Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) - A dentist was dancing to a song on the radio while drilling on a woman's tooth, and she wound up in the hospital when the drill bit snapped off and lodged near her eye. Brandy Fanning, 31, said she had to undergo emergency surgery and spent three days in the hospital.
The federal lawsuit filed last month against Dr. George Trusty seeks $600,000 for her medical expenses, pain and suffering.
Fanning said she went to the center's emergency dental clinic after pain in a left molar started getting worse. Trusty gave her some Novocain and began drilling to break up the tooth before extracting it.
As Trusty drilled, he was "performing rhythmical steps and movements to the song 'Car Wash,'" which was on the radio. Then, Fanning heard a snap.
Trusty tried to use a metal hook to pull the bit out, but that only pushed it farther up, driving it through the sinus and bone near her eye socket.
Trusty talked to an oral surgeon to set up an appointment - and then told Fanning she needed to get to an emergency room immediately.
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Full Version: Patient says dancing dentist misstepped
as if I didn't hate dentists enough.....
I was at a clinic dentist today to hear a second opinion of whether or not I would need braces...in hindisight...things could have gone badly since the radio WAS on...good thing I GTFO since I hate dentists...
dentist are dangerous... and dancing dentist is worse
Wow...A Dancing Dummy Dentist Drilling....He must have really been into the song..... 
I bet he's been hitting the old laughing gas tank.
Eep...I have a hard enough time gong to the dentist...but now...
QUOTE (Owlscrying @ Nov 3 2007, 02:46 AM) 
Syracuse, N.Y. (AP) - A dentist was dancing to a song on the radio while drilling on a woman's tooth, and she wound up in the hospital when the drill bit snapped off and lodged near her eye. Brandy Fanning, 31, said she had to undergo emergency surgery and spent three days in the hospital.
The federal lawsuit filed last month against Dr. George Trusty seeks $600,000 for her medical expenses, pain and suffering.
Fanning said she went to the center's emergency dental clinic after pain in a left molar started getting worse. Trusty gave her some Novocain and began drilling to break up the tooth before extracting it.
As Trusty drilled, he was "performing rhythmical steps and movements to the song 'Car Wash,'" which was on the radio. Then, Fanning heard a snap.
Trusty tried to use a metal hook to pull the bit out, but that only pushed it farther up, driving it through the sinus and bone near her eye socket.
Trusty talked to an oral surgeon to set up an appointment - and then told Fanning she needed to get to an emergency room immediately.
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The federal lawsuit filed last month against Dr. George Trusty seeks $600,000 for her medical expenses, pain and suffering.
Fanning said she went to the center's emergency dental clinic after pain in a left molar started getting worse. Trusty gave her some Novocain and began drilling to break up the tooth before extracting it.
As Trusty drilled, he was "performing rhythmical steps and movements to the song 'Car Wash,'" which was on the radio. Then, Fanning heard a snap.
Trusty tried to use a metal hook to pull the bit out, but that only pushed it farther up, driving it through the sinus and bone near her eye socket.
Trusty talked to an oral surgeon to set up an appointment - and then told Fanning she needed to get to an emergency room immediately.
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Hmmm. Did it go all the way through the broken tooth into the sinus, then into the bone? It was good he was listening to 'Car Wash' instead of a 'Metallica' song.
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