Top reasons for legal tangles include mis-diagnosis and non treatment of dental infections.
For instance:
1. Patient has heart attack, and untreated undiagnosed periodontal disease
Potential malpractice
2. Patient has new decay after radiation treatment of the parotid and salivary concerns are not addressed, only fluoride is advised. OR dentist never even tests for saliva attributes.
Potential Malpractice
Shirley Gutkowski, RDH, BSDH, FACE
