3 year old dies after brain death from 4 root canals and 10 fillings at dentist
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KAILUA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
A three-year-old girl is in critical condition following a procedure at a local dentist in Kailua, Oahu.
Family friends say on December 3 she was brought in for a dental procedure at Island Dentistry in the Kailua Professional Center when something went horribly wrong.
The friends say Finley was given too much anesthesia and sedatives. She then went into cardiac arrest and now has severe brain damage and will never be the same.
The "about us" section of the site also says Dr. Geyer "is certified in Basic Life Support, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, as well as Pediatric Advanced Life Support." However friends say when Finley began having complications the staff ran to the pediatrician's office down the hall and that doctor came to help with CPR.
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
Ashley Boyle trusted a Kailua dentist, but, now says she's convinced there was negligence administering sedatives, and monitoring her daughter's breathing that put 3 year old Finley in a coma.
As a result, her once smiling daughter Finley may die any day now. "We were all just waiting for her to wake up, but" said her mom Ashley, she's now preparing for the inevitable death of her daughter after a trip to the dentist that ended with Finley in a coma.
[b]She was there to have four root canals, and ten cavities filled but stopped breathing after reportedly receiving the maximum dose of 5 different drugs.[/b]
Boyle's attorney Richard Fried said, "In combination, it's grossly excessive."
Fried cited standards from the American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry. There's a clear warning about dosing young children, monitoring every 5 minutes, and having an extra person to provide help in case resuscitation is needed.
Geyer's own records-- and request for CPR from a neighboring pediatrician indicate there was neither.
Ashley Boyle is a Castle Medical Center nurse and says of her daughter's condition, [b]"just by the amount of brain damage she had and they realized 26 minutes later, oh she's not breathing."[/b]
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HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) -
A three-year-old girl who was left brain dead following a procedure at a local dentist in Kailua has died.
Finley Boyle died Friday evening at Hospice Hawaii's home in Kailua. Family attorney Richard Fried said her parents and other relatives were present when she died.
"No words can express the grief the family is going through but they feel this is what she would have wanted," Fried said.
Fried told Hawaii News Now Saturday that the family plans to file a wrongful death suit against Dr. Geyer.
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Negligence anyone? Who in their right mind would have a 3 year old get 4 root canals and 10 fillings at the same time. Saddening.
what the fuck.
how is my post dumb????
She's fucking 3, and baby teeth generally fall out around age 5 or 6 anyway. Why the hell would you give someone that age 4 root canals and 10 fucking fillings.
Why would you do dental work on a kid that's going to lose those teeth soon anyway?
How could she have that bad teeth at that age anyway?
How the fuck does a 3 year old need 4 root canals and 10 fillings? I'm 19, rarely go to the dentist and all I've ever needed done is one root canal and two fillings
[QUOTE=kaven;43418902]How could she have that bad teeth at that age anyway?[/QUOTE]
She probably has shitty parents that don't encourage proper oral care.
...What the hell was the dentist even thinking trying that kind of ridiculous procedure to begin with?
[QUOTE][B]stopped breathing after reportedly receiving the maximum dose of [I][U]5 different drugs.[/U][/I][/B][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE][B]3 year old[/B][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]"just by the amount of brain damage she had and they realized 26 minutes later, oh she's not breathing."[/QUOTE]
Yeah wow great job doc
round of a applause, hope you're happy.
[QUOTE=Glitch360;43418911]How the fuck does a 3 year old need 4 root canals and 10 fillings? I'm 19, rarely go to the dentist and all I've ever needed done is one root canal and two fillings[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=ccg;43418926]She probably has shitty parents that don't encourage proper oral care.[/QUOTE]
I don't even know why a doctor would really even agree to it, I've never heard of anything like this before
[QUOTE=RayvenQ;43418888]She's fucking 3, and baby teeth generally fall out around age 5 or 6 anyway. Why the hell would you give someone that age 4 root canals and 10 fucking fillings.[/QUOTE]
To collect insurance money, I recall seeing a news article about it before. Some scumbag dentists will lie about issues with patients and force them to have procedures, and this was in a childrens dentist office as well.
