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Complaint Review: Dr. Sherri Worth - Internet
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Worthless Dentistry -
Los Angeles, California, United States of America
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Dr. Sherri Worth
1401 Avocado, Newport Beach, California Internet, United States of America
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949.644.6988
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http://www.drsherriworth.com/
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Dr. Sherri Worth Dr Sherri Worth Found Negligent in Massive Dental Malpractice ... Opinion cites Worths inaccurate diagnoses and untruthful testimony Internet
High-Profile California Dentist Sherri Worth Found Negligent in Massive Dental Malpractice Award
Opinion cites Worths inaccurate diagnoses, untruthful testimony
In what may be the largest dental malpractice award of its kind (defective crowns and veneers) in California history, high-profile Newport Beach cosmetic dentist Sherri Worth, D.D.S., has been found negligent, and much of her sworn testimony not believable.
Judge Geoffrey T. Glass of the Orange County Superior Court ordered that an arbitrators award be confirmed and that judgment be entered against Dr. Worth in the amount of $641,542. The judgment has been satisfied and paid in full by Dr. Worth.
The opinion awarding the plaintiff this record judgment cited Worths substandard dentistry and an alarming pattern of prevarication, including inaccurate diagnoses, substandard work, altered record-keeping and specific instances of misleading testimony. The judgment has been reported to the California Dental Board which is now reviewing the matter and has authority to take disciplinary action against Dr. Worths dental license.
It is very difficult as a trier of fact to evaluate Defendant Sherri Worths testimony when so much of it is evasive, nonresponsive and untruthful, according to the opinion issued by the arbitrator, who further indicated Worths testimony demonstrated a total lack of candor and was not believable and was not credible.
Based on testimony by experts and treating dentists, the opinion found Dr. Worth diagnosed dental conditions that were not present and had not performed certain dental procedures as claimed. Further, the opinion noted substandard work by Dr. Worth, including crown overpreparation, which led to irreversible harm to the plaintiff.
The opinion also found Dr. Worths record keeping highly suspect, concluding: The office chart is not reliable [and] has been rewritten in substantial part; critical evidence has been lost or destroyed; and the defendant's testimony is not credible.
The opinion further stated Worths defensiveness in the record defies belief.
The Plaintiff sought Dr. Worth for a consultation related to one chipped upper front tooth and a gummy smile. Dr. Worth, however, told the Plaintiff that she needed 22 teeth to be treated after misdiagnosing conditions which did not exist and/or require invasive dental treatment. Ultimately, virtually all of Dr. Worths dental treatment required replacement; eight root canals needed to be performed and two gum surgeries were required to repair Dr. Worths substandard dentistry. The pain endured by the Plaintiff as a result of Dr. Worths negligence care was described in the opinion as hard to imagine.
Dr. Worth has been named as a defendant in many other dental malpractice actions alleging negligent dentistry in the Orange County Superior Court.
To see a copy of the full 28 page opinion (Valdez et al v. Sherri Lee Worth, DDS (et al) case # 30-2010-00348533) go to the on line case access system of the Orange County Superior Court.
See also the multiple news reports of the malpractice finding agaisnt Dr Sherri Worth. As examples, see:
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/worth-356376-valdez- documents.html.
http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2012/06/sherri_worth_newport_beach.php
http://www.dailypilot.com/news/tn-dpt-0602-valdez-20120601,0,6103832.story
The San Francisco Law Offices of Edwin J. Zinman, DDS represented the Plaintiffs.
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