Wildwood, NJ Personal Injury Law Firms & Lawyers

You can certainly ask the first dentist to pay for the work but you can't sue him until you find a similarly qualified dentist to give you an affidavit that the first dentist deviated from the standard of care.

There is a provision in NC law for retaliatory firing (firing him because he made a claim). If that is the case, see a lawyer. Sounds like he doesn't like them and they don't like him. Why continue the pain.

The differences between civil and criminal are several but the most important is that civil damages are monetary. Criminal penalties, while sometimes are resolved with money or restitution, more often involve jail, or at least the possibility of jail. Other distinctions include that criminal charges are supported by statute whereas civil decisions usually turn on prior case law (precedent) or the "what would an ordinary person do in a similar situation standard". There are different court and procedural rules and several other distinctions, but the primary distinction is jail versus monetary award upon an adverse decision.