Four weeks ago, former dentist Lionel and his father, Jean-Claude Guidge’in His trial continues in Marseille, France, on charges of pulling 580 healthy teeth for financial purposes.
In the case where the dismissed French dentist was tried, the prosecutor’s lawyer opened his case with the words “You are a mischievous and dishonest person”.
Preliminary hearings on the case on It began last month at the Criminal Court of Marseille in the south of France, after years of investigations.
The charge leveled against the doctor for the approximately 350 patients who went to his clinic in the northern county of Marseille for treatment of toothache was “damaging material goals”.
The defendant and his father unjustly pulled the teeth of dozens of patients in order to have dentures or dental implants, which is the most profitable treatment method.
Victims’ lawyer, Mark Sicaldi, provided a list stating that 55 of the two defendants’ clients had extracted 580 healthy teeth from their mouths.
“To understand the extent of the damage, this number represents a total of 20 cuts of the mouth and complete cutting of the teeth,” he said in his defense.
In the first two weeks of the hearings, the court heard the statements of 55 plaintiffs, detailing their inexorable pain and constant suffering.
Lionel Gage, on the other hand, admitted that he had made mistakes in the treatment and reiterated that he had no intention of harming or injuring any of his patients, and said in a tone: “My patients,” but the prosecutor’s lawyer said that what he did was not medical. Rather, it was a trade and fraud and violence.
Based on the results of the examinations, the doctor resorted to peeling the tooth from the outer enamel in order to expose the patient to painful sensitivity when drinking hot or cold drinks, and then to convince him of the necessity of tooth extraction and the installation of dental treatment. bridges or the implantation of high-cost artificial teeth, and in some cases a complete replacement of the teeth.
The verdict in the case will be heard on April 4.
Source: French newspaper “Le Figaro”
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