KISSIMMEE, FL – Nancy Joseph, 38, thought she was just getting a pesky wisdom tooth removed. What she got instead was a starring role in a real-life dental horror story—complete with unconsciousness, nerve damage, and a jaw fracture that sounds like something out of a UFC match.
“I Asked Her to Stop… She Did Not Stop”
Nancy’s ordeal began when she visited a new dentist in Kissimmee. Things went south fast. She started having trouble breathing (never a good sign) and politely asked the dentist to pause. The dentist allegedly stopped and then immediately went right back to yanking.
Nancy: “I felt dizzy. I told her I couldn’t see.”
Dentist: “Hold my drill.”
The next thing Nancy knew, she was waking up alone in the room, unable to speak, and had to tap on a metal object like a Morse code SOS to get help.
“Doctors Declared Me Critical… and My Wallet Deceased”
An ambulance rushed her to the ER, where doctors dropped the bad news: nerve damage, a fractured jaw, and an anesthesia overdose. Oh, and the tooth? Still in there.
Nancy’s medical bills? A cool $50,000.
Expert dentist Dr. Charles Buist weighed in: “Fracturing a jaw is… improper technique. That should never happen.” (Gee, ya think?)
“If Something Feels Wrong, It Probably Is”
Dr. Buist’s advice? “Always go with your gut. If something feels wrong, it is.” Nancy agrees—she credits divine intervention for telling her to demand an ambulance before she “would have died in that chair.”
Now, she’s weighing her legal options while dealing with migraines, eye problems, and the lingering trauma of a dental visit that turned into a Florida Man-level disaster.
What is the moral of the story? Maybe just keep the wisdom tooth and stick with the dentist you trust. At least it wouldn’t have put her in the ER.