I Wish I Knew Then What I Know Now
We had a patient who wanted to have a dental implant. We told her she needed a sinus lift for her body to accept the implant, otherwise, we could very easily perforate her sinus with the implant. She kept saying no to it even after we explained everything to her. We eventually draw up the consent form.
I wish I knew then what I know now. It was a successful operation and initial stability was achieved with no perforation of the sinus membrane. A month later, she called us up and said she was having a really sore throbbing pain on her cheek, which either meant a pinched nerve or a serious infection.
We offered to treat her infection for free, but she didn’t reply. She called back crying after she heard that she was at risk of going blind in one eye. That’s when she confessed. She admitted that she never bought any of her prescriptions. We don’t know what happened, but we hope she’s OK. renogaza