If I was at fault, I should apologize,
which is the way it should be, I think.



Yes ！ I will refer to yelp and reviews more in the future and find a good dentist next time ！
Thanks everyone ！ ！ ！

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