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Oral Surgery Goes Awry As Patient Given Anesthesia And Then Left In Building While Employees Lock Up And Leave--- BROOKLYN (CBS) For most, going in to get a wisdom tooth pulled is already a nightmare scenario. So imagine going in to get a wisdom tooth pulled, and then being locked inside the dental office and forgotten by the staff. CBS 2 HD has learned a lot more about these shocking, real-life allegations. Ramona Mercado says she was hysterical after waking up from general anesthesia all alone at the Oral Surgery and Implant Center in Williamsburg. "Terrified, I was hyper ventilating,"...

Are there any Freepers with like experiences of a loved one dying from having their teeth removed? There are ads on the radio for sedation dentistry, an IV, that will put you completely out. However, before this is done in a regular surgery, the physicians make sure you have no pre-existing conditions. Apparently not so with dentistry. Here's what happened. My Dad's fishing partner.....yes he was almost 91....was in good health except for a cracked tooth. It was infected and the dentist wanted to pull it and all his other upper teeth and give him dentures. (He was well heeled...