How did you deal with knowing a doctor or dentist screwed up?

Asked by JLeslie (65424) October 12th, 2015 from iPhone

They screwed up and now you have to deal with treatments and spending money to fix it. You aren’t going to sue, because it isn’t catastrophic enough for a court to find that there was some big malpractice, but there is no question what the doctor did caused harm and showed his lack of skill.

My situation has to do with dental work. I’m just coming to real grips with what the dentist did really ruined my smile and causes me pain. I’ve known it since the day after the procedure, and I went to a few dentists to try to correct it.

My fear is spending a lot of money and time and still not being back to normal.

Feel free to tell us a situation that happened to you, or give me advice on how to think about it so I move forward and accept the situation I am in. My trust factor is very low right now. I fear picking the wrong orthodontist (I think orthodonture is my next step).