Woman sues dentist who allegedly left her disfigured after onerous surgery

The patient alleges her dentist left her disfigured and in distress after he performed too many procedures in just one visit.

The patient alleges her dentist left her disfigured and in distress after he performed too many procedures in just one visit and falsified how much anaesthesia he gave her.

A US woman is suing her dentist, claiming he left her disfigured and in distress after he performed too many procedures in just one visit and falsified how much anaesthesia he gave her.

Kathleen Wilson, from the midwestern US state of Minnesota, alleges in her civil suit that Dr Kevin Molldrem conducted eight dental crowns, four root canals and 20 fillings in a five-and-a-half-hour span in July 2020.

As a result, Ms Wilson was left in pain, embarrassed, disfigured and distressed and had to have multiple other appointments with other dentists to fix Dr Molldrem’s alleged mess, The New York Post reports.

She further claims that Dr Molldrem overused anaesthesia and faked her medical records to avoid liability.

Her suit — which is seeking at least $US50,000 ($A73,000) in damages — has already received the backing of an expert Florida dentist.

Dr Kevin Molldrem allegedly conducted eight dental crowns, four root canals and 20 fillings in a five-and-a-half-hour span in July 2020. Picture: Molldrem Family Dentistry/Facebook

Dr Avrum Goldstein acknowledged that Dr Molldrem was correct in his diagnosis on July 7, 2020, that “virtually every tooth” in Ms Wilson’s mouth had decay, but his treatment the following week was poor.

“Katie required a slow, thoughtful, careful and measured response to her disease,” Dr Goldstein wrote in a November 14 report.

“Trying to fill every hole in every tooth in her mouth in one visit is not only the antithesis of what was indicated, it is not humanely possible to achieve in an effective or constructive manner.”

He said Dr Molldrem’s attempt to restore all of Ms Wilson’s teeth in one visit did nothing to address her susceptibility to disease or the potential of losing her teeth.

Dr Goldstein also argued that Dr Molldrem — who has had a practice in Eden Prairie, south west of Minneapolis, since 2004 — gave Ms Wilson too much anaesthesia as he performed the operation.

Minnesota-based dentist Dr. Kevin Molldrem has been accused of leaving a patient in distress and disfigured after he performed a number of operations on her in just one visit. Picture: Molldrem Family Dentistry/Facebook

The maximum recommended dosage for a long appointment is 490 milligrams, but Dr Molldrem allegedly nearly doubled that while seeing Ms Wilson in July 2020 — providing her with 960 milligrams.

Ms Wilson eventually received separate treatment for the repair and replacement of many of her restorations in an “attempt to stabilise her mouth” from the University of Minnesota Dental School over the course of several months in 2022, the lawsuit states.

But if all of Ms Wilson’s teeth eventually need to be removed or replaced with implants, Dr Goldstein said “all of the work that was done and all of the expense associated with it will have been for nothing”.

The New York Post had reached out to Dr Molldrem for comment.

This article originally appeared in The New York Post and was reproduced here with permission.