Christie v Somerset Health Authority
(1992) 3 Med LR 75
QUEEN'S BENCH DIVISION
and Sir Michael OGDEN QC
Professional liability — Dental surgery — Removal of wisdom teeth — Lingual nerve damaged resulting in loss of sense of taste and numbness of the tongue — Whether injury caused by burr contacting nerve; elevator crushing or nipping nerve; stretching — Defence theory that injury probably caused by necessary stretching, without any negligence