Guzmán v. Silén

Mr. Justice Pérez Pimentel

delivered the opinion of the Court.

In this action plaintiff charged defendant-appellant with professional negligence and claimed compensation for damages. Plaintiff engaged the professional services of defendant, Dr. Miguel A. Silén, on June 29, 1953. The following day-defendant made an extraction of appellee’s first left molar.. As a result of this extraction an antro-oral fistula in the left molar region of the plaintiff-patient was formed. When doctor Silén noticed that the maxillary sinus was exposed, he immediately undertook the extraction of the two' adjacent…