I have gone to two dental clinics in the city of Levis, Quebec, Canada, my visits timed apart by, like, a year, and the hygienists have drilled into my teeth even though I had no cavities.
The first time it happened was in 2004 at the Clinique Dantaire Patrice Russell. The hyienist has used a rapidly-spinning metal tool with a sharp point to drill between my two up center teeth. She has slid the tip the electric tool on my teeth and buried it in my gum. She has set the side of the elctric tool on the tip of my gum. I vaguely remember that white powder was flying from my teeth when the electric tool she was using touched them.
The second time was in February 2005 at the Clinique Dentaire Claude Lemieux. The hygienist used a metal-edged electric tool which grated on the surface of my teeth. She used it to flatten my upper frontal teeth and shorten them, leaving vertical grooves 2 mm wide. She also cut into the tips of two of my lower incisives, leaving one tip shaped like a triangle. In the other, she cut two holes at the top a millimeter in diameter.
I have gone to the Levis police station. The policeman said that he saw a flattening, and suggested to find a lawyer. Instead of doing that, I have written a letter to Claude Lemieux, in which I explained what had happened and asked if his clinic offered compensation to victims like me. We talked on the phone; Claude Lemieux said "hygienists don't dig into teeth. First, they have no access to the tools...." I interrupted him saying "I still have the traces on the teeth." He asked, "can you come to the clinic?" I said "yes". He said, "come to show me that."
I arrived at the Clinique Dentaire Claude Lemieux in the morning of the second day after the phone conversation. I sat in the waiting room. Claude Lemieux said, "come with me." I answered "I'm ok here". He repeated "come with me" and I repeated "I'm ok here." Claude Lemieux then said, "I shall not examine your teeth in the waiting room." I followed him. He went behind a chair of which the back was tilted backward and said, "sit here." I did and I saw him put gloves on his hands. I said, "I don't want my teeth dug again." He said, "if you don't let me examine your teeth, the examination is over." Claude Lemieux put his hand in my mouth without my permission and pushed in the lower-left corner of my up central right tooth, which was painful to me (now there's a vertical surface crack on that tooth). He did this at least twice; I vaguely remember three times. Eventually, Claude Lemieux pretended not to understand that I was showing him that my teeth had been flattened and vertical grooves were still visible, and said "Your theeth have cracks, but they have no holes." Before leaving, I said "I have gone to the police station, and the policeman suggested that I find a lawyer." Claude Lemieux said, "Do what you want, my friend. You shall find no dentist to say your teeth have been dug."
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I have gone to two dental clinics in the city of Levis, Quebec, Canada, my visits timed apart by, like, a year, and the hygienists have drilled into my teeth even though I had no cavities.
The first time it happened was in 2004 at the Clinique Dantaire Patrice Russell. The hyienist has used a rapidly-spinning metal tool with a sharp point to drill between my two up center teeth. She has slid the tip the electric tool on my teeth and buried it in my gum. She has set the side of the elctric tool on the tip of my gum. I vaguely remember that white powder was flying from my teeth when the electric tool she was using touched them.
The second time was in February 2005 at the Clinique Dentaire Claude Lemieux. The hygienist used a metal-edged electric tool which grated on the surface of my teeth. She used it to flatten my upper frontal teeth and shorten them, leaving vertical grooves 2 mm wide. She also cut into the tips of two of my lower incisives, leaving one tip shaped like a triangle. In the other, she cut two holes at the top a millimeter in diameter.
I have gone to the Levis police station. The policeman said that he saw a flattening, and suggested to find a lawyer. Instead of doing that, I have written a letter to Claude Lemieux, in which I explained what had happened and asked if his clinic offered compensation to victims like me. We talked on the phone; Claude Lemieux said "hygienists don't dig into teeth. First, they have no access to the tools...." I interrupted him saying "I still have the traces on the teeth." He asked, "can you come to the clinic?" I said "yes". He said, "come to show me that."
I arrived at the Clinique Dentaire Claude Lemieux in the morning of the second day after the phone conversation. I sat in the waiting room. Claude Lemieux said, "come with me." I answered "I'm ok here". He repeated "come with me" and I repeated "I'm ok here." Claude Lemieux then said, "I shall not examine your teeth in the waiting room." I followed him. He went behind a chair of which the back was tilted backward and said, "sit here." I did and I saw him put gloves on his hands. I said, "I don't want my teeth dug again." He said, "if you don't let me examine your teeth, the examination is over." Claude Lemieux put his hand in my mouth without my permission and pushed in the lower-left corner of my up central right tooth, which was painful to me (now there's a vertical surface crack on that tooth). He did this at least twice; I vaguely remember three times. Eventually, Claude Lemieux pretended not to understand that I was showing him that my teeth had been flattened and vertical grooves were still visible, and said "Your theeth have cracks, but they have no holes." Before leaving, I said "I have gone to the police station, and the policeman suggested that I find a lawyer." Claude Lemieux said, "Do what you want, my friend. You shall find no dentist to say your teeth have been dug."