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Case ref:201903208
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Date:March 2020
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Body:A Dentist in the Ayrshire and Arran NHS Board area
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Sector:Health
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Outcome:Not upheld, no recommendations
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Subject:clinical treatment / diagnosis
Summary
Miss C complained about the treatment which she received from a dentist. She said that she had attended the dentist over a five month period complaining of a sore tooth and that the dentist told her she required eight fillings. Miss C said that following the treatment she still suffered sensitivity and discomfort from the treated teeth and that when she attended another dentist she was told that the fillings were not required.
We took independent advice on Miss C's complaint from a dentist. We found that there was evidence from Miss C's x-rays that decay was present in her teeth and that treatment was required. Although Miss C had not reported problems with some teeth, it did not mean that there was no decay present and that, if the decay was not too deep, it is not uncommon for dentists not to record the depth of the decay. There was no evidence to substantiate the complaint that the dentist failed to provide Miss C with a reasonable standard of treatment. We did not uphold the complaint.