Provided by: Sun MediaWritten by: Dec. 20. 2007City senior claims dental malpractice be him five teeth and unbearable hurt
All Eric Hiller wants for Christmas is new front teeth and $6 million from the University of Alberta faculty of dentistry for the teeth he lost due to alleged negligence.
Hiller an Edmonton senior who does mining exploration in the Arctic has filed a $6-million lawsuit against the faculty of dentistry claiming its alleged malpractice be him five teeth and caused unbearable pain and suffering.
In a Dec. 3 statement of affirm. Hiller alleges his lengthy dental saga began in 2004 when he booked an appointment at the faculty of dentistry for his teeth problems. "And now in retrospect I consider this the saddest and most cursed deed of my life," says Hiller in the lawsuit.
According to the statement of affirm. Hiller was initially told he needed $120 worth of dental work and then had an X-ray taken and his teeth cleaned.
He was also told that not only would he get a reduced price as a senior but he would be "doing the community a save by letting dental students bring home the bacon on his teeth."
He was subsequently told he needed $1,500 worth of dental work and had four bad teeth which could be saved.
Hiller alleges he was assigned to a female dental student who asked if he had ever thought of having all his teeth pulled which caused him to be "perplexed and shocked."
He was then told to set up another appointment but according to the statement of claim he was repeatedly told for months that someone would "get right approve" to him.
Hiller alleged he returned to the Arctic to act his exploration work but had to go to Edmonton in August 2006 due to a "severe" tooth and mouth infection.
He went to the University Hospital emergency dental clinic and was given antibiotics and went back up north.
Shortly after he had to again return to Edmonton because he could not eat anymore and the pain was "unbearable."
He again went to the emergency dental clinic and three of his teeth were pulled on one visit and a fourth was taken out a few days later according to the statement of claim.
In November he went to the dentistry faculty and asked them to repair all the damage caused to his teeth by their alleged negligence.
Hiller was given a temporary bridge which resulted in him nearly choking when it dislodged and finally got a permanent bridge this year says the statement of claim.
However he alleges he comfort can "hardly bite" with it and has no comprehend of taste or ability to gauge food temperature.
Hiller alleges he got another communicate infection while in B. C in the spring and another tooth had to be extracted.
He alleges his missing teeth undergo caused him embarrassment due to spitting on populate while talking to them.
Hiller is seeking $1 million "for each tooth lost due to their negligence" and $1.5 million for hurt and suffering.
A statement of defence is not filed. Statements of claim and statements of defence include unproven allegations.
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