On February 20, 2026, the University of Florida (UF) Board of Trustees, along with UF Health and Shands, were named as defendants in a negligence lawsuit stemming from an alleged botched dental procedure by Dr. Sherif Hosney.
According to the lawsuit, the plaintiff underwent a routine dental procedure with Hosney on July 10, 2023, at the UF Health Faculty Dental Practice in Gainesville.
The lawsuit states, “Hosney negligently dropped a 2.5-centimeter dental burr into [Plaintiff’s] throat, which she inadvertently swallowed and/or aspirated while laying in a supine position with her mouth open. Following the swallowing and/or aspiration of the dental burr, Dr. Hosney failed to immediately locate, retrieve, or account for the foreign object, and failed to initiate appropriate emergency protocols to confirm its location or otherwise prevent further injury.”…