the claim arises from the removal of a longstanding bridge that C had in place of LL1 and LR1 and its attempted replacement with an implant. Both procedures are alleged to have been conducted negligently [14]
As a result of the alleged negligent treatment, the Claimant suffered:
(a) Considerable physical pain;
(b) Surgical removal of the implant, bone loss in her jaw and the loss of the two adjacent teeth (LL2 & LR2);
(c) Considerable past remedial dental consultations and treatment and a need for future remedial treatment;
(d) Ischaemic colitis as a result of the medication that the Claimant took to control her dental pain, which has developed into consequential persistent dietary intolerances. [15]
C succeeds against both the First and Second Defendants on liability, including for the ischaemic colitis [58]
(a) In respect of C’s dentition, she lost LL2 and LR2, she has lost the nerve in LL3 and both LL3 and LR3 have had to be significantly altered to act as shoulders for the longer bridge…. £11,410,
(b) In respect of the ischaemic colitis, the Claimant developed this as a rare but known complication of the taking of NSAIDs. She did not have a pre-existing condition involving colitis £30,000. [61]
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