LaVecchia v. Bilello

In an action to recover damages for dental malpractice, the defendant Raphaelson Dental Associates appeals, as limited by its brief, from so much of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Rebolini, J.), dated May 7, 2009, as denied its motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint insofar as asserted against it.

Ordered that the order is affirmed insofar as appealed from, with costs.

The requisite elements of proof in a dental malpractice action are a deviation or departure from accepted standards of dental practice, and evidence that such departure was a proximate cause of the…