Dental Malpractice Lawyer Michigan

Oral squamous cell carcinoma is a type of cancer. The Robert Gittleman Law Firm considers the dangers of dentists failing to diagnose it.

Dental malpractice attorney Robert Gittleman made headlines last year, helping a client receive a $250,000 jury award after a dentist caused nerve damage in her mouth.

When anesthetic injections result in nerve damage, our lawyers can help you seek damages. A dental malpractice attorney will hold negligent dentists accountable.

When dental implants fail, they can result in numerous medical health issues. A dentistry malpractice lawyer can hold negligent oral surgeons and dentists liable.

Individuals experiencing defective and substandard dental implant symptoms should contact dental lawyer Robert Gittleman to learn about their rights.

INADEQUATE DENTAL CARE TO PRISONERS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT UPDATE

Updating my July 11, 2014 Blog, we are still actively litigating a class-action case in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, [Johannes v. Washington], advocating constitutionally inadequate dental care to prisoners in the custody of the Michigan Department of Corrections (MDC).  We represent prisoners as plaintiffs seeking to form a class of prisoners receiving constitutionally inadequate dental care. 

ORAL CANCER SETTLEMENT:  On April 14, 2016 we negotiated a very substantial oral cancer settlement for a client treated by dentists at a teaching dental clinic offering multiple services.  Client exclusively treated with the clinic for all aspects of dental health.  However, for over a year chronic sores on client’s tongue were either ignored, or not suspected as oral cancer.  The sores continued to grow and developed into oral cancer. 

CANCER IN MOUTH  

HOW YOUR PHYSICIAN OR DENTIST CAN ALLOW CANCER TO GROW AND CAUSE DEATH                

Your primary care physician and family dentist have continuing obligations to be knowledgeable of signs and symptoms of oral cancer.  Your doctor/dentist should assume any lesion in your oral cavity of unknown origin that persists over two or three weeks could be oral cancer, unless proven otherwise.  Let's explore why.              

ARE IMPLANTS TO REPLACE MISSING TEETH - RIGHT FOR YOU?

PROS AND CONS

WHAT ARE IMPLANTS?

Implants replace your missing teeth when your dentist drills into your jawbone and inserts metal posts that substitute for your extracted tooth root.  One or more implants may be required.  Screws are then placed in the post, followed by extensions to anchor a crown, partial denture or full denture.  This is a simplistic explanation, but in reality implants are expensive major surgery with many possible outcomes discussed below.