BillHoo

I'm a national guard member/retiree and OIF veteran who went to my VA Medical Center and got the one time dental care after deployment. During treatment where they removed a wisdom tooth, I think they fractured the adjacent upper molar. I could hear the dentist commenting it was hard to pull the tooth and they used some kind of wrench levered against my molar and I heard it crack. A week later, while eating cake, a corner of that molar chipped off. I went back and they sealed the molar with epoxy. A few months later, the root to another nearby tooth cracked and they performed a dental implant. (a two-year oral surgery procedure) That was 11 years ago. Never had the need to go back to that clinic. Although I retired from the guard as a gray area retiree a few years ago with 25 years service, I am not yet fully retired to collect. I'll be 60 in a few more years. Can I go back to the VA dental clinic to get follow up car for the teeth they worked on? The epoxy seal on that chipped molar has fallen off a couple times in the last 10 years and usually I just go to my private civilian dentist to re-seal out of pocket/insurance. The implant has been doing fairly well, but I notice a little soreness as of late. Since they worked on those teeth, is the VA responsible to do follow up care for the lifetime of those teeth?