Vermont
I've been having problems with dental material allergies in the past 5 years. A dentist sold me veneers with acrylic cement even though he knew I was allergic to acrylic. I only found out after my mouth started burning up. Then I had to file complaits to get him to remove the stuff. He finally did - over a year later. He charged me thousands more and did a really bad job on 4 of the 11 crowns that he replaced the veneers with. I called all the dental malpractice lawyers but they wouldn't take it. There was not enough damage and enough money to make. It wouldn't even cover the cost of filing the suit. I understand that. But now there's more to the story.
I went to another dentist to fix the last 4 crowns. I told him I wanted the Ivoclar InLine ceramic - the exact same materials that were in the 7 good crowns. I explained that I had been having allergic reactions to materials. He agreed to do that. But the crowns he put in tasted chalky. I wrote to Ivoclar. They called my dentist and he admitted to them that the crowns he gave me were another type made by 3M. I never did find out exactly what there were. The dentist then agreed to replace them with an Ivoclar product called emax. He told me it was virtually the same thing as InLine. It tastes terrible and irritates the tissues in my mouth. I found the name of the dentist's lab, but they will not give me a MSDS or any information. I asked the dentist to get it for me over a month ago but he hasn't gotten anything for me. I looked up emax and saw that it is a lithium discilate ceramic. I looked up lithium discilate ceramics and see articles in jounals that show lithium discilate ceramics are cytotoxic.
Like the last time there is not enough damage to file a malpractice suit. I am going to take both dentists to small claims court. But another issue is the cytotoxicity of these lithium discitale ceramics. They are being widely used. Do you think there is any chance of a class action lawsuit? I would think people would want this stuff removed from their mouths is they knew about it's toxicity. Many people are having amalgam fillings removed. That's a lot less expensive than having crowns replaced.
I've been having problems with dental material allergies in the past 5 years. A dentist sold me veneers with acrylic cement even though he knew I was allergic to acrylic. I only found out after my mouth started burning up. Then I had to file complaits to get him to remove the stuff. He finally did - over a year later. He charged me thousands more and did a really bad job on 4 of the 11 crowns that he replaced the veneers with. I called all the dental malpractice lawyers but they wouldn't take it. There was not enough damage and enough money to make. It wouldn't even cover the cost of filing the suit. I understand that. But now there's more to the story.
I went to another dentist to fix the last 4 crowns. I told him I wanted the Ivoclar InLine ceramic - the exact same materials that were in the 7 good crowns. I explained that I had been having allergic reactions to materials. He agreed to do that. But the crowns he put in tasted chalky. I wrote to Ivoclar. They called my dentist and he admitted to them that the crowns he gave me were another type made by 3M. I never did find out exactly what there were. The dentist then agreed to replace them with an Ivoclar product called emax. He told me it was virtually the same thing as InLine. It tastes terrible and irritates the tissues in my mouth. I found the name of the dentist's lab, but they will not give me a MSDS or any information. I asked the dentist to get it for me over a month ago but he hasn't gotten anything for me. I looked up emax and saw that it is a lithium discilate ceramic. I looked up lithium discilate ceramics and see articles in jounals that show lithium discilate ceramics are cytotoxic.
Like the last time there is not enough damage to file a malpractice suit. I am going to take both dentists to small claims court. But another issue is the cytotoxicity of these lithium discitale ceramics. They are being widely used. Do you think there is any chance of a class action lawsuit? I would think people would want this stuff removed from their mouths is they knew about it's toxicity. Many people are having amalgam fillings removed. That's a lot less expensive than having crowns replaced.