Comments on: Dental Implant Drama: Nobel Biocare Lawsuit

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 13:53:00 +0000

Having Implants done in England can not be as straight forward as it seems. I had a contract with a private dentist, who only did the lower jaw (not very well) as they became lose after a year, On one of the last reports from another implant dentist, prosthesis not fit for purpose, and I would need the correct prescription, I still could not get the treatment done, or any money back. when the dentist cocked up big style. law firms like The Dental Law and Withey King, keep your details so long, you run out of time. If they can not get the legal aid, they go after your house insurance, then policy’s go up. because of the claim. I never realised how easy it is for a dentist to steal £10.000 and not even finish the job. the law is on the side od the dentist, not the patient, and the law firms who SMILE all the way to the bank !!!
I would like ito know f anyone out there knows the name of a High Court Judge for me to write to, as I feel there should be a change in the law, I do not like the idea of going near any dentist from England after this.

By: keith goldstein

keith goldstein — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:16:59 +0000

Even though implant companies go through rigorous FDA approvals alot of their studies at universities are really paid studies and they were done several years ago and probably not as thorough or as objective as one would think.
Dr. Yamada was a big Nobel user and wonder what really got him to go to this extreme. Nobel did recognize the faults of this years ago but I guess that is not enough.

By: Cheryl Algaier

Cheryl Algaier — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:04:00 +0000

I have a a dental implant nightmare. On the bottom I believe I had six implants placed. Both the Periodontist and the dentist did a horrible job. The placement was incorrect and the the dentist did is restorative work placed them improperly so they have to be totally redone. Then on the top they placed 9 implants. One came out right within a few weeks. I keep have pain issues which they said could be from an infection so they gave me antibiotics. After several months of this they recommended that I see an ENT. Come to find out when he did a CT scan that the periodontist placed 2 of them into the sinus. When I call and told the dentist what the ENT uncovered they denied it. It came down to having the implant that was in the left sinus removed. But since I wasn’t having an pain with the right one they left it. Three months later it When I blew my nose it came out thru the nose. Since that I have to have another removed. Since I keep having chronic sinus infections they are talking of removing all of the top implants. The part that is really shocking is that the Owner of the dental office is my daughter. She had hired the periodontist to work in her new office where they are starting to do implants. She also neglected to tell me that the periodontist had just got her license back after losing it for 5 years. I have incurred so many doctors fees, medication fees, etc. I have contacted and sent my case details to over 12 attorneys and they all tell me although it is horrible what happened to me these cases are to difficult and not worth there time. Dental malpractice shouldn’t be any different than getting bitten by a dog or someone hitting you with a car. A medical person screwed my mouth up and it is going to cost me again to have it all fixed. I feel abandoned. It doesn’t seem that the legal system really cares. If you are looking at having implants I would advise you do your homework so you don’t get screwed.

By: Karl J. Muzikar, DDS

Karl J. Muzikar, DDS — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 17:53:42 +0000

As a practicing dentist for over 26 years, I find it very embarrassing to read the previous posts on this subject. (I have NOTHING to do with NobelBiocare except having restored more than a hundred of them with a couple failures.) The post from “Jonathan Schuman” is so unprofessional that I can hardly even figure out what he is trying to purport. To call this a potential medical horror story is clearly exhaggerating. Each failed implant has a reason and that could be as simple as contamination while being placed or loading an immediate or uncovering before being fully osseointegrated. There was a case in Italy where the patient stole a restorative replica at a dental convention and the fool dentist implanted it. This was a documented failure that had absolutely nothing to do with the implant company, whatever it was. It sickens me in my heart and stomach to read that patients are so quick to find a lawyer.

Karl J. Muzikar, DDS
San Ramon, CA

By: dental implants

dental implants — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 13:27:24 +0000

another potential medical horror story, you would think that the strict controls they have in place throughout the medical industry would avoid these possible disasters. apparently they’re still able to slip through the net.

By: chris bergen

chris bergen — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 17:16:03 +0000

I went to Lopez, McHugh in Newport Beach, CA. They are one of the firms that are going after Nobel.

By: jonathan schuman

jonathan schuman — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:26:22 +0000

Just had mu number 11 implant bonded in allegedly for more than 7 months fall out of the mouth when the DDS attempted to take off the healing cap.

Had Nobel lab product

Do you know of a good class action attorney handling this, had numbers 11, 12, 13, 14 done and now still missig numbers
11 and 12 were to take them off together today when the entire #11 implant fell out as a whole. Dentist wanted them splinted together so decision was made to wait and get it correct.

IN THE MEANTIME DON’T I OWN THE FALLEN OUT IMPLANT ANY REAOSN TO GIVE THEM BACK TO THE DENTISTS

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