Posted on 11/06/2007 6:44:08 PM PST by DogByte6RER
Dentist's drill bit lodged in patient's sinus cavity
By SUE WEIBEZAHL PORTER
The (Syracuse, N.Y.) Post-Standard
SYRACUSE, N.Y. A dentist who was dancing to the song "Car Wash" while extracting a patient's tooth lost an inch-long drill bit, which punctured the patient's sinus cavity and came to rest by her eye socket, according to the woman's lawsuit.
Brandy Fanning, 31, underwent surgery at a hospital after the dentist, Dr. George Trusty, was unable to retrieve the bit, said Fanning's lawyer, Joseph Cote III. He said Fanning spent three days at the hospital, with a steady drip of intravenous morphine.
Fanning had gone to the emergency dental clinic at Syracuse Community Health Center in October 2004 after pain in a molar worsened. Trusty gave her novocaine and while he was drilling to break the molar into quadrants before the extraction, Fanning heard a snap.
During the procedure, the lawsuit said, Trusty was "performing rhythmical steps and movements to the song 'Car Wash,' " which was on the radio in the dental suite.
Trusty then used a metal hook to try to pull the bit out, but that only pushed it farther up, driving it through the sinus and bone, the lawsuit says.
Trusty's efforts to remove the bit gouged and scraped the inside of Fanning's sinus cavity and widened the hole where the bit entered, Cote said.
When Fanning asked what was happening, Trusty told her it wasn't a big deal and that she'd likely sneeze the drill bit out, she said.
She expressed alarm and he offered to call an oral surgeon who was a friend and get her an appointment for two days later, Fanning said. Trusty made the call in front of Fanning.
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So you're cheap, broke and fat? Please don't tell me you're ugly too?
It doesn't commend you at all.
I will also warn you against personal attacks. Despite your personal style, it is not permitted.
Possibly tard ping worthy.
Who are you, how did you get ahold of Petronski's FR account, what have you done with him - and who do we have to thank?
Buuuump !!!!!!
At the behest of Brandy, against Dr. Trusty, Joseph Cote has filed a suit of many colorful claims.
Sorry, I'm straight. But thanks for asking... it's always nice to be considered.
(BtD singing in background) "YMCA..."
alas:
Syracuse, N.Y. dentist sued for dancing while drilling, injuring patient
Yahoo! | Associated Press
Posted on 11/03/2007 9:25:26 AM EDT by Loyalist
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1920431/posts
That was a clever reply.
You are hereby awared the “Full of Wit Award.” Or something like that.
:-)
Hopefully not when you are working!
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