Student left in agony after untreated decay led to abscess that nearly caused sepsis
A student who was defined as “traumatized” was claimed to have been neglected and an agreement of £ 26,000 from the old dentistry practice.
At that time, 16 years old and Western Yorkshire, Keighty, Katelyn de Blick, in the summer of 2021 for a cracked tooth for the local Skipton road Mydentist asked for treatment. Instead of addressing the underlying decay, the tooth was cleaned and covered with a filler.
Weeks later, Mrs. Blick returned to the living application “severe pain and swollen jaw”.
Antibiotics were diagnosed with a potential infected abscess and it was recommended to join A & E if the condition deteriorated.
As “Zonking, stabbing” continued pain and swelling, Katelyn’s mother took her to the A & E section of Aireredale General Hospital.
There, the tooth should be removed immediately and the abscess poses the risk of causing sepsis.
Later, Bradford Royal was operated under general anesthesia in Infirmary. The medical officials took out the female and emptied the abscess external, left a “painful” open wound for several weeks and a permanent 50p -dimensional scar.
Following the intervention of specialist dental negligence lawyers, dental law partnership, Mrs. De Blick’s case ended in January 2025. Although the application holders of dentistry do not accept responsibility, it received £ 26,000 in an out -of -court settlement.
Now, 20 -year -old Katelyn told Pa Real Life: “If I had waited any more, (abscess) said potentially exploded and could cause sepsis.
“So they hurried me for emergency surgery to remove me under general anesthesia and discharge the abscess.
“I was scared because I had never had an operation under anesthesia before.
“The whole experience was traumatic.”
MYDENTIST SUPPORT: “We want to apologize for the experience of MS de Blick.
“It is our first priority to provide the highest quality dental care to our patients, and on this rare occasion, it is deeply cooked because it falls below our expectations.
“The dentist in this case is no longer working in practice.”
For several years, Katelyn was a Mydentist patient in West Yorkshire, Keighty, Keightley, 165-167 Skipton Road, and his appointments were always “generally good”.
At the age of 16 when he started to experience pain, he had no significant problems with his teeth until the summer of 2021 – but “nothing thought”.
A check-up revealed that one of his left-hand teeth cracked and said that a dentist who could not be named for legal reasons was cleaned and placed a filler.
“After doing this, a few weeks later I started to get severe pain and the whole side of my face was swollen,” he explained.
“At first, he just thought I was experiencing a reaction or something, so I went to the dentist to control it and they said it was a serious abscess behind my tooth.
“They said they would give me antibiotics for a few weeks, and this will help.”
However, days later, Katelyn said that the swelling was “spread to his throat” and made it difficult for him to breathe properly.
He said that the bottle was so severe that his mother asked him if he was “falling down.”
Katelyn describing the pain, “I could not raise my head, I could not get up.
Im I felt that I couldn’t breathe every time I moved, and I couldn’t eat or drink because the pain was very bad, which made me thirsty.
“But at some point, I was lying on the floor of my bedroom because I couldn’t get up and I was on the phone to my mother, wheezing, because I couldn’t breathe.
This asked her mother to take her to the A & E department at the Airedale General Hospital, where the medical officials should be withdrawn immediately because they were.
Katelyn said that he was later referred to the ear, nose and throat department in Bradford Royal Infirmary and received “scary” news.
It was said that cracked tooth and abscess were the result of untreated decay and that the abscess caused explosion and sepsis.
“They had to make a incision behind my mouth so that they could remove the teeth and empty the abscess.”
“I had to wear drainage until everything heard, and I had to make stitches.
“I had to stay in the hospital for a few days, which meant that I lost at the university.”
Katelyn said that admission to the hospital has left the feeling of “scared, anxious and scared ve and that the surgeon had to explode from outside to avoid further infection, and that a visible hole was drilled for weeks.
He said that he should clean the wound every day and use the “painful band, and at this point he felt“ very low ..
“I didn’t want to go out because I felt very terrible,” he explained.
“At that time I was in university and I am one of the people who loved hiding them, and people were asking questions I didn’t want to answer.
“Everything came very overwhelming.”
Katelyn said that the wound was completely healed, and now leaving a permanent scare of a permanent scar -size of 50p mine.
He described the events as “traumatic ve and now said that he was“ fear of a deep dentist – and so far he is still experiencing pain and sensitivity where the tooth is still present.
After contracting with the partnership of dentistry law, which completed more investigations and analysis, it turned out that Katelyn dentists could not diagnose and cure decay for years.
The progression of decay, infected abscess, emergency hospital acceptance, and all of them, all of which can be “easily prevented” and the need for teething.
“If he had taken a few more minutes to clean, then he was annoying and destructive to hear that I wouldn’t have to pass through it,” he said.
The partnership of the Dentistry Law assumed the case of Katelyn in 2021 and successfully resolved in January 2025 when he paid £ 26,000 in an out -of -court settlement.
Petrie Tucker and Partners Limited, who carried out the application, did not accept responsibility.
Katelyn, who puts the money in a savings account, hopes that this will not happen to another young man.
Talking about his advice to others, he said: “Don’t be afraid to talk to someone and ask for help.” He said.
Rebecca Mcvey of Dentistry Law Partnership said: “The distress and pain of our client was completely unnecessary.
“If the relevant dentists had provided a more satisfactory treatment, their problems could be avoided.”
