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By Anonymous - 28/06/2016 04:25 - Malaysia - Ipoh

Today, as a dentist, I was performing simple tooth extraction when I realized that the X-ray was flipped the wrong way the whole time. I had to lie to the patient that the tooth that I accidently extracted needed to go as well. FML
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EwahWeeWah 21

Moron, tell the patient what you did and if you get sued then it's your fault and just accept it. People pay for that shit, they deserve a refund and your screwed them over.

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Wizardo 33

You have to be drilled into, you're a professional so you should have spotted the mistake beforehand. YDI.

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michaelaranda 28

How is this fyl? **** the patients life, who lost a tooth because of the carelessness of OP. Mistakes happen, but you have to accept responsibility. Op is an adult and should act like it.

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Wizardo 33

You have to be drilled into, you're a professional so you should have spotted the mistake beforehand. YDI.

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iiSpitMarbles 16

As much as I wanna say FYL, you're meant to be a professional. Professionals screw up and that's okay, but honesty would have been the less costly option. It might have cost you your job or worse had you told the truth, but a lie like that can get found out easily. Clearly.

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WatchDoge28 4

And it cost the patient a few hundred dollars, don't forget that.

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olleekenberg 20

noone can say this was not your mistake. but still i feed bad for you.

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EwahWeeWah 21

Moron, tell the patient what you did and if you get sued then it's your fault and just accept it. People pay for that shit, they deserve a refund and your screwed them over.

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jerseygirl94 11

Well hopefully they don't come after you for malpractice, you lied to your patient because you made a mistake. Own your mistakes and be a decent human being.

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cocacola999 27

Good thing OP is not a surgeon. It would be difficult to lie to patients the other leg had to be amputated as well.

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fezhafeez 12

i laughed to this more than i should have

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catanita 18

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DJRy 13

Discount?? He needs to get a FREE replacement tooth.

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fpants2010 18

Maybe it's just me, but I would know what condition my own teeth are in; therefore, I'd know you were lying. That, or they could just request to see their x-ray and it would be obvious the extraction was unneccesary.

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coolmike699 26

I'm really not sure how anyone could think that OP didn't deserve this.

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