Dental Emergency

Question by Jack Package:
Can I sue my old dentist?
This is what happened. A while back, I got a crown over my broken tooth. A few months later the tooth got infected and I was prescribed some antibiotics. A few months after, I got another infection on the same tooth. I called my dentist because the pain was unbearable, but he was too busy, so I went to an emergency dentist. The dentist told me my old dentist left a nerve and that’s what was getting infected. He advised I tell my dentist he has to redo the root canal at a low or no price. When I got to my dentist, he told me the infection’s so bad I will have to extract it and get an implant. I decided to go to a new dentist. When I got an x-ray, the new one told me it doesn’t have to be extracted, I just need another root canal. I do not exactly have a lot of money and my insurance could not cover it, so I passed it off for a bit. Now, my tooth’s hurting again, gum is swollen, and I feel my jaw bone deteriorating. I went to an emergency dentist who did an x-ray and found something odd. She thinks my old dentist may have left two (yes, two) files under the tooth from when he first put the crown on. I am now looking at either a root canal, or a possible extraction if it does turn out he dropped the files. The thing is, this dentist has been screwing up on other people before. He left nerves when performing root canals for my brother as well. I am not one to go to court, but I was told I should sue. I’d hate to have to pay $ 2000 for an implant because my old dentist messed up. What do you think?
By “a while back”, I mean around a year.

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