Texas Woman Sues Oral Surgeon After Metal Drill Bit Left Inside Her Jaw – CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas girl Indeera Musa is suing Dr. Kirk E. Scott and Stonebriar Facial and Oral Surgery in Frisco, claiming the dental specialist left a part of a surgical instrument inside her jaw after which minimized the error when it was found in X-rays 5 months later, based on information filed with Dallas County Courts.

(courtesy: Button Regulation Agency)

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She had two dental implants in want of elimination and substitute when Dr. Scott carried out the oral surgical procedure on Jan. 27, 2020. The go well with states that she skilled issues inside days of her surgical procedure and referred to as Stonebriar Facial and Oral Surgical procedure to report agonizing ache and swelling. Musa claims Dr. Scott and his employees dismissed her considerations and instructed her to proceed taking prescription and over-the-counter remedy. She then returned to the dental workplace two extra occasions inside two weeks of her surgical procedure, previous to her scheduled appointments, as a result of the ache was so intense, based on Musa’s legal professional Russell Button. Musa claims she was instructed that every thing was effective, however they scheduled her for a 3rd follow-up appointment on June 8, 2020.

The lawsuit alleges that X-rays taken at this follow-up appointment, about 5 months after her surgical procedure, revealed a metallic trephine drill bur (or drill bit) was left inside her jaw, and almost certainly the reason for her intense ache. Musa stated a CT scan taken a number of days later confirmed the damaged trephine drill bit in Musa’s jaw. The picture was included in courtroom information.

“It’s unacceptable and reckless for any dentist or physician to depart remnants of surgical gear within a affected person following a surgical procedure,” stated Button. “Ms. Musa was compelled to dwell in excruciating ache for 5 months as a result of Dr. Scott and Stonebriar Facial and Oral Surgical procedure did not comply with security protocols that had been created to stop careless errors like this.”

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The go well with additionally claims that after the drill bit was found in Musa’s jaw, Dr. Scott and Stonebriar Facial and Oral Surgical procedure downplayed the error, brushing it off as a traditional prevalence. The go well with states Dr. Scott instructed her that “leaving items of metallic drill bits in a affected person’s jaw is of no alarm” and likened it to leaving metallic bullet fragments in a affected person’s physique.

In a response filed with the court, “Defendants’ Authentic Reply To Plaintiff’s Authentic Petition,” the docs stated they “usually deny the fabric allegations contained in Plaintiff’s Authentic Petition, say the identical should not true in complete or partly” and are demanding “strict proof.”

The case remains to be open in Dallas County with no indication to this point on the county’s website online of subsequent pending steps.

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CBS 11 has reached out to Dr. Scott for remark.