Swiss dental implant maker Nobel Biocare has been sued by a California dentist seeking class-action status on behalf of dentists whose patients have suffered complications such as bone loss from one of its products.
A company spokesman said on Monday the NobelDirect dental implant was safe and that Nobel Biocare would fight the lawsuit, which was filed on June 30 in the U.S. District court in Los Angeles.
The suit by Jason M Yamada seeks compensation for dentists who have had to perform surgery on their patients, or pay for restorative surgery, after complications from the implants, which it said were defectively designed.
“Because of Nobel’s practices, plaintiff and the class members now face a flood of complaints from injured dental patients who have needed, and will need, immediate intervention to remove the defective implants,” the lawyers Lopez McHugh and Audet & Partners wrote in the 26-page complaint.
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