[scarpia]

I am reading the story about a dentist who used paper clips for root canal posts. My story is bad too. Not only dentists lie - the companies that make dental materials lie too. I am allergic to acrylic so I asked if there were non -acylic cements. The dentist told me ketac glass ionomer had no acrylic. I called 3M and they told me it had no acrylic. I had an adverse reaction when I had dental work done with it so I wrote to 3M. They still denied that the cement has acrylic. I looked at the MSDS that they have online and saw it has an ingredient they call polyethylene polycarbonic acid. They gave a CAS # too. I looked up the CAS number and saw that it was really acylic acid - maleic acid copolymer. Now I have to have thousands of dollars woth of dental work removed. Someone who is highly allergic to acrylic could die from anaphylaxis. I looked up on the FDA MAUDE site and see that several people have had anaphylaxis from this kind of cement. Someone could die, but 3M doesn't care.

[ballengerb1]

I'd consider suing the dentist and everyone else who said it was not acrylic

[scarpia]

I'd consider suing the dentist and everyone else who said it was not acrylic

Unfortunately lawsuits of this kind don't pay out enough so lawyers won't take them. The cost to file malpractice and product liability is extremely high. Unless the damage is so geat that someone dies or at least can't work then the cost of filing the case is higher than the money you get back. I talked to all the malpractice and product liability lawyers in my state plus a few from out of state and they all told me that. I have not even lost any teeth. I have just been in pain for the past 6 years and have spend $20,000 on dental work.

I even contacted the FDA to complain that 3M is violating the food drug and cosmetic act - medical devices are covered under that also. They are doing nothing.