This case involves an elderly male patient who wanted to improve his smile by removing his remaining teeth and using dentures. After the extraction and trial use of the dentures, the doctor told him that he had severe bone loss, which would cause the dentures would move and float. The patient was then told that he would need to receive dental implants in order to achieve a similar cosmetic and functional effect. According to the patient, he would not have undergone the original extraction procedure if he had been aware of the bone loss, and claimed that he lacked adequate information to consent to the procedure.
