What is the name of your state? Illinois
(I sent the first posting before I finished editing)
The dentist, who did quite a few crowns for me, accidentally over grinded three of my lower front teeth, they are now too small to hold the crowns. The reason he was grinding them was the crowns made for them had different shapes and color then the other correct ones, he was trying to reshape the teeth to fit the crowns.
He did not tell me about the mistake, instead, he tried to build up the teeth, that failed, he then tried to cut my gum to make more room for the crown (I figured out all of these later), I asked him why he was trying to cut my gum, he said that it was swallen, he needed to cut it down to make good impression, I didn't let him cut it.
I went to another dentist for evaluation of the condition of the 3 teeth, he told me indeed, they are too small, and I need to have implants. But he refused to say anything to that effect to a lawyer that I contacted.
Then my dentist and I had a meeting, at the start, he said the reason that my three front teeth ended up too small to hold the crowns was they were too broken up in the first place. But after a few exchanges back and forth, without me even mentioning law suit, he returned all of my payments for the 3 bad crowns and the 7 good ones (about $10,000, not including the 2005 and 2006 insurance money of $2,000), as he handed me the check, he said: "This should make up all your sufferings and inconviniences".
I couldn't find any lawyers nor expert witnesses so far. Can I ask himn to return the $2,000 to my insurance company? the work started in November 2005 and the last time I was there was April 27 this year.
I appreciate any advices, thanks.
(I sent the first posting before I finished editing)
The dentist, who did quite a few crowns for me, accidentally over grinded three of my lower front teeth, they are now too small to hold the crowns. The reason he was grinding them was the crowns made for them had different shapes and color then the other correct ones, he was trying to reshape the teeth to fit the crowns.
He did not tell me about the mistake, instead, he tried to build up the teeth, that failed, he then tried to cut my gum to make more room for the crown (I figured out all of these later), I asked him why he was trying to cut my gum, he said that it was swallen, he needed to cut it down to make good impression, I didn't let him cut it.
I went to another dentist for evaluation of the condition of the 3 teeth, he told me indeed, they are too small, and I need to have implants. But he refused to say anything to that effect to a lawyer that I contacted.
Then my dentist and I had a meeting, at the start, he said the reason that my three front teeth ended up too small to hold the crowns was they were too broken up in the first place. But after a few exchanges back and forth, without me even mentioning law suit, he returned all of my payments for the 3 bad crowns and the 7 good ones (about $10,000, not including the 2005 and 2006 insurance money of $2,000), as he handed me the check, he said: "This should make up all your sufferings and inconviniences".
I couldn't find any lawyers nor expert witnesses so far. Can I ask himn to return the $2,000 to my insurance company? the work started in November 2005 and the last time I was there was April 27 this year.
I appreciate any advices, thanks.
Last edited: