Teeth blown out by Vape
AFTER-WORK
A MAN whose vape exploded in his mouth has issued a warning to other vapers after his teeth were blown out.
Paul, 39, from Bedale in North Yorkshire, had considered giving up his vaping habit completely when the battery of his vape was destroyed by a forceful explosion as he was using it.
The factory worker now has to face a series of medical procedures to reconstruct his mouth and teeth.
Three teeth were blown from his mouth and he faces losing seven in total as they were so badly damaged it may be impossible to save them.
The incident happened as Paul was leaving work and he was forced to stagger back to the offices, his face and hands covered in blood, to raise the alarm.
On the life-changing incident, Paul said: “I’m not one for the whole ‘look at me, feel sorry for me’ nonsense, however, being aware of how big the whole vaping industry is these days, I felt I had to say something.
“As someone who’s been doing it almost 10 years myself, I couldn’t stand the guilt of not speaking up
and having this happen to someone else.
“It happened at the end of a Friday afternoon as I was walking to my car after a long week at work.
“I went to take a drag, but there was nothing, which I thought was weird, I tried again and it exploded.
“There was so much blood everywhere and my mouth was so mangled that I couldn’t actually tell if I’d blown a hole right up into my brain.”
Paul was taken to the Friarage Hospital in Northallerton but his tongue was so swollen that he was choking and he was rushed to a resuscitation unit at Middlesbrough’s James Cook Hospital.
He is now facing a long and painful recovery and thousands of pounds worth of private dental treatment.
Paul said: “Three upper teeth were completely knocked out and four other teeth badly damaged.
“Of the three teeth knocked out, two were recovered by a colleague at the time and were able to be pushed back in while I was in James Cook. However, there is
apparently a good chance that all the teeth, so seven in total, will need replacing with implants, as the reinstated teeth are unlikely to take to the bone and those teeth that were damaged, currently have the roots exposed and are likely to die as well.”
Paul also received heavy trauma to his tongue in the explosion, which makes it extremely difficult for him to swallow. Paul says the battery of the vape was the part which exploded. He is considering legal action and is looking for an injury lawyer to take on his case.
He continued: “If anyone is thinking – as I have been for the last 10 years – that the occasional stories you hear online about people’s vape exploding is just in America or made up by people who are anti-vaping and make up or exaggerate something that’s extremely unlikely to ever happen, then don’t be so sure.
“I’m sure most people will be absolutely fine and I’m just the one-in-a-million unlucky, but if it stops anyone else going through this, I’m fine with that.”
There was so much blood... that I couldn’t actually tell if I’d blown a hole right up into
my brain.
Paul
SMOKE LEFT MAN IN HOSPITAL – WITH WEEKS OF RECOVERY AHEAD OF HIM