To my everlasting regret, I signed up for the $2,995 deal with "Smiles Restored" for 8 veneers on my top teeth. Dr. Staples was my dentist. In taking off my old veneers, he broke off my front teeth so short that they were too short for veneers.
Then, to cover up this mistake, he had to put on crowns, which were way too thick and caused me to have a speech impediment for 6 months. This made it necessary for me to go to a speech therapist.
Breaking teeth is considered malpractice, even though it was accidental. Everything he did after that, I think was a cover-up for breaking off the teeth.
I have asked "Smiles Restored" three times to cover expenses for fixing the teeth with another dentist, but they will only offer me the $2,995 refund for the botched job. They don't care about correcting their work. And, then, if they gave me the $2,995 refund, I'd have to sign something in their office that says I won't "bad mouth" Dr. Staples any more. The "bad mouth" expression is from Jenny the office manager.
There was extensive dental malpractice done to me by Dr. Staples:
All of the following headings are different phases of dental malpractice:
If they sound "light weight" and not that important, believe me they are because they are the essential descriptors, the "smoking guns," of malpractice and negligence.
Here goes:
1.) Failure to Diagnose--looks like Dr. Staples didn't realize I had TMJ (temporal mandibular jaw disorder). Just about any other dentist would recognize it, and even dental assistants are required to have this working knowledge;
2. Delayed Diagnosis--didn't refer me to a maxillo-facial surgeon (a physician and a dentist, combined) for surgical intervention to have the TMJ fixed before he permanently cemented the crowns. This created a 6 mm overjet, also called buck teeth. Anything over a 3 mm overjet is considered abnormal and unattractive, but he went ahead anyway. He knew or should have known I would have buck teeth if he proceeded;
3.) Intentional Misconduct-- he permanently affixed crowns to my overjet when dental protocol dictated an interim trial period to see if they fit correctly before permanent cementation. Every other dentist would give the patient a couple of weeks to see how they fit and what needed to be changed. But, Dr. Staples didn't bother to do this. And, as a result, my appearance suffered due to his indifference and failure to do the right thing. because he obviously didn't care about my degrading my appearance with buck teeth.
4.) Lack of Informed Consent--filed my teeth down from veneer length down to crown length without my permission and used undue influence and extreme pressure to overcome my objections to permanently put on crowns. Actually, he filed my teeth down first, and THEN asked permission, after the fact.
5.) Delayed or Wrong Dental Diagnosis or Treatment--failed to discern the TMJ problem and make a referral to have it fixed by a doctor/dentist/oral surgeon early on, when he should have identified the TMJ problem; He had to know his approach would result in my having a 6 MM overjet/buck teeth, theoretically forever;
6.) Complications Arising from Negligently Completing Crowns--thick crowns, overjet, speech problems, appearance problems; buck teeth at age 75, embarrassment, shyness, anxiety, visible disfigurement; emotional distress humiliation, depression; mental anguish, anger and loss of enjoyment in life.
PLEASE NOTE: i am forfeiting the $2,995 refund offered by them for the botched veneer job by "Smiles Restored" in order to make the above statement about my bad experience at the hands of Dr. Staples. I am sad every day about what he did. This statement will cost me almost $3,000. OK. It's worth the money to be able to tell what happened.
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