A Tyneside teacher has accepted £6,500 in an out-of-court settlement after what she claimed was "inadequate" root canal treatment left her in "unbearable pain" - and even developing "a huge abscess" in her mouth.
Hannah Lindsay, 25, lives in Shiremoor and teaches English in Newcastle's West End. After suffering severe toothache in 2016 she went to Perfect Smile (Acorn Dental) in Jesmond for a dentist's appointment - there, she was recommended root canal treatment, and Hannah thought "it would be the end of my suffering and all the pain would go away". But this was not the case.
She continued to experience swelling and required antibiotics, and the pain continued. She returned to the same dentist who recommended a repeat procedure. But even the second painful root canal treatment did not solve Hannah's problems.
