A former practicing periodontist (gum specialist), Dr. Zinman has dedicated his career to advocating for patients a strong standard of care. More than law, he has authored 10 edited dental textbook chapters, 20 journal articles, including the Journal of American Dental Association, and several regular columns in top tier professional publications. Dr. Zinman has also lectured to various audiences, including his 2009 lectures at the California Dental Association, World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry, local dental societies and international dental meetings. With a strong academic background, over 1500 successful cases, and community support, Dr. Zinman and his associate Jim Davis III are the defacto team to successfully settle or try your dental malpractice case.

Our track record is excellent -- we have won over 90% of our cases. One dentist who usually testifies for the defense wrote:

Dr. Zinman continues to lecture to dental and legal audiences. His lectures usually include, with client permission, examples of winning cases demonstrating what dentists should do to practice better quality dentistry and stay out of court.

After being sued by Dr. Zinman, a number of defendant dentists later retained him as their attorney. The dentists stated being sued was a necessary wake up call to keep up with dental technology advances.

We have experience in nerve injuries causing persistent numbness and/or permanent pain, undiagnosed or inadequately treated periodontal disease, defective root canals including missed canals, root canal perforations or root canal sealant overfills, orthodontic root resorption, defective implants causing persistent numbness or burning pain, defective crowns, bridges or veneers, excessively contoured restorations causing bleeding gums, undiagnosed or inadequately treated infections and inadequately prevented, diagnosed, or treated tooth decay.

Dr. Zinman is class counsel for pending class actions regarding ultrasonic dental cleaning devices that do not adequately protect against the buildup of bacterial biofilm in ultrasonic unit water lines. You might not know that it is critical for your dentist to flush dental unit and ultrasonic device water lines after each patient visit and periodically chemically purge these lines. Also some popular ultrasonic devices for teeth cleaning or prophylaxis should not be used during surgery at all due to bacterial biofilm buildup that is too often disregarded despite contrary CDC guidelines.

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