A local orthodontist's practice is being sued by a father from Ector County on the grounds that an orthodontic wire that moved from his kid's mouth into his brain last year caused his son to suffer brain damage.
The guy is suing Reznik Orthodontics and a dentist for more than $1 million in damages, according to the case submitted to the Ector County District Court.
A message left at the dentist's office asking for a statement was not answered. The plaintiff's counsel claims that on May 24, 2022, the man's son visited Reznik Orthodontics, and a dental technician worked on the child's braces.
The youngster complained to the surgeon that his cheek felt poked, but the doctor assured the boy's parents that everything was alright, according to the complaint.
Later, the boy experienced headaches, nausea, and a swollen cheek. The complaint claims that on July 22, 2022, when the youngster awakened in the morning vomiting and speaking gibberish in Spanish, the employees at an urgent care facility transferred him to Medical Centre Hospital.
According to the complaint, CT scans showed a lengthy piece of wire was spreading from the boy's mouth canal into the middle cerebral fossa, which houses the pituitary gland and temporal lopes.
According to the complaint, the kid was diagnosed with a penetrating head injury, intraparenchymal hemorrhage of the brain, and seizure following a head injury.
According to the complaint, he was intubated and taken to University Medical Centre in Lubbock where he underwent surgery to have the wire removed.
The complaint claims that as a result of the facility's carelessness, the youngster now runs the risk of developing temporal lobe epilepsy for the rest of his life and continues to have seizures, behavioral problems, and pharmaceutical side effects.
