March 4, 2008

Riverside, CA

A trip to the dentist turns into a tragedy for the Maritnez family. Their 7-year-old daughter went in for a toothache and ended up brain dead.

Jackie’s mother, with her other children, were in the waiting room when they heard her cry out.The next thing she knew, she was called in to help. Jackie on the floor, getting CPR. The dentist said the molar had been dropped at the same time Jackie gulped for air.

“For some reason when she inhaled the molar went down inside her lungs, inside her windpipe,” said Tony Martinez. Read more.