General dentistry medmal cases concentrate around missed oral cancer screening, IAN/lingual nerve injury from extractions, office sedation deaths, Ludwig's angina from untreated dental abscess, and root canal complications. ADA + AAOMS + AAOMS Office Anesthesia define the floors.
Try the 2-min Dentistry demo → All specialtiesDental medmal cases turn on documented oral cancer screening at every visit, pre-op CBCT for high-risk extractions, capnography during office sedation, and formal adverse-event disclosure. Each is in the chart or it isn't.
Patient died during in-office sedation without capnography or appropriately trained personnel.
Dental abscess + facial swelling + dysphagia; no urgent ED referral; airway compromise.
High-risk patient; no documented oral cancer screening per ADA.
Lower 3rd molar with permanent nerve injury; no pre-op CBCT or specific consent.
NaOCl chemical burn or instrument nerve injury; no documented adverse-event response.
Extraction in bisphosphonate patient without risk discussion; ONJ developed.
Progressive perio across multiple visits; no probing depths / referral.
Lock the witness into "I told the patient her complication would resolve," then juxtapose against the ADA standard requiring formal adverse-event documentation + appropriate specialist referral.
Why this lands: witness has framed reassurance as a substitute for the documented disclosure + referral standard.
Dental cases turn on documented oral cancer screening, pre-op CBCT for high-risk extractions, capnography in office sedation, and formal adverse-event disclosure. ADA + AAOMS are real published floors.
ADA Standards of Care, AAOMS Parameters of Care, ADA + AAOMS Office Anesthesia.
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