Can You Sue A Dentist For Malpractice.i.e.they Extract Tooth Without Asking You?

[Dinger2]

After a long time away,I went to my dentist to ask him to fit me a new bottom set denture,it’s a long time gone .Only a few pictures survive of when I was a matelo. He asked what he could do for me . And I said I would like a bottom set of dentures fitted to replace those that I lost. Well he did the mouth survey and said to his assistant one of my only 4 remaining teeth would have to be extracted.I picked up on this and said to the dentist NO I don’t want it out because ,I value it for chewing purposes and also it doesn’t give me any pain of any kind and also it is a good anchoring place for the new denture so for these three reasons I want to keep it in as it my tooth at the end of the day.his reply -if you don’t have it out then the new denture won’t go in and then ushered me out of the chair with no dentistry done . He then said do you wat a second opinion,I said yes I do because I disagree with you because the new denture should fit in exactly the same place as the one I lost, I don’t want to get into any arguments as I’m grateful to be registered with an NHI dentist. The second opinion is tomorow, to be given by another dentist WHO OWNS the practice !(fair and impartial ?)just today the P.M said All minor non- urgent ops (incl.dentistry ?) will be mothballed.Advice appreciated.

[Old_Geezer]

Why not just go to a different dental practice ? I'd have thought private dentists were allowed their opinion.

[Hopkirk]

Your description doesn't match the question. It sounds to me like he hasn't yet removed the tooth.

[fiction-factory]

>Only a few pictures survive of when I was a matelo
I wondered whether this was designed to generate "What's a matelo" question with some sort of punchline.
The post is a bit confusing dinger. Has the tooth been taken out?

[mallyh]

did you ask why he wanted to take the tooth out ?

[woofgang]

But he did ask you, you said no and he didn't take the tooth out?
btw my late father in law was a matelow

[piggynose]

Isn't a matelo a old term for a sailor?

[piggynose]

Whoops "an"

[woofgang]

yes piggynose, Royal Navy

[fiction-factory]

I thought that was matelot- but what has being in Royal Navy got to do with his teeth?

[Old_Geezer]

matelot, matlo, matlow. {shrug}

[woofgang]

indeed OG, its usually spoken not written