EDIT: Found one of them, [URL]http://www.nieman.harvard.edu/reports/article/100963/Revealing-How-Dentists-Profit-By-Abusing-Children.aspx[/URL]
[QUOTE=ccg;43418926]She probably has shitty parents that don't encourage proper oral care.[/QUOTE]
Still, I find it hard to believe that she could have gotten this bad teeth even if she didn't brush and chugged coke daily for the 3 years that she has been alive.
This is [I]horrible[/I], I hope the dentist loses his license and faces jail time for negligence, there's no way he was doing his job correctly with this outcome, and the fact that he gave her the max dose of 5 different drugs is...unbelievable.
This is why I trust dentists so much.
10 fillings? damn. My teeth aren't any good but the max I've ever had done in one session was 3.
Ten cavities? Didn't they teach her to brush her teeth at all? Christ.
Honestly, I don't know if I would've even gone through with the procedure if I were the parents. Giving a kid heavy sedatives can't be healthy in my nonmedical opinion.
And the fear of dentists is perpetuated!
But seriously so many of them are shit, last time I went to a dentist I got a giant hematoma on my cheek and it left half of my face droopy for a couple of years. I'm damn lucky it went back to normal though.
but god damn, I hope that dentist loses his license.
Dental fillings in milk teeth? The fucking hell?
its not even the fillings or the root canals here that make me fucking mad. how fucking stupid do you have to be to give the [B]MAXIMUM DOSE[/B] of [B]FIVE DRUGS[/B] to a [B]THREE YEAR OLD[/B]
like seriously, I'd be surprised if the dentist wasn't suffering from some sort of brain death to be this absolutely retarded
[QUOTE=Awesomecaek;43419036]Dental fillings in milk teeth? The fucking hell?[/QUOTE]
If the cavity is causing pain, temporary fillings can be used (I had one when I was much younger) or to prevent further damage to the gums/tooth bed. But that number, and root canals as well? That's messed up.
I really doubt her teeth problems were due to bad oral care. Most likely some sort of condition. A healthy child with no matter how bad diet cannot possibly get 4 root canals and 10 fillings by the age of 3
[QUOTE=Cmx;43418889]Why would you do dental work on a kid that's going to lose those teeth soon anyway?[/QUOTE]
You cant have a mouth full of fucking rotting teeth for two or three more years.
so many anti-dentites in this thread
[QUOTE=Shriker;43419137]When I was a little kid, this one dentist we went to would threaten to give my brother and I a shot if we kept crying.
Not much time later my dad found out and ripped us right out of there. Some child dentists are pretty bad.[/QUOTE]
you sure he just wasn't being facetious so you'd shut up
It's baby teeth, why would you even have that much dental surgery? The dentist is probably going to, and should, loose his license though.
Wow Dumbass Dentist.
The doctor probably gave the dose for an adult.
What retarded parents would take a 3 year old to the dentist anyways? The teeth can get all kinds of fucked, they'll still fall out and nothing happens.
[QUOTE=itisjuly;43419078]I really doubt her teeth problems were due to bad oral care. Most likely some sort of condition. A healthy child with no matter how bad diet cannot possibly get 4 root canals and 10 fillings by the age of 3[/QUOTE]
Yeah, my baby teeth were stuffed and I had to get a couple pulled, no amount of bushing/flossing will help if the tooth comes through bad.
Such a beautiful little girl, what a sad loss.
[QUOTE=kaven;43418969]I find it hard to believe that she could have gotten this bad teeth even if she didn't brush and chugged coke daily for the 3 years that she has been alive.[/QUOTE]
I've been chugging coke for the last 9 years and haven't brushed, my teeth are holding up fine oddly enough.
ok let me just say, i was a really, really, [I]really[/I] shitty child who never ever brushed my teeth from when i got them to around age 17, and by then i never needed a root canal, just a filling in every tooth, some worse than others
maybe i'm lucky but i sincerely doubt that a 3 year old never brushing her teeth since they came in would need 4 fucking root canals and 10 goddamn fillings
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