You won't believe this !!!!

I went in for my endoscopy on Wed. and I told him I did not want my throat dialated unless it was necessary, well I guess he thought it was. All went well until the end. My two front teeth have crowns on them,from when I was very young and wanted to be a dancer when I grew up but I was spinning around on a newly waxed kitchen floor and fell flat on my face. Well fast forward.. anyway when I woke from the anestesia (sp?) they said my crown and tooth under it broke off. I had to go immediately to the dentist..still wigged out from being drugged up and since the pred has made my gums and teeth not as good they need to make me a bridge with 6 crowns. And the grand total of that is going to be over $ 6000.00. The hosp board is going to decide IF and what they will pay and let me know Wed. In the mean time they gave me a fake tooth that wont't stay in. My throat was killing me, have had a low grade fever and now the stitches are coming out. I am very surprised I don't have in ulcer. :mad1: No vacations for me this year :(

You shouldn't have to pay a cent for the dental work. I'd tell the hospital board that if they don't make it right, your lawyer will be in contact!!!

I'm with Pete on this one.
That is so frustrating.
You fight them all the way.

Gah!!! I agree. They need to pay for this. Crazy! You have my sympathy. I have been dealing with problem teeth all my life! Let us know what happens.

Oh, crap, Debbie. I'm so sorry! I'm with everyone else. It wasn't your fault and you shouldn't have to pay a dime. I'm not sure why you need a bridge and all those crowns right away, but I'm not a dentist and I do get it about having weaker teeth. You might as well try to get the hospital to pay for all of them so you don't have to later. If it was me, I'd be sh*t out of luck, since I just plain don't have the money. Good luck.🍀

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I think I am going to call a personal injury att. tomorrow. The dentist did make this thing for me called a flipper. ...its just one tooth,but it has the backing like a denture, BUT the thing with that is I can't sleep or eat with it so wtf good is it !!! The reason they need to do so many Anne is because my other teeth aren't strong enough to support it. I don't have the money for it either Anne but a have a care credit card. Its like taking out a loan. But this was the last thing I expected. The hosp is going to have a meeting and I will hear there decision Tues ( same day I go back to the dentist ) so I hope I can find a lawyer that can pull this off !

You Go Girl!!!

You get my support as well, Deb, with prayers & love ❤

I hope all goes good with getting the hospital to pay for all of it, I was their fault. I don't see how they could get away with not paying for them to do them right.

Well tried to call different attys. and no one would take the case. Go figure, they may need that place someday ! I also got a call from the hosp. board administator and he said the the most they WOULD have paid would have been $50 -75.00 andt they call this exceptional risk and they will not pay for anything. NOW the war is on.I argued with him for awhile and said that my dentist told me 2 years ago my teeth needed replaced then its not their fault. So I went to get my stitches out and asked who told them info. and the dentist said he talked to him but the sec. also told him my history. Now I may be wrong but I worked with drs. before and that violates hippa rules. They had no right saying anything.She even said she was sorry because they probably would have paid if that wasn't in my history. So I am going to again contact a different lawyer and see about sueing them for releasing my info. I am not going to let this dentist work on me again and my gastro also who I also saw today told me to write a letter to the ceo of the hosp. I doubt that will do any good but I will.This is really getting ridiculous.He told me it was only a tooth and to stop carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. Needless to say we had words.Well that's the latest update.Tomorrow is another day ! :predrage:

Sorry you have to go through this Debbie.
Dale

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Well tried to call different attys. and no one would take the case. Go figure, they may need that place someday ! I also got a call from the hosp. board administator and he said the the most they WOULD have paid would have been $50 -75.00 andt they call this exceptional risk and they will not pay for anything. NOW the war is on.I argued with him for awhile and said that my dentist told me 2 years ago my teeth needed replaced then its not their fault. So I went to get my stitches out and asked who told them info. and the dentist said he talked to him but the sec. also told him my history. Now I may be wrong but I worked with drs. before and that violates hippa rules. They had no right saying anything.She even said she was sorry because they probably would have paid if that wasn't in my history. So I am going to again contact a different lawyer and see about sueing them for releasing my info. I am not going to let this dentist work on me again and my gastro also who I also saw today told me to write a letter to the ceo of the hosp. I doubt that will do any good but I will.This is really getting ridiculous.He told me it was only a tooth and to stop carrying the weight of the world on my shoulders. Needless to say we had words.Well that's the latest update.Tomorrow is another day ! :predrage:

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Thats's a shame. Dont give up, Deb. Call the ombudsman. Also write a formal letter and send it to all those who are involved and their managers including hospital ceo and everyone possible.

