£65,000 awarded for failure to diagnose severe periodontitis diesease

8, May 2014

Simon Elliman acted for a man who regularly attended the Defendant dentist for routine check ups between 1981 and 2008. The Defendant failed to diagnose, treat and monitor the progression of severe periodontitis despite being in his care for over …

By Robert Wells

Simon Elliman acted for a man who regularly attended the Defendant dentist for routine check ups between 1981 and 2008.

The Defendant failed to diagnose, treat and monitor the progression of severe periodontitis despite being in his care for over 25 years. It wasn’t until the Defendant retired and he was examined by a new dentist that he was eventually informed that he was suffering from chronic periodontitis.