It leaves a woman partially blind. Yeah. That happened. And it didnt have to. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. A routine visit to the dentist turned into a life altering event for one woman. Thanks for joining us im iain page. Im lucy noland. She was blinded after that visit and obviously it should have never happened. Fofox 29s Chris Oconnell joins us in stewed eighty seven you talk with her tonight. I did lucy. Anyone who sits in dentist chair needs to listen to this story. An accident that had devastating results a new jersey mom is trying to make certain it never happens again from her south Jersey Office jenn maroney sees things a lot differently these days. I front of thed my dentist and i loved my dentist, and i had no idea that this was even a danger. In july of 2013, the belmar mother of two went to her dentist for a root canal. It was a visit that changed her live forever. The dentist dropped a needle in my eye leaving me permanently blind in my right eye. Marini documented what hap
It was a visit that changed her live forever. The dentist dropped needle in my eye leaving me permanently blind in my right eye. Reporter she do you meaned what happened to her. Were starting in black and white to prepare you for some it may be difficult to watch. But she says the pictures of her now blinded right eye is something any dental patient needs to see. The bacteria from the nova cane needle began eating away at her retin in a after several surgeries doctors at Wills Eye Hospital told her her vision loss was permanent. She now wears a prosthetic eye. This picture is actually the morning after the accident. Reporter instead of feeling sorry for herself maroney turned her devastating diagnosis into a positive. She started jenns vision an organization now fighting to require eye protection for dental patients. It was 100 preventible. Um, if i had eye protection on, this would have never happened. Reporter and her campaign for eye protection is now getting attention from dentists
It was a visit that changed her live forever. The dentist dropped needle in my eye leaving me permanently blind in my right eye. Reporter she do you meaned what happened to her. Were starting in black and white to prepare you for some it may be difficult to watch. But she says the pictures of her now blinded right eye is something any dental patient needs to see. The bacteria from the nova cane needle began eating away at her retin in a after several surgeries doctors at Wills Eye Hospital told her her vision loss was permanent. She now wears a prosthetic eye. This picture is actually the morning after the accident. Reporter instead of feeling sorry for herself maroney turned her devastating diagnosis into a positive. She started jenns vision an organization now fighting to require eye protection for dental patients. It was 100 preventible. Um, if i had eye protection on, this would have never happened. Reporter and her campaign for eye protection is now getting attention from dentists