http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/07/27/jokester.dentist.ap/index.html
Dude made a cool $750k off of that suit, DANG!
I would've sided against him, but whatever
I think I would have sided with him because if something had gone wrong during this part of the operation the insurance company would have covered him since it was technically part of the procedure.
It was apart of the surgtry, not the procedure. He was just jewing around