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14 August 2019
A DDU associate member called for advice after the practice owners said he wasn't allowed to tell patients was he planning to leave, because of the impact they feared it might have on those patients' practice payment plans.
A DDU member's clinical notes were a vital part of a successful defence of a claim brought against them by a patient who was left with a root fragment in their distal socket following a root canal and extraction.
13 August 2019
Two practice hygienists contacted the DDU for assistance with a claim alleging a failure to diagnose and treat periodontal disease, brought against them by a patient they had been seeing at their practice for over ten years.
16 July 2018
A patient attended a DDU member for extraction of a badly decayed lower wisdom tooth.
A DDU general dental practitioner (GDP) member was visited by a patient complaining of toothache.
A patient was referred to a DDU member for extraction of UR8.
A patient in her late 50s attended her dentist complaining of pain from a back tooth.
13 July 2018
A patient with dental phobia needed fillings at UR6 and LL6.
A patient's extraction was delayed because the practice had run out of the appropriate anaesthetic.
22 May 2017
A dentist was criticised for failing to refer a patient for endodontic intervention, leading to loss of a tooth.