A woman from the US has filed a lawsuit against her dentist after a root canal treatment procedure left her in severe pain, it has been reported.
According to the Madison Record, Amanda Markel's case claims she suffered a file separation during the root canal treatment, which took place on November 20th 2007. Since the surgery, the patient has been in extreme pain, she said.
The case accuses Miss Markel's dentist of failing to properly explain the root canal procedure and not telling her that a file had come apart and become lodged in the root canal of one of her teeth.
As well as this, Miss Markel claims the dental treatment she received after the initial surgery was substandard.
The British Dental Health Foundation notes that if root canal treatment is not carried out when a tooth becomes infected, a patient may have to have it removed.
