A Minnesota woman is suing her dentist after he allegedly did far too much work on her in one appointment and falsified how much anesthesia he gave her during a visit that she claims left her disfigured.
Kathleen Wilson is suing Dr. Kevin Molldrem for what occurred during treatment for a rare case of tooth decay at his practice in July 2020.
She alleges in a civil suit filed Thursday – with the backing of a Florida dentist’s expert opinion who called the amount of work done ‘impossible’ to be successful in one appointment – that he overused anesthesia and faked her medical records to avoid liability.
Molldrem allegedly performed eight dental crowns, four root canals and 20 filings in one appointment.
The affidavit claims Molldrem’s poor work left Wilson in pain, embarrassed, disfigured and distressed, with multiple further appointments with other dentists to fix the defendant’s alleged mess.
Kathleen Wilson is suing Dr. Kevin Molldrem (pictured) for what occurred during treatment at his practice in July 2020
She’s filed a suit in Minnesota district court to award her at least $50,000 in damages from Molldrem, who has operated a practice in Eden Prairie since 2004 and later opened a second.
Wilson came to Molldrem for a consultation on July 7, 2020 and returned the next week.
Expert witness and Florida dentist and professor Dr. Avrum Goldtein said that Molldrem’s diagnosis – which showed that ‘virtually every tooth’ in Wilson’s mouth had decay – was correct but his treatment was poor.
‘Katie required a slow, thoughtful, careful and measured response to her disease,’ Goldstein wrote of the five and a half hour appointment.
‘Trying to fill every hole in every tooth in her mouth in one visit is not only the antithesis of what was indicated, it is not humanely possible to achieve in an effective or constructive manner.’
Goldstein is also on board with the claim that Molldrem faked the amount of anesthesia given to Wilson.
She’s filed a suit in Minnesota district court to award her at least $50,000 in damages from Molldrem, who has operated a practice in Eden Prairie since 2004 and later opened a second
Expert witness and Florida dentist and professor Dr. Avrum Goldtein said that Molldrem’s diagnosis – which showed that ‘virtually every tooth’ in Wilson’s mouth had decay – was correct but his treatment was poor
The maximum recommended dosage for a long appointment is 490 milligrams but Molldrem gave Wilson 960.
Wilson eventually got more proper treatment ‘for repair and replacement of many of her restorations in an attempt to stabilize her mouth’ from the University of Minnesota Dental School in 2022 over the course of several months.
‘All of the work that was done and all of the expense associated with it will have been for nothing,’ Goldstein said of Molldrem’s performance
‘This not only impacts the economics of her dental needs, it impacts the emotional trauma associated with extensive dental treatment.’
Molldrem was served with a summons on December 20. Molldrem and Wilson’s attorneys have yet to comment on the case.