This highly qualified expert is currently the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Professor at a University in the Greater Baltimore Area. He is board certified in Oral Medicine and has a certificate in Prosthodontics. He has extensive experience in the area of infection control and containment in dental office settings. He is recognized for his research achievements and has been awarded 75+ service and research grants for fields including HIV/AIDS management of ...
This case involves a college-aged male patient who had 2 impacted wisdom teeth that required removal. He underwent a prophylactic removal of his right molar, which was impacted but asymptomatic. After the surgery, the patient began experiencing numbness in his…
This case involves an elderly male patient who wanted to improve his smile by removing his remaining teeth and using dentures. After the extraction and trial use of the dentures, the doctor told him that he had severe bone loss,…
This case involves a failure to diagnose periodontal disease over an extended period of time. The defendant is a retired dentist who had previously provided dental care to the plaintiff for over 2 decades in New Hampshire. The patient stopped treatment…
This dental medicine case involves a female patient who appeared at the office of her general dentist in Vermont complaining of a toothache with swelling and pain in her right jaw. The dentist examined the patient in a perfunctory way, feeling…
This case involves a female patient who was seen by a periodontist for removal of a molar. The molar was etracted over the course of hours, and was noted to be a difficult extraction. After the extraction, she saw another doctor…
This dental care case takes place in Connecticut and involves a 60-year-old female with a past medical history of alcoholism. She underwent a total hip replacement which developed an infection. The patient presented to her dentist and required a tooth…
This case involves a thirty-year-old male patient with a past medical history of diabetes. He presented to his dentist for a molar extraction for braces. Following the procedure, the patient had a severe infection of the extraction site. The infection/abscess…
The patient was not in any pain at the time of the visit but the doctor advised her that she needed to have a root canal procedure performed, or, alternatively, extract the tooth due to nerve exposure. The patient chose…
