Hi everyone, so I had my wisdom teeth out and when I went for my follow up appointment my surgeon accidentally rinsed my mouth with an industrial medical instrument cleaning solution when he meant to use an antibiotic rinse.
For ~15 hours my entire mouth burned at a level of about 6-7 out of 10. The pain slowly went away and I am no longer constantly in pain as of this morning. Until this morning I was unable to eat or drink because it hurt/burnt at a pain level of 8-9 out of 10.
When I called my surgeon to mention this, which I thought had been a weird side effect of the rinsing solution, he told me that they have two bottles in the medicine cabinet that look very similar: one with the antibiotic rinse, one with industrial cleaning solution.
Currently, the majority of my tongue is partially numbed. I have sores in my mouth. When I went to see him, he actually gave me the safety data sheet of the material I supposedly ingested and it is a controlled substance, harmful and possibly fatal if swallowed.
I'm wondering what my options are more generally, what pursuing compensation would entail, whether I am able to pursue compensation if my taste goes back to normal, and whether it would even be worth my time to pursue legal action.
Help is much appreciated.
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