A Florida woman purportedly suffered brain damage and now relies on 24-hour care after she endured a fentanyl overdose during an “unnecessary” dental surgery in Texas.

Maria Lugo Querales experienced the overdose on May 10, 2022, in Marble Falls, Texas, after a dose of anesthesia administered by Dr. Jerry Teague, according to a Wednesday report that cited a lawsuit filed by Lugo’s husband, Luis Espana.

The suit alleges that Teague gave Lugo an excessive amount of anesthesia without first intubating her, and it names at least two other dentists and the clinic as defendants.

Lugo had gone to the clinic for “alleged ‘cavitations’ and the extraction of an asymptomatic root canal-treated tooth,” the report noted.

Teague had disappeared the day before treating Lugo with fentanyl, midazolam, and anesthetic lidocaine, and he had recently been given a cancer diagnosis with less than a year to live, according to the lawsuit.

The suit also alleges that neither Teague nor any other dentists at the clinic had received informed consent from Lugo prior to the overdose.

Once it was apparent what had happened to the Florida woman, she was rushed to a local hospital, and Teague died two weeks later at the age of 70, according to the report.

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Lugo now breathes via a tracheotomy and resides in a neurological facility.

The lawsuit filed by Espana is seeking damages from the clinic, the report noted, and a settlement has been reached with Teague’s estate.