Dental surgeon medico-legal reports
Independent dental reports from GDC-registered dental surgeons covering dental trauma, negligent dentistry and restorative failures, prepared to CPR Part 35 standards for solicitors and insurers across England and Wales.
Dental claims turn on detail: which tooth, which appointment, what the radiographs showed and when. Expert Medical arranges independent reports from GDC-registered dental surgeons on dental trauma after accidents and assaults, and on alleged negligence in restorative work, extractions, root canal treatment, implants and the diagnosis of decay and gum disease. Each report reviews the dental records and radiographs and gives a reasoned opinion on breach of duty, causation and future treatment.
Solicitors instruct dental reports in personal injury claims where teeth are broken in falls, road traffic accidents or assaults, and in dental negligence claims against practices. Insurers rely on the same independent evidence when valuing future treatment. Because restorations rarely last a lifetime, the report sets out the cycle of replacement treatment a damaged tooth commits the claimant to.
GDC-registered dental surgeons
Reports are prepared by dental surgeons registered with the General Dental Council, the regulator for dentistry in the UK. The expert examining a fractured incisor or a failed implant works in clinical dentistry, so the opinion on what treatment was appropriate reflects current practice rather than theory.
Trauma and negligence both covered
The report addresses traumatic dental injuries, fractured, displaced and lost teeth, and negligence questions such as undiagnosed decay, perforated roots, nerve damage after extraction and failed implants. Where breach of duty is alleged, the expert assesses the records against the standard of a reasonably competent practitioner.
Future treatment costed in stages
A damaged adult tooth is rarely a single repair. The report sets out the likely sequence of crowns, bridges or implants and their replacement over the claimant's lifetime, so the schedule of future treatment can be pleaded properly. Reports comply with CPR Part 35 and carry the statement of truth.
Instruct a dental surgeon
Dental evidence needs the records, the radiographs and an expert who can read both. Send us the papers and we will match the claim to a GDC-registered dental surgeon, arrange the examination and deliver an independent report prepared for court under CPR Part 35.
- Dental trauma after falls, assaults and road traffic accidents
- Fractured, displaced and avulsed teeth
- Negligent restorative work, crowns, bridges and fillings
- Failed and mismanaged dental implants
- Root canal complications, including perforation and instrument fracture
- Nerve injury after extraction and wisdom tooth surgery
- Undiagnosed decay and periodontal disease claims
- Review of dental records, charting and radiographs
- Staged future treatment plans over the claimant's lifetime
- Part 35 question responses and joint statements
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