A DAD received a £17,000 settlement after a dentist’s needle snapped off in his jaw - leaving his looking like "the Elephant Man" and with permanent nerve damage. Joe Woollen, 41, a HGV driver ...

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A father-of-six who is 'terrified of needles' has been left looking like the 'Elephant Man' after a dentist’s needle snapped off in the back of his mouth during a procedure, causing permanent ...

A man in England who was left with permanent nerve damage after a dental needle broke in his mouth while he was getting anesthesia was awarded a settlement of 17,000 pounds ($21,279 U.S.), according ...

A father already “terrified of needles” has received a £17,000 settlement after a dentist’s local anaesthetic needle snapped off at the back of his mouth and left him with permanent nerve damage. Joe ...

Gladys Serrano, 70, was arraigned Tuesday in connection to the illicit dental practice she is accused of running out of the ...

A 70-year-old Long Island woman has been charged with practicing unlicensed dentistry from the kitchen of her one-bedroom ...

Prosecutors allege Gladys Serrano, who has never been a licensed dentist, turned her Hempstead kitchen into a makeshift ...