Hello,
About 2 years ago, I had
doubleDouble-tussin dm jaw surgery for an open
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Animal bite - first aid - series
Animal bites
Brown recluse spider bite on the hand
Chigger bite - close-up of blisters
Flea bite - close-up
Frostbite
Frostbite - hands
Human bites
Inhibited sexual desire
Insect bite reaction - close-up that doctors claimed I needed to get fixed. I wore braces for a good 6 years. I received the surgery and while the operation did change my looks, I still prefer the older look. there were several concerns that I had with the whole process
1. surgery was claimed to be the only option. a year after the surgery, I went to a dentist that claimed that it would have been possible to fix my
biteAnimal bite
Animal bite - first aid - series
Animal bites
Brown recluse spider bite on the hand
Chigger bite - close-up of blisters
Flea bite - close-up
Frostbite
Frostbite - hands
Human bites
Inhibited sexual desire
Insect bite reaction - close-up without surgery because of a special
contractionFetal heart and uterine contraction monitor
Fetal heart monitoring
Tension headache that existed. Is this information available to all dentist?
2. I had asked if the surgery would drastically change my appearance. The doctor who was seeing me through the process had said no since I was supposed to have single jaw surgery at the time.
3. There were several occasions where the doctor was incorrect in his assessment
a. He claimed that I would only need single jaw surgery. After seeing the doctor for several months, 2 days before surgery, it was changed to
doubleDouble-tussin dm jaw surgery.
b. after surgery, a
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Nerve conduction velocity was severed which I believe was downplayed and the doctor claimed that it is possible and not possible that the nerve will regenerate BUT "in my case" he thinks it will heal.
c. a few days after surgery, there was extreme pain in my left nostril. The doctor claimed it was nerve pain. After a while, the pain was so extreme that I couldn't smile and it got to the point I couldn't sleep. The next day, I went to the doctor and he still claimed nerve pain but called in the head doctor. The head doctor said that there was a stitch that didn't dissolve and was pulling my flesh basically.
d. After 6 weeks, I asked the doctor if the swelling was done. The doctor said that he believed the swelling was going down as much as it was going to go
2 years later, the numbness still exists in my lower jaw and it is extremely annoying. Are there procedures that I can have to restore feeling? Is it possible I can take legal action?