Legal Opinion
Bean v. Stephens
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided May 5, 1975No. 2481-1PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAndersen, J.
Facts Of Case
The plaintiff, a young woman, went to..a.dentist in.Ren-ton on July 6, 1972. Her visit was in connection .with a number of dental problems she had, one of which was a toothache.
The dentist, who with his wife are the defendants in this case, examined her and injected a local anesthetic into the area of the aching tooth.
Thereafter, the defendant proceeded to prepare the tooth for a possible root canal filling using a tiny instrument known as an endodontic broach or root canal broach. This device is approximately 1% inches long and has tiny barbs along one end of it. It is used to…
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