Woman Sues Dentist Who Allegedly ‘Disfigured’ Her by Performing Over 30 Procedures in One Visit
A woman in Minnesota is suing a nightmare dentist who “disfigured” her by performing more than 30 procedures in a single visit, a lawsuit reviewed by The Daily Mail claims. Kathleen Wilson filed a civil suit against Dr. Kevin Molldrem on December 21 concerning a July 2020 incident in which he treated her for an extreme case of tooth decay. Molldrem opened the Molldrem Family Dentistry in Eden Prairie in 2004; recently, a second location was opened nearby.
According to Wilson, Molldrem allegedly performed four root canals, eight crowns, and 20 fillings during a single appointment. After being left in pain, “embarrassed, disfigured, and distressed,” she allegedly sought treatment from a variety of other dentists to correct the defendant’s work.
When Wilson came to Molldrem for a consultation on July 7, 2020, he deduced that “virtually every tooth” in her mouth was experiencing decay. Florida dental professor Dr. Avrum Goldstein, who’s also working as an expert witness for the prosecution, said that while his diagnosis was right, the amount of work Molldrem tried to complete on Wilson in one five-hour appointment the following week was “impossible."
“Katie required a slow, thoughtful, careful, and measured response to her disease,” Goldstein wrote in the filing. “Trying to fill every hole in every tooth in her mouth in one visit is not only the antithesis of what was indicated, it is not humanely [sic] possible to achieve in an effective or constructive manner.”
Goldstein and Wilson further allege that Molldrem substantially increased the dose of anesthesia given to the victim without properly noting it in her records. The maximum dose recommended for a lengthy appointment like Wilson’s is 490 milligrams; Molldrem allegedly gave her 960 milligrams.
Wilson is seeking a minimum of $50,000 in damages. The lawsuit specifies that Wilson eventually received successful treatment for her dental issues in 2022 at the University of Minnesota Dental School. Those procedures took months to complete.
“All of the work that was done [by Molldrem] and all of the expense associated with it will have been for nothing,” Goldstein said in the filing. “This not only impacts the economics of her dental needs, it impacts the emotional trauma associated with extensive dental treatment.”
Molldrem was served a summons on December 20. At this time, Molldrem and Wilson’s lawyers have not publicly commented on the case.
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