A student described as "traumatised" has been awarded a £26,000 settlement from her former dental practice after alleged negligence led to a severe abscess and a near- sepsis incident.

After being put in touch with specialist dental negligence solicitors, the Dental Law Partnership, Katelyn’s case was settled ...

A tooth abscess is a collection of pus that forms inside a tooth or its surrounding structures. The abscess itself is one of the later stages of tooth decay, and typically occurs before tooth loss.

Katelyn De Blick, then 16, from Keighley, West Yorkshire, said one of her teeth had cracked and, during a check-up at her ...

The then-teenager was left with a large abscess after the tooth was cleaned and sealed during a check-up at her local dental ...