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Case ref:201707103
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Date:January 2019
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Body:A Dentist in the Forth Valley 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
Mr C complained that the dentist unreasonably failed to diagnose the cause of his facial pain. Mr C said that he attended his dentist but was told there was nothing wrong with his teeth. He continued to see his GP about his facial pain and several medical investigations were carried out. Fourteen months after Mr C had attended his dentist, he saw a specialist who found out that he had a long- standing infection.
We took independent advice from a dental adviser. We found that the treatment decisions and management of Mr C was reasonable in the circumstances, as was the failure to diagnose an infection. We did not uphold Mr C's complaint.