Woman awarded €100,000 for defective dental implant work

A full defence denying liability was delivered initially but when the case was due for hearing the defendants did not appear

For reasons that remain unclear, all teeth and implants were linked together in one eight-tooth bridge, the judge said. File photo: John Giles/PA

A High Court judge has awarded nearly €100,000 to a woman over defective bridge and implant work on her teeth.

Namalie Goonetilleke (60), originally from Sri Lanka and who was employed as a preschool assistant in Galway, sued Eduard Bujevics and Norbert Szente who operated a dental practice at Woodquay in Ennis, Co. Clare.