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A US woman is suing her dentist who she claims nearly drilled her eye while dancing to the disco classic Car Wash.

Brandy Fanning