Worker Establishes Link Between Tooth Decay, Need for Implants With Assault

The Arkansas Court of Appeals upheld a finding that a worker’s injury was causally linked to her tooth decay and her subsequent need for dental implants, but she was not entitled to recover the cost of the surgery to extract her upper teeth, since she had not sought preauthorization. Case: Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society v. Rowland, No. CV-21-543, 09/14/2022, published. Facts and procedural history: Tara Rowland worked for the Evangelical Lutheran Good Samaritan Society. A patient struck her in the face while she was at work in April 2014. One of Rowland's teeth was chi...