Dentists, practice sued over death of 9-year-old patient

The mother of a 9-year-old girl who died after she was given anesthesia and underwent dental surgery at a California practice has filed a lawsuit against the practice and several dentists, claiming medical malpractice.

Itzel De Jesus, the mother of Silvanna Moreno, filed the suit on December 29 in the California Superior Court in San Diego against Dreamtime Dentistry Dental Group in Vista, CA; Dr. Ryan Watkins; Dr. Kyung Lee Boen; and several other yet-to-be-named defendants.

De Jesus, who is seeking compensatory damages, as well as costs and expenses, claims that errors involving anesthesia led to her daughter’s death, according to the lawsuit…

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