I called an atty that deals with hippa laws and the dentist was definitely in the wrong but by the time I would pay atty fees I would end up with nothing. So he told me what I needed to do. I called care credit since they already ran the loan through ( even for 500.00 more dollars ) and told them I am not using them and I want it cancelled. I then called the dentist and told him I contacted an atty and he was wrong for what he did in releasing my records without my approval. He then said he would not charge me for this worthless flipper thing he made and that he would work on me like I was his mother !! I'm not that old !!He also said if I wasn't happy with the first bridge he would keep working until I was happy. But I think I put the fear of God into him because he told me not to call the hosp. and he would see want he could work out. So as soon I got off the phone with him ,I called the hosp. but the guy was gone for the day,but I left word to call me first thing in the morning or my atty will !!!! Then my girlfriend composed an awesome letter for me to send to the ceo. I have an apt at another dentist to see what they would charge but this is FAR from over. Between the dentist ,gastro, and hosp. I better not have to pay a thing. The saga continues.

Deb,
I'm sorry you are having trouble getting your teeth fixed. I can't believe that the hospital was only going to pay that little amount, that wouldn't even pay for a filling. That Dentist deserves to be sued, that is definitely
Hippa voilation. I hope that you get some better news soon. Please take care of yourself!

Quite unable to type anything here that could possibly help Debs, PM me if you wish to Vent etc but the system over here in the UK is totally different so I am unable to help with any solid advice but it sounds to me that you should puss on with your claim. As daft as it may sound, try and not let the stress etc take over as none of us need that in our lives.
Thinking of you my good friend.

Well it has been months and I am still fighting the battle. The dentist I went to at first did not put in any crowns but yet billed by credit $ 6500.00. I had to file 2 disputes and he lied soooooooo bad ,saying that I came to him with several broken teeth and some other lies. I finally won the dispute and reported him to the dental board. I had the work done by a different dentist which still cost me $ 6000.00. I contacted my insurance company and they said that if the hosp. were to admit that it was there fault ( and they even sent me a form for them to fill out ) the my ins. would pay for it BUT the hosp. refuses, saying it was not in the records that it happened and they are not changing them because it could give the hosp a bad reputation. Well I have an atty. now and hopefully I will get something back, the lawyer gets 40%. The saga continues.....

Shoot, Debbie, this sucks, you are a strong person who doesn't deserve anything of this nature. I wrote a longer reply but it somehow got lost when I tried to edit it.... unless it turns up. I don't even know if we have ombudsmen here or what they might be called... There's got to be someone who knows the ropes and can get things done on your behalf.... very idealistic, maybe... I would be lost and overcome with stress. I'd like to see this publicized and this guy and the hospital brought down and be made to pay restitution, and the guy to lose his practice. Keep fighting if you possibly can!

Perhaps a conversation with Mike DeWine's (Ohio Attorney General) office might be appropriate...

Yea Anne,I was really stressed out when I owed a total of 12,500 so I am glad I am down to $ 6000.00 !! But I have a some other issues going on right now also which isn't helping at all. Actually I am going to a counselor tomorrow, they have prescribed me Prozac but again I keep thinking I can handle things without popping pills..we will see. I haven't been taking my antibiotics either. Then my pulmy retired and I found a new one so next week a have to go have a pft and a ct scan of my lungs. The rheumy at CC is trying to get me into see a neurologist because I keep getting bad headaches and dizzy. On top of that my mother ( who is 90 ) has low hemoglobin and is not doing to well. Then to top it off my 2 sisters have liked disowned me, saying I'm not sick, you are in remission ! As for the dentist, the medical board will not let me know the outcome.
Pete, I wish I would of thought about the Atty general before I signed up with this atty who will get more money than me :( Seems like I will be just missing you at CC by about a week..hope all goes well for you there.

Debbie, shame on your sisters for dismissing your illness. It is all too easy for people to do that who know nothing about it. And best wishes to your mom, hoping she does better. As for the rest, may justice be done!

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I am so sorry you are going through all these bad situtations. I hope things start to get better for you soon. I hope your Mom is improving and that all goes well with your new medications. I'm sorry that you don't have the help and support you need from your family. I'm wishing you all the best for getting a resolve of your case on the teeth. Please take care and remember that we will always be here for moral support.

I would all the local news paper and a local TV news crew after I called my att. I might make a sign and walk around the front door of the hospital too. I have done this before and it sometimes makes them rethink quick. Good luck. best wishes.