Questão jurídica principal
Whether the dental treatment under the 8 October 2009 quote was covered as a necessary consequence of cancer therapy.
Decisão extraída
The treatment was not covered because the relevant dental damage could have been prevented by reasonably required prophylactic measures, including an early fluoride tray and more frequent hygiene follow-up.
Fundamentação extraída
The court held that the insured's increased vulnerability after radiotherapy and chemotherapy did not make every later dental problem unavoidable. The decisive question was whether ordinary and reasonable prophylaxis would have prevented the damage. On the evidence, it would have; the insurer was not responsible for omissions by the treating dentists.