I ALMOST LOST MY LIFE BECAUSE OF HUGHARTS NEGLECT! DO NOT USE HIM IF YOU WANT TO LIVE!!! This nightmare started on July 16, 2024. I came in for a root canal. My appointment was at 9 AM. I had to wait a considerable amount of time before I was called back. How far can you be behind after only being open for one hour? I got in the chair I had a crown over the top of my tooth that needed the root canal. He proceeded with giving me the injection of numbing medication which he is awful at giving. I have never had a more painful injection in my life. During the root canal, he broke my entire tooth off & handed it to me in a bag. I asked him if he is giving me a prescription for antibiotics to prevent infection. He said no you'll be fine. He handed me a little baggy with my tooth in it and the crown attached & we went back home, I saw my Dentist that afternoon. Hewas shocked at how rough he had to be to break my entire tooth & the crown off at the gum line. He was also shocked that he did not give me any antibiotics to prevent infection & sent me on my way. On Friday I was mowing the grass on my riding mower and my face started feeling like it had pins and needles on the front right Lower side of my lip, going back down my jawline to my ear, I didn't know what was wrong, I had gone to the bathroom and looked up in the mirror when I was washing my hands and noticed my face looked swollen on that same side. I called my daughter and I was telling her what was going on. She said this could be something that was caused by the root canal so I looked it up and it said A couple of things online which race concern for me and I contacted The after hours emergency number for this office. HUGHART Responded His words were this is really strange. I wonder what YOU did. I bet YOU cracked YOUR tooth. How did I crack my tooth, sir when you broke it off at the gum line? He didn't answer. He called in two more antibiotics & told me I needed to see the oral surgeon on Monday. I contacted the oral surgeon on Monday after they Examined me & took x-rays they said when the root canal was done, he drilled too close to my nerve, causing me to have this additional pain and inflammation, & he called me in even stronger antibiotics two more. The pain at this point was unbearable. I could not sleep. I could not eat I could not think straight. The oral surgeon also said to put heat packs on my face to open up my pores to help get the antibiotics flowing better through my bloodstream in my face. I was so miserable. My son moved the microwave into my bedroom so all I had to do was roll over and put the heat pack in the microwave & take it out. I was in so much pain. I contacted the oral surgeon before they closed on Tuesday & they told me I needed to go to the ER and get IV anabiotic since I was not getting any better. I don't remember driving myself to the emergency room, but I did. I was in so much pain I was delusional. I could not think straight. I just needed my face to stop swelling and hurting. I was having to hold my face & my neck at an angle backwards because my neck and my face was so swollen. That was the easiest way to breathe if I held it normally it felt like my airway was being constricted. They ended up admitting me to the hospital. I was on three different IV antibiotics along with pain medication. They could not get the swelling to stop & had to speak to my family about possibly Having to intubate me to keep my airway open. They came in and got blood cultures & many tubes of blood. I had sepsis and one of the worst cases of cellulitis the hospital had seen in years. I was in the hospital for six days. I almost died from sepsis. Had I not gotten to the hospital and I continued to wait I would have died. 18 months later My face is still numb. I feel like I have a swollen lip, and I consistently drool out of the right side of my mouth. I have permanent damage to my face because of HUGHARTS MALPRACTICE . The entire tooth what was remaining had to be surgically removed because of the damage he caused during the root canal. read more