Dental Lawyer

Dental treatment is always an investment in your own health, comfort, and attractiveness. However, unfortunately, the results of visiting a doctor do not always meet the patient’s expectations. Mistakes during implantation, poor-quality prosthetics, extraction of a healthy tooth, bringing in an infection, or residual fragments of instruments in the canals are just a part of the problems that patients face. In such situations, the patient suffers not only severe physical pain and moral suffering, but also significant financial losses.

When a conflict arises and the dental clinic refuses to admit its guilt or correct the consequences, the only effective way to restore justice is the protection of patient rights in the legal field. A timely lawyer’s consultation allows you to objectively assess the prospects of the case, gather the necessary evidence in the medical case, develop an individual defense strategy, and bring the guilty to justice. An experienced medical attorney will help you refund the money for unrendered or spoiled services and recover compensation for damages.

When can you sue a dentist?

Many patients who have faced a medical error are concerned about the question: is it possible to sue a dentist if the treatment turned out to be unsuccessful? The answer is yes. Ukrainian legislation and medical law clearly protect the patient’s rights to receive high-quality and safe medical services.

The grounds for suing a dentist or a medical center are:

• Poor-quality dental treatment: violation of the Ministry of Health treatment protocols, incorrectly installed fillings, bridges, veneers, or implants, which caused complications or require complete retreatment.
• Direct harm to health: injury to maxillofacial nerves, perforation of the tooth root, burns of the mucous membrane, bringing in infections due to unsterile instruments.
• Violation of contract terms: deviation from the agreed treatment plan, unreasonable increase in the estimate, or failure to comply with warranty obligations.
• Lack of proper information: performing manipulations without obtaining the patient’s written informed voluntary consent (form No. 003-6/o) or concealing possible risks and complications.
• Refusal of voluntary settlement: when a dental clinic ignores verbal and written appeals, refuses to return funds, or correct defects for free.

If you have faced similar violations, you will need a professional medical attorney for dental cases who knows the specifics of gathering evidence in the medical field.

Claim to dentistry: when is it needed?

Before filing a lawsuit in court, it is critically important to go through the stage of pre-trial dispute settlement. A well-drafted claim to dentistry or a claim to the clinic is the first and extremely significant step in the confrontation.

An official pre-trial claim performs several strategic tasks:

• Fixing the legal position: the document clearly describes the factual circumstances of the case, the norms of legislation that were violated, and the consequences for the patient’s health.
• Formulating specific demands: refund of funds paid, payment of compensation for retreatment in another clinic, compensation for moral damage.
• Demonstrating the seriousness of intentions: the clinic understands that a medical lawyer for dental cases is handling the case, and in case of refusal, the case is guaranteed to go to court with additional financial costs for the institution.

The lawyers of the Prikhodko & Partners law firm prepare claims based on a thorough analysis of medical documents, which significantly increases the chances of resolving the conflict without lengthy court proceedings.

Legal assistance in disputes with dental clinics

Medical disputes belong to the category of the most complex ones, because private clinics and doctors usually have in-house lawyers or attorneys. It is almost impossible to prove the doctor’s guilt on your own without special legal and medical knowledge.

A professional medical law attorney provides full legal support, which covers:

• Initial consultation and assessment of case prospects: analysis of the current situation, verification of the legality of doctors’ actions, and determination of the chances of winning.
• Analysis of medical documents: study of the medical record, contract, receipts, acts of performed work, CT/X-ray results.
• Reclaiming documentation: official attorney requests to the clinic to obtain the patient’s full medical record (if the clinic refuses to issue it voluntarily).
• Drafting a claim and a lawsuit: preparation of a justified pre-trial claim, and in case of refusal — a well-considered statement of claim to the court.
• Organization of a forensic medical examination: selection of certified expert institutions and formulation of questions for the expert, since it is the forensic examination that is the main evidence in a medical process.
• Representation of interests in court: participation in court hearings, defense of the plaintiff’s position, and support of the execution of the court decision.

Advantages of cooperation with Prikhodko & Partners Law Firm

By choosing our company to protect your rights in disputes with dental clinics, you get:

• Deep expertise in medical law: our specialists perfectly know the procedural subtleties, the regulatory framework of the Ministry of Health, and judicial practice in medical cases.
• Thorough work with evidence: we do not just prepare documents, but build an impeccable evidence base involving independent medical experts.
• Individual defense strategy: we develop a step-by-step action plan for each specific situation, taking into account medical nuances.
• Transparent communication and confidentiality: we guarantee full confidentiality of the appeal and an honest assessment of prospects without empty promises.
• Flexible work format: both a personal meeting at the office in Kyiv and a remote consultation for residents of any region of Ukraine are available.

What documents are needed for a dispute with a dentistry?

In order to form strong evidence in a medical case, the patient needs to prepare the following package of documents:

• Contract for medical services (if available).
• Medical documentation. Results of diagnostic examinations: targeted images, panoramic images (OPG), computed tomography (CT) before and after treatment. Medical reports and inspection acts from other clinics that recorded complications or the fact of poor-quality treatment.
• Payment documents: fiscal checks, receipts, bank account statements confirming the fact and amount of payment for services.
• Fixation of expenses for correcting mistakes: receipts and contracts from a new clinic where the retreatment was performed.
• Written correspondence: complaints, claims, clinic responses, messages in messengers, or emails.

The exact list of documents is formed individually during the initial analysis of the situation by the attorney.

At all stages, the medical lawyer takes over the legal routine, drafting procedural documents, and communicating with clinic representatives, relieving the patient of unnecessary stress.