'I thought I was in safe hands’: Routine dentist appointment left wood chipper 'in agony and hospitalised for 17 days'
23.03.2022 - 00:21
/ manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A man who claims he was hospitalised for more than two weeks following a visit to a Stockport dentist has been handed five-figure sum in an out of court settlement. Christopher Weate was treated at Park House Dental Surgery in Brinnington Health Centre between 2012 and 2015.
The 49-year-old wood chipper believed he was ‘in safe hands’ at the surgery, but was left in agony - claiming he was left with sores in his mouth oozing pus. He endured a 'nightmarish few months', culminating, he says, in a 17-day hospital stay.
“It was in 2016 when my tooth problems became really severe,” Mr Weate said. “I went back to the practice with pain and I was told I would need root canal treatment or extraction of one of my teeth. The tooth wasn’t extracted for some time and I started to experience swelling, pus and inflammation so I was prescribed antibiotics.”
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“I eventually had the tooth extracted and was again given antibiotics. I was in so much agony I thought that having it removed would be the end of my sleepless nights!”
However, Christopher says that the discomfort and pain only continued. “I was then experiencing abnormal tingling sensations and one of my teeth became mobile,” he explained.
“I was so scared, especially when I was then referred to hospital with more swelling and inflammation. It was in hospital when I had a CT scan, which was really traumatic and made me feel really claustrophobic and panicky.
“I spent 17 nights in the hospital where they kept me under observation. It was horrible! I couldn't understand how it got this bad - the whole time I was in there I just wanted to go home.”
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