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Dentist forced to pay out £137,000 after pointless procedure

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​Sumit Aggarwal, of Compass Clinical in Norfolk, was forced to pay £137,000 to former patient Lindsey Harris, after he extracted three of her teeth in a 90 minute procedure, instead of performing a 12 minute procedure for a chipped tooth.

According to Metro, “He smashed a tooth to pieces and ripped out a second one that had been damaged in the process. A third one was also taken out but he did not tell Lindsey until after the operation.”

It was reported that she told a hearing at Central London county Court that “she never consented to having any of her teeth taken out and now has to wear a partial denture”.

Lindsey had also told the court that she had been “so nervous ahead of the appointment that the dental nurse held her hand and had to constantly reassure her”.

Speaking about the operation, she said, “It took forever, it was horrendous. There was an awful lot of blood involved. I was left in agony after the anaesthetic wore off.”

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