First rule never listen to the other sides attorey, they lie, to collect their money. Lying is common and sadly the standard practice in money collection, they will tell you that you will go to jail, that they will be coming tomorrow and take your car, that they will come and take your TV.
Only do business in writing, they will deny anything they tell you over the phone.
No if you were in criminal trouble the DA or police would be talking to you, not the lawyer of the dentist.
Now of course the trouble is right now it is just your word against the denist that the work was done wrong, and at times teeth break when they are doing a root canal esp if part of the tooth is really bad, and that is why they are doing the canal to start with.
Perhaps it did not go as planned but it does not mean it is wrong.
Now what you needed to do, or do is go to another dentist that will say in court it was done wrong.
If so then you can sue them for the money to fix it right.
You need to document by another dentist that the work was wrong,
You need to not talk to any collection people over the phone, in writing only.
And expect them to try more illegal thins, like getting a judgement without notifing you, so I would be checking my credit report on a regular basis at this point
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