
We've got your negligent orthodontic treatment claim covered
Orthodontic treatment is treatment used to straighten the position of the teeth. When visiting an orthodontist, you expect a professional experience, and to receive a good standard of care. In most cases, orthodontic and dental professionals treat their patients with the utmost care and attention, but unfortunately mistakes are sometimes made.
If you experience negligent orthodontic treatment, either via the NHS or privately, it could cause you unnecessary pain or suffering. As specialists in dental negligence, we can help you make a claim for compensation.
Types of orthodontic claims we help with
When it comes to negligent orthodontic treatment, there are a number of things you could claim for, including:
• Failure to implement an appropriate treatment plan
• Removal of the wrong tooth
• Wrong number of teeth removed
• Incorrectly aligned braces or retainers
• Braces or retainers used for the wrong length of time
• Poorly constructed or unsuitable braces or retainers
How might you be affected by orthodontic malpractice?
If you’ve experienced orthodontic malpractice, you could require further treatment, which can be costly, time-consuming and uncomfortable. You might experience unnecessary pain and suffering as a result of errors made in your treatment. You may also be left with poorly aligned teeth, which could affect your confidence.
Am I eligible to make an orthodontic negligence claim?
Dentists and orthodontists, whether working for the NHS or privately, have a duty to provide you with a certain standard of care. And if you’ve received negligent orthodontic treatment, you have the right to bring a claim for compensation against those responsible.
If you think you have received negligent orthodontic treatment, you may be able to make a claim. For example, if you had braces fitted to straighten teeth, but they were left on for too long and damaged the teeth, you could be able to make a claim.
How our legal team can offer support
We understand that this can be a very upsetting and traumatic time for you. When mistakes are made in your orthodontic treatment, this can impact you physically but also emotionally, especially if you’re not confident in the look of your teeth. At Patient Claim Line, we will take the stress out of bringing a claim, allowing you to focus on your recovery.
Making a claim against your dentist can feel overwhelming, but Patient Claim Line will guide you through the process. As one of the UK’s most respected solicitors specialising in orthodontic claims, we have over thirty years of experience in claims involving orthodontic negligence.
This means that any claim made through us will be treated with the utmost professionalism and a direct approach aimed at delivering the resolution and the compensation that you deserve.
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Types of orthodontic claims we help with
When it comes to negligent orthodontic treatment, there are a number of things you could claim for, including:
• Failure to implement an appropriate treatment plan
• Removal of the wrong tooth
• Wrong number of teeth removed
• Incorrectly aligned braces or retainers
• Braces or retainers used for the wrong length of time
• Poorly constructed or unsuitable braces or retainers
How might you be affected by orthodontic malpractice?
If you’ve experienced orthodontic malpractice, you could require further treatment, which can be costly, time-consuming and uncomfortable. You might experience unnecessary pain and suffering as a result of errors made in your treatment. You may also be left with poorly aligned teeth, which could affect your confidence.
Am I eligible to make an orthodontic negligence claim?
Dentists and orthodontists, whether working for the NHS or privately, have a duty to provide you with a certain standard of care. And if you’ve received negligent orthodontic treatment, you have the right to bring a claim for compensation against those responsible.
If you think you have received negligent orthodontic treatment, you may be able to make a claim. For example, if you had braces fitted to straighten teeth, but they were left on for too long and damaged the teeth, you could be able to make a claim.
How our legal team can offer support
We understand that this can be a very upsetting and traumatic time for you. When mistakes are made in your orthodontic treatment, this can impact you physically but also emotionally, especially if you’re not confident in the look of your teeth. At Patient Claim Line, we will take the stress out of bringing a claim, allowing you to focus on your recovery.
Making a claim against your dentist can feel overwhelming, but Patient Claim Line will guide you through the process. As one of the UK’s most respected solicitors specialising in orthodontic claims, we have over thirty years of experience in claims involving orthodontic negligence.
This means that any claim made through us will be treated with the utmost professionalism and a direct approach aimed at delivering the resolution and the compensation that you deserve.
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Patient Claim Line was established in 2014 and consists of a team of medical lawyers specialising in medical negligence and misdiagnosis claims.
At Patient Claim Line we have more than 100 solicitors with combined experience of over 400 years and they will work on your behalf to achieve the best result possible for you.
