dental problem

What is the name of your state? md

went to a dentist for a toothache and he said i had a other problems so he pulled out many of my teeth without telling me specifically thats what he would do

can i sue?

[ellencee]

klaw
The dentist said you had other problems; did he tell you what the problems were and what the remedies were?

EC

he went over things but it was jargon i didnt understand

so he pulls out a lot of teeth and gives me temporaries

i keep going back every month till i run out of money

so i ask him how much more this would cost and he says like

thousands more i dont have and i should borrow it somewhere

cuz wer're real close to finishing Well i cant so eventually the

temporaries fall out and im left with no teeth

I t was rich mans treatment for a poor man

It just seems to me that if your going to do something like pull

out peoples teeth its pretty radical like an amputation and you

should be specific so i could make sure i had enuf money to finish

[vrzirn]

When you saw him coming at you with those big pliers all the jargon should have become crystal clear. He explained and if you did not understand you could have asked him to tell you in simpler language using words of no more than one syllable. e.g. "I pull your teeth. Give new teeth. You have nice smile.Work take 6 months. You pay x$, cash or card."
Financing is your problem if you want teeth.

Look in the Yellow Pages for a lawyer who does dental malpractice and see what he says.

I've got a feeling that what's being pulled is my leg! Nobody, but nobody is that gullible, I think.

well i allready know i'm stupid (i tried daytrading stocks for awhile and got wiped out etc) but my front teeth seemed fine and i never imagined
i just picked his name from a phone book and was in tremendous pain in one area of my mouth and you know the rest....

so the last thing i'll ask about this is
this is my fault for being naive and poor and i have nothing
i can do about this while this dentist laughs about me at parties with his rich friends?

thanx

[ellencee]

klaw
Call your local health department and see if you qualify for free dental care. Call a dental college in your area and ask if you can receive the remainder of your dental care through their programs.
Ask your dentist to replace the temporaries until you have saved the money to complete the work.

In the meantime, here's a poem by Shel Silverstein to brighten your day:

THE CROCODILE'S TOOTHACHE
The Crocodile
Went to the Dentist
And sat down in the chair,
And the dentist said, "Now tell me, sir,
Why does it hurt and where?"
And the Crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth,
I have a terrible ache in my tooth,"
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
That the dentist, he climbed right inside,
And the dentist laughed, "Oh isn't this fun?"
As he pulled the teeth out, one by one.
And the Crocodile cried, "you're hurting me so!
Please put down your pliers and let me go."
But the dentist just laughed with a Ho HO HO,
And he said, "I still have twelve to go--
Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess,
But what's one crocodile's tooth, more or less?"
Then suddenly, the jaws went SNAP,
And the dentist was gone, right off the map,
And were he went one could only guess...
To North or South or East or West...
He left no forwarding address.
But what's one dentist, more or less?

(Where the Sidewalk Ends;1974)

EC

thankyou ellencee for your kind posts

ps
(i do wander quite a bit, but with apologies to Tolkien i do at times feel lost)