Woman left with massive gap in her mouth after dentist pulls out WRONG tooth – The Mirror
Zoe Stockwell, 32, received a £500 quote for a tooth extraction by a private dentist – so she instead went to an NHS clinic, but ended up having a ‘horrific’ experience
Zoe Stockwell has a gap in her mouth and has been attending therapy following the incident due to dental anxiety (
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A 32-year-old woman was left with a massive gap in her mouth after a dentist extracted the wrong tooth.
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Zoe Stockwell, 32, received a £500 quote for a tooth extraction by a private dentist – so she instead went to an NHS clinic, but ended up having a ‘horrific’ experience
Zoe Stockwell has a gap in her mouth and has been attending therapy following the incident due to dental anxiety (
Image: Dental Law Partnership)
A 32-year-old woman was left with a massive gap in her mouth after a dentist extracted the wrong tooth.
Zoe Stockwell, a children’s nurse from Lewisham, south-east London, visited Church View Dental Clinic in Upminster, Essex, for a routine extraction.
The patient, who had been going to a private dentist in the past, was experiencing a “dull toothache” and was told she needed either an extraction or a root canal treatment.
After getting a £500 quote for an extraction by the private provider, Ms Stockwell found Church View Dental Clinic, an NHS dentist, which could carried out the procedure for £80.
Ms Stockwell said she was nervous when she visited the dental practice, and that when she arrived, she had to wait outside for a while as dentists were running behind schedule.
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The woman went to Church View Dental Clinic (located above Costa) in Upminster, Essex, after a private dentist quoted £500 for an extraction
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She said: “I arrived at the practice with my sister and was afraid from the outset because I have always been a bit nervous about the dentist. I got there and was told they were running late and had to wait for 45 minutes outside.
“When I finally entered the practice the dentist hurriedly numbed my mouth and started the extraction on the lower left side. I can only describe the experience as horrific.”
She continued: “My sister was saying that everyone around kept commenting on how long the procedure was taking and it felt like I was sitting in that chair for hours.
“When I finally left and the numbness in my mouth started to wear off, I started to panic because something didn’t feel right.
“I quickly realised that [the dentist] had pulled out a healthy molar tooth and left the painful tooth in my mouth.”
When she realised the dentist – who left the clinic over a year ago – had removed the wrong tooth, Ms Stockwell felt “distraught and devastated” and she was scared about having …….