It's not enough to use a solicitor who sometimes covers medical negligence. You need someone who knows this area through and through. That is what the solicitors here at Patient Claim Line do. They deal exclusively in this area of law and are experts in the field.
Meet our medical negligence team

Peter Rigby
Director of Medical Negligence
Peter leads the Medical Negligence Serious Injury department, which now boasts some of our most knowledgeable, dedicated and hardworking team members.
Peter is dedicated to supporting victims of catastrophic medical negligence injuries and endeavours to provide a clear and coherent approach to claims. He recognises the effects serious injuries can have and therefore ensures his customers’ need for support is met. Peter also has a vast amount of experience working with customers who have been injured abroad and is able to act under international law to provide the best outcomes.
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Christian Beadell
Head of Group Action
Christian is Head of Medical Negligence at Patient Claim Line and has specialised in clinical negligence claims since qualifying in 1998; having dealt with a wide variety of claims throughout his career. He is also featured in the Legal 500 as a recommended claimant solicitor in the North West.
Christian qualified as a solicitor in 1998, specialising in clinical negligence. From 2010 onward he has had a particular interest in gynaecological and urogynaecological claims, having represented several hundred claimants in the George Rowland Litigation against the Liverpool Women’s and Aintree Hospitals. This investigated the treatment given to women in the Merseyside area over several decades, and in particular focused on the introduction and development of mesh into the UK in both the treatment of stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. The development of this area involved pursuing claims under a unique ADR protocol with the NHS and also looking to develop the current thinking on the valuation of compensation for complex urinary symptoms. He has successfully recovered hundreds of thousands of pounds in compensation on behalf of my clients.
Christian was also involved in setting up and chairing a Claimant Support Group for those involved in the Rowland litigation, which provided a discussion forum for the many women who were left isolated and damaged by negligent gynaecological treatment. He now co-ordinates the firm’s mesh claims and has delivered training and commented extensively on the medico-legal implications of urogynaecological / mesh complications. He is a member of APIL, Liverpool Law Society and Legal 500 recommended.
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Francesca Paul
Associate Solicitor
Francesca Paul is an Associate, Senior Solicitor and Team Leader within the Clinical Negligence Department. She is one of the driving Solicitors in the Group Litigation Team dealing with this niche and specialist area of work that Fletchers undertakes.
Francesca previously worked in Nottingham, dealing with Group Action work. She now works at Fletchers, bringing with her those years of experience heading up a team of 10 people. Francesca is involved in the early identification of potential new Group Litigation Work and analyses information from the collective pool of new enquiries into the business, of which there are hundreds per week looking for hot spots or recurrent issues which might suggest a potential pool of Claimants.
One of the highlights for Francesca and her team is that they have successfully recovered over a million pounds in compensation for clients who have received treatment from a single orthopaedic surgeon who was operating in the Colchester area. Her role requires a specific set of skills, patience and a forensic approach to detail whilst being able to see the wider picture.
Francesca has previously acted for a claimant in a case that reached the Supreme Court in the case of NA v Nottinghamshire County Council.
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Sion Wynne
Team Leader/Senior Solicitor
Sion is a team leader and senior solicitor with many years’ experience in dealing with a wide range of medical specialisms and different types of injuries. He is an experienced medical negligence solicitor and manages a team of lawyers within our department.
Sion joined Fletchers in 2018 as a Team Leader in the Medical Negligence Department. Throughout his 24 year legal career, he has specialised in conducting medical negligence claims on behalf of Claimants, previously working for other highly ranked leading firms in the field.
He has undertaken claims covering the full spectrum of medical specialisms, clinical settings, categories of defendant and types of negligent medical care and treatment.
These include high value and complex maximum severity cases, such as those involving limb amputations and permanent neurological injuries.
Sion is experienced at representing bereaved families at inquests and has a particular interest in fatal accident claims.
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My husband, Nick, went back and forth to the doctors for a long time and tried everything the doctor recommended. But his illness got worse, to the point that he was in agony.
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He used to be a man with a lot to live for, but in the end he was in so much pain that he withdrew from the family. He became angry that nobody had helped him sooner, and the legal team were able to give him the validation that he was desperately seeking. The NHS confirmed if they had done more, Nick would still be alive today.