Actually now that my holidays are being compromised greatly by the resurgence of pain from the tooth that was crowned, I’ve started emailing lawyers. Grr. Hurt bad. Mad.
I broke a tooth on a Pizza Hut pizza a few years ago, but it was on the (overcooked) crust, not any demon bone topping.
IANAL and IANA Canadian but here in the States, I think a claim of under $5K can be handled through small claims, which wouldn’t require a lawyer.
I’ve been watching a lot of Judge Judy lately, and I think you have a good case if you want to sue them for your dental bills (how’s that for a qualified legal opinion? 
). Don’t do it until they are complete, though - it sounds like that tooth is going to have to come out. I sympathize - I had a root canal and crown done in March that didn’t work - I’m waiting until my dental insurance resets in January to have the tooth pulled. Blecch.
Have you contacted the store? Request to be put in contact with the Area Manager, then bug the shit out of him/her until your issue is resolved. I was a Pizza Hut general manager for a while, and the first thing I would have done after hearing what my store’s pizza had done to you, would be to contact the area manager. The area manager I had before I left would have made sure you were taken care of. I think sometimes letters and phone calls to corporate headquarters simply don’t reach the people they ought to. Of course, it sounds like this has become such a pain in the…mouth for you that I wouldn’t blame you one bit if you became a bit litigious. They should be taking care of this.
Thanks for the opinions and advice! I am looking at both small claims court and an actual personal injury lawyer now. If it had been fixed after my first trip to the dentist, I’d probably not be in such a froth, but the fact that I’m still in a great deal of distracting pain and it’s been two months and that Pizza Hut has only sent me one perfunctory letter has led me to feel a little more cantankerous.
Re: pain: don’t you know that pot is all but legal where you are??
Geez.
I was pissed last week when they sent me a RAW pizza.
All that did was sick me out halfway through the first slice. “Why is this cheese so gummy…? Wait…what the fuck…!”
Nobody wants to eat a wet pizza. And now I know that an undercooked pizza tastes WET. Disgusting.
The manager was very polite when I called and sent us a new larger FULLY COOKED pizza.
I’m sorry this happened to you. I was pretty pissed off about the wet pizza. I can only imagine how fucking pissed I’d be if it had done permanent damage.
Get on the phone with the corporate office. Hearing your voice may accomplish things that letters–however poignant, which yours is–cannot.
So how is it?
BTW, too late to help the OP probably, but I found that vigorously swishing my mouth with Listerine or, yes, whisky would deaden the pain quite nicely.
Depends on the person.
…and if I knew where to obtain it, I’d be medicating.
I found that vigorously swishing my mouth (well, gently…) with six bottles of beer to be effective, too.
Maybe it still really hurt, but I didn’t care as much after the fourth beer. I’ve never had that much beer in one evening in my life. Weird thing is, I’m not even hungover this morning. Wide awake from resurgent tooth pain at 5:30 a.m., but not hungover.
That’s probably a good idea, but I hate making phone calls. I’m not assertive in person, I don’t think quickly on my feet, and I’m not a good negotiator.
I will be calling my dentist’s office in 62 minutes, though!
Have you tried Orajel etc.? Not that it will get rid of the pain completely but I’m sure you’ll take what relief you can get.
… and the crust, make sure you get upper.
I’d put that up against Don’t Ask’s response in the Mysterious Appearing Piano thread.
I have nothing but sympathy for your pain, Savannah; tooth damage is utterly miserable.
But Pizza Hut? Really? When we have Villages, and Ali Baba, and the Demitasse in Oak Bay?
Thanks… but I think I may have inadvertently cribbed it from Futurama.
My husband likes Pizza Hut. He’s a fast-food-chain-restaurant junkie. I like Romeo’s, but he was buying. And picking up. And I, well, used to like the Pizza Hut pizzas too.
By the way, the tooth is now abscessed. Hence the misery. It’s been treated and drained for now, and I’ve started my antibiotics. The web says pain relief should be immediate, but as the freezing wore off—nope. Worse than ever.
That’s what they said about my root canal and crown. Of the tooth that will be pulled next year. Dentists lie.*
*Yeah, I know, they do the best they can and each individual’s outcome is different, blahblahblah. I need someone to blame for my crappy teeth.
Tastes like chicken.
Close–Frye asks Leela about the taste of Soylent Cola, and she says, “It varies from person to person”.