I don't know of anybody who enjoys having to go to the dentist, but it is one of those displeasurable, but necessary things we have to do.
This news item, however, may make you think twice about going to the dentist.
Winter Park, Florida resident Charles Gaal, 90-years-old, was taken to the dental offices of Dr. Wesley Meyers. Gaal's daughter took him there to get implants, believing she could entrust her dad in the dentist's care.
Instead of receiving the kind of professionalism she had expected, Anne Greer was horrified to learn that the clumsy dental expert dropped a screwdriver down her father's throat, while in the midst of doing the implanting procedure. Only after having a colonoscopy was the tool able to be removed.
Evidently, Gaal still believed enough in the oafish dentist to give him a second chance to put in implants, but the next time around, Meyers dropped a torque wrench down his patient's throat. Gaal later died in the hospital.
Following an investigation, Meyers was fined a measly $17,000 and told not to attempt implants until he was better trained. Anne Greer has, understandably, filed a lawsuit.
Meanwhile, Meyers is still practicing dentistry in Winter Park.
Charles Out of Charge 
