'Five and a half hours of pain': a dentist gave a woman 4 crowns and 20 fillings in one visit

A Minnesota woman is suing her dentist. He allegedly installed eight dental crowns, cleaned four root canals and placed 20 fillings in one visit, reports Dailymail.

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Kathleen Wilson also accuses dentist Dr. Kevin Moldrem of falsifying the amount of anesthesia he gave her during a visit that left her “disfigured.” It all happened while treating a rare case of dental caries at his clinic in July 2020.

She filed the civil suit on December 21. The lawsuit was supported by an expert opinion from a Florida dentist who called the amount of work done "impossible" to achieve success in one appointment.

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Kathleen claims he abused anesthesia and falsified her medical records to avoid liability. Moldrem allegedly installed eight dental crowns, cleaned four root canals and placed 20 fillings in one appointment.

The affidavit alleges Moldrem's poor performance caused Wilson pain, embarrassment and frustration. She had to contact other dentists multiple times to fix defendant's alleged mess.

She sued in Minnesota District Court seeking at least $50 in damages from Moldrem, who had operated a practice in Eden Prairie since 000 and later opened a second one.

Details of what happened

Wilson came to Moldrem for a consultation on July 7, 2020, and returned the following week.

Expert witness, Florida dentist and professor Dr. Avrum Goldtein, said Moldrem made the correct diagnosis - that "virtually every tooth" in Wilson's mouth was destroyed. But Moldrem's treatment was poor.

“Katie required a slow, thoughtful, careful and measured response to her illness,” Goldstein wrote of the five-and-a-half-hour meeting between the patient and Moldrem. “Trying to treat every hole in every tooth in her mouth in one visit is inhumane, ineffective, not constructive and against all the rules.”

Goldstein also supports the claim that Moldrem falsified the amount of anesthesia administered to Wilson. The maximum recommended dosage for long-term use is 490 milligrams, but Moldrem gave Wilson 960.

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Wilson eventually received better treatment for her teeth at the University of Minnesota Dental School over the course of a few months in 2022.

“All the work that has been done and all the costs associated with it are for nothing,” Goldstein said of Moldrem’s treatment. “Not only did this impact the victim’s spending, but it also caused her emotional trauma associated with extensive dental treatment.”

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