answer:I am curious why you aren’t going to pursue this even as a smaller malpractice claim? If your dentist screwed up, and you have had to spend the time and money with other practitioners to correct this, I think you should seek compensation at least for the extra expenses incurred. Not only for the practical aspect, but because I think you will feel more positive going forward if you have been proactive, and perhaps helped prevent this kind of mistake being done to someone else. In my case, as a young woman, I had a number of doctors tell me to “not worry your pretty little head” about something that was a real medical concern, and led to permanent damage because it went untreated for years due to the lack of medical attention. Unfortunately, in the 1970s, most of the physicians still enjoyed a godlike status which could not be argued with, especially not by a young woman. I hope you get this cleared up, the frustration as well as the original issue can be overwhelming.