Woman files $10M Lawsuit against Dentist after alleged Botched Procedure

A clarinettist alleges she could literally lose face after an allegedly botched procedure by a Manhattan dentist.

Boja Kragulj, who has performed in orchestras in Philadelphia & New York, alleges in a ten million dollar lawsuit that her face could “prematurely age” because of “irreversible” bone loss from the work of Martha Cortes.

Facing the prospect of double jaw surgery after lifelong dental & breathing problems, Kragulj turned to Cortes in 2013 for an alternative. The dentist, who has an office on Central Park South, treated Kragulj unsuccessfully for years before placing a device called an Anterior Growth Guided Appliance, or AGGA, & controlled arch braces, in the musician’s mouth.

The Anterior Growth Guided Appliance was supposed to be a substitute for jaw surgery by stimulating new bone growth, helping to move Kragulj’s teeth & jaw forward & improve her airway. Instead, Kragulj claims in court papers, the device left her in worse shape than before.

According to the Lawsuit, AGGA is “unproven [and] not supported by medical knowledge or science".

Now Kragulj could lose 4 to 6 front teeth, and, over time “vertical dimension” — the space between her nose & chin — leading to the early aging of her face, she claims.

Cortes should have known the AGGA wouldn’t work as advertised & failed to immediately repair it when part of it broke, according to Kragulj’s Manhattan SC lawsuit.

It’s unclear how the dental disaster impacted the musical career of Kragulj, who is suing Cortes along with others.

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