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23.05.2024 - 17:13 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
A teenager has been awarded £10,000 in an out of court settlement after taking legal action over the state of his teeth.
Toby Parker underwent a painful tooth extraction when he was 15. But now a Greater Manchester dentist has paid him £10,000 after Toby alleged that the extraction could have been avoided if decay had been picked up earlier.
Toby, now, 18, claims the true condition of his teeth was only discovered after his mother took him to a dental hospital in 2021, seeking a second opinion over whether he needed braces.
It was confirmed that he didn't - but they did discover many other issues with his teeth that should have been previously treated.
“The hospital diagnosed decay in a few of my teeth, which was luckily caught before it got worse,” Toby, from Stockport, said.
“I also have hypomineralisation where the enamel on my teeth is soft and more prone to decay than normal.
“They advised on a suitable treatment plan to have one of my teeth extracted, as well as fillings on three others.”
Toby had been visiting the same dentist for more than a decade before that. He claims while he had had strong fluoride paste applied to several of his teeth by his dentist, no decay was ever identified or treated.
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Frustrated at having to undergo the “really painful” tooth extraction after the state of decay was uncovered, Toby and his parents contacted the Dental Law Partnership in 2021.
Further analysis led the Dental Law Partnership to claim years of undiagnosed decay had been left unchecked without treatment when it should have been spotted and treated in 2018, alleging that led to the significant deterioration of Toby's teeth and the loss of the
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