Dental Patient Dies During Routine Teeth Cleaning Procedure

Thu, 24 Mar 2011

A women collapsed and died in the chair of her dentist after suffering a suspected allergic reaction to mouthwash, it has emerged.

Sacha Rumaner was having her teeth cleaned in a routine procedure at a Brighton surgery, and was not even under anaesthetic when she went into shock.

Dental staff said Sacha had complained of feeling hot and having an itchy leg moments before her collapse.

Paramedics were immediately called to the scene and tried to resuscitate her, but the 30-year-old died before they were able to get her to nearby Royal Sussex County Hospital.

Sacha, who lived in Brighton with her two brothers, had a tooth removed with no complications just several weeks before her death and had returned to the dental surgery for follow-up appointments.

Local health trust NHS Brighton and Hove yesterday confirmed it had launched an inquiry into the death, which happened on 2 February 2011.

A post mortem examination proved inconclusive, but her mother, Gillian Rumaner, said officials revealed they were working on the theory her daughter died from shock as a result of an allergic reaction to mouthwash, despite her having no history of allergies.

"We don’t know exactly what happened but we think it was anaphylactic shock," Mrs Rumaner commented.

"The truth is we might never know. She was not under anaesthetic. It was just cleaning, just using a mouthwash ."

She added: "I don’t blame anyone for her death, but it is an awful, horrible shock. My whole world came to a halt. No mother expects to lose her child."
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