Legal Question in Medical Malpractice in Pennsylvania

Sir/Madam,

I visited a dentist on 31 May 2011 in Philadelphia, as the crown in one of tooth came out. The dentist asked me to undergo another root canal treatment and he removed the old root canal cement and advised me some antibiotics for few days and asked me to visit in couple of weeks to undergo root canal treatment.

On the next day, I had a bad swelling in my face and visited the dentist. He asked me to continue with the same medication. I had bad swelling for 3 days and it got reduced after that. The dentist asked me to do root canal treatment and after the treatment, he didn't advise me any antibiotics.

Due to that, I had a very bad swelling the next day and the day after it got even worse. On consulting the dentist, he was not ready to take the responsibility and asked me to got to another surgeon. The surgeon told me that, the antibiotics was not good enough and he removed the tooth same day.

The next day, the swelling got even worse and I got admitted to the hospital and had taken the treatment for couple of days. At the end of the treatment, I lost my one week of salary, had to pay huge sum for my hospital, the surgeon and to the dentist who did the root canal.

As this is the carelessness of the surgeon on not recommending antibiotics, carelessness on watching TV while doing the root canal which caused me huge pain, hospital expense and loss of pay. Can I sue the dentist for negligence ? Please provide your advise.

Thanks!

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