Man Visits Dentist To Get 4 Teeth Pulled, Wakes Up With None

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

This would be a nightmare! I guess it is good idea to discuss in depth what procedures are being done while you are under sedation and make sure nothing is done without your approval first!

Man Visits Dentist To Get 4 Teeth Pulled, Wakes Up With None

This man from Indiana thought he was having four teeth pulled to remove an abscess. He woke up with all of his teeth removed.

Donny Grigsby says he was told by his dentists from White River Dental in Indiana that they would have to remove four of his teeth after they discovered an abscess. This isn’t out of the ordinary. Dentists often have to remove a couple of teeth to access an abscess and remove it. However, something went wrong during the five-hour operation and he woke up with all of his teeth removed instead of just four. Now Grigsby’s family is looking for answers to explain how this routine procedure went south.

“What do you mean you elected to pull all of his teeth? She said they were afraid that the infection would spread from the one tooth that was abscessed,” Amanda Grigsby, Donny’s wife, told WRTV. “There is blood all over him, all over his shirt. And my husband is droopy-eyed and not responsive. He said he had been put into a medically induced coma and he was laying there. And this dentist needs to be stopped.”

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/man-visits-dentist-to-get-4-teeth-pulled-wakes-up-with-none/...

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

I read about that.

That's horrifying...

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

It seems as they would have told the wife that they were going to do this, since she was in the waiting room.

SeaMaiden · ‎03-10-2010

yes, you would think that.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

Good lord.

bri20 · ‎03-10-2016

5 hours is an extremely long time to be sedated in a dentist's office.

Didn't his wife question what was taking so long?

missy1 · ‎03-10-2010

I was knocked out for my wisdom teeth, and took less than 2 hours. (prep etc)

sidsmom · ‎11-25-2011

There's always much, much more to the story:

Although Strickland (Doctor) said that he would be unable to speak to the media due to HIPPA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Cantou released a follow-up statement regarding White River Dental’s correspondence with Donny and his attorney.

“Thus far, we have contacted the patient seeking an authorization to release information to the press to respond to the patient’s allegation. He declined to do so without authorization from his attorney. We then contacted the attorney that he identified that may be handling his case. The attorney then indicated she had not accepted the case, but did agree to review our treatment records to decide whether to take the case. Earlier today, we provided all treatment records to the attorney and after reviewing them, she notified White River Dental’s attorney that she will not be representing the patient. Unless the patient signs the authorization, that leaves us no alternative but to seek a court order authorizing us to respond to these defamatory allegations. Our client has authorized the attorneys to prepare the pleadings to get such an order.”