Clare Jones woke up from an operation with teeth missing (Picture: SWNS)

A hospital patient came round from an hysterectomy operation to find some of her teeth missing.

Clare Jones, 47, of Newcastle-under-Lyme, woke up with a gaping hole in her mouth and bleeding gums after undergoing routine keyhole surgery on July 15.

The mum-of-two signed a declaration confirming she had one denture, which was taken out before she went under the knife at Royal Stoke University Hospital.

But she noticed another two front teeth had been removed while she was in theatre.


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She says the botched op has massively knocked her confidence (Picture: SWNS)

Medics at the hospital could not explain what had happened and she has now been told an investigation to uncover the truth could take two months.



Clare said: ‘Nobody seems to have any recollection of the teeth being taken out, it’s just unbelievable.

‘I woke up from an operation with two teeth missing, and I cannot believe that I still have not been able to get a straight answer from the hospital.

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Two teeth were taken out and no-one can tell Clare why (Picture: SWNS)

‘They obviously had to remove them to put something in to help with my breathing during the operation.

‘But they haven’t told me that. If they had admitted it and apologised and said they will replace the teeth then I wouldn’t be so angry.’

She added: ‘Now I have been left without any confidence and I won’t smile at anyone because I have a huge hole in my mouth.

‘I can’t afford to have that much work done at the dentist and that sort of thing terrifies me so I am not looking forward to having it all sorted.’

Liz Rix, Chief Nurse at the Royal Stoke University Hospital, said: ‘The Trust is aware of the concerns raised by Clare Jones and her family.

‘We have set procedures in place to investigate all concerns raised by patients and we will be responding to the family in due course.’