A Chicago man is suing his dentist for allegedly performing an unnecessary root canal and tooth extraction, according to a story by WBBM780 Newstalk Radio.
The lawsuit, filed by Arthur Heil on Dec. 29 in Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois, seeks $50,000 plus legal fees. It accuses Scott Capper, D.D.S., of dental malpractice and lack of informed consent.
Heil went to Dr. Capper in May 2007 complaining of tooth pain, according to the lawsuit. The doctor performed a root canal, but when the pain returned he decided to extract the tooth and replace it with an implant, according to WBBM.
When Heil went back to Dr. Capper several months later with a fracture in an adjoining tooth, the doctor discovered that the fracture had been the source of Heil's pain all along, making the root canal and extraction unnecessary, according to the lawsuit.
