Someone
stuck with braces for eleven years?
Three years in itself is more than a pain, literally and
figuratively. People who have had
braces, for the standard amount of time, would agree that suing a dentist for
keeping braces on a patient for eleven years is not a ridiculous thing to do. Though sometimes they look kind of cute,
braces kept on for a long time can cause permanent damage, especially if the
patient did not clean their teeth very well before the metal monsters were instilled
into their mouth. “Kids typically wear
braces for only 1 to 3 years,” said Dr. John F. Buzzatto. He also said that the idea of keeping braces
on that long, even in a bad dental scenario, is pretty strange.
This is
what happened to Devin Bost who spent $35,100 on corrective oral surgery. He decided to sue his dentist, $150,000 plus
the amount he paid for the surgery.
A well
supported article, it has quotes from interviews regarding the subject. It is not super long, fairly short really,
but it brings up some good questions.
One is, why would a dentist keep braces on his patient for 11
years? For money perhaps?
The
author, Mellissa Locker, did a good job of supporting her subject. She brought up the amount of money being
asked of the dentist and many other interesting, and important, details concerning
the problem presented.
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