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What Compensation Are You Entitled To For Dental Malpractice

If you have been injured by the dental malpractice of a dentist or other dental health care provider, you may be entitled to the following compensation.

First, and most obvious, you may be entitled to be reimbursed (paid) for the actual amounts of money that you have lost, or had to pay out, due to your injuries. If you are not able to go to work because of your injuries and you lose income, you may be entitled to recover the loss income. If you have had to spend money for dentist, emergency room, doctors, hospital, medications, etc., you may be entitled to recover the costs of these medical services. In sum, you may be entitled to recover the real losses that you suffered and the actual costs that you incurred for services that resulted from your being injured by a dental health care provider.

Second, you may have a claim to be compensated for a specific injury. For example, if a dental health care provider did something to cause you suffer permanent numbness in your jaw, then you may be entitled to be paid for the numbness in your jaw in addition to any other compensation to which you may be entitled.

Third, you may have a claim for pain, suffering, and discomfort. It is difficult to put a dollar amount on the "cost" of pain, suffering, and discomfort. But pain, suffering, and discomfort are legitimate injuries and you may have a claim for them.

As you might guess, multiple factors affect the amount of your claim for pain, suffering, and discomfort. Consider the severity of the injury and the length of time that you must endure the injury. Clearly, your claim for pain, suffering, and discomfort is worth more when your injuries are more severe and when you have to endure them longer.

Fourth, you may be entitled to future compensation. Really severe injuries can cause problems for years to come. These future claims may include loss of future income, costs of future dental/medical care and treatment, permanent disability and impairment, and disfigurement. Even though these are claims for future losses, you may be entitled to be paid now.

It is important that you realize that when you resolve your dental malpractice claim, you make sure that you know all of your injuries and resolve all of them at the same time. You cannot resolve part of your injuries now and part later in the future. All claims that relate to one dental malpractice event must be resolved at the same time.

This is basic general information only. If you have any questions whatsoever, talk with a lawyer licensed in your state.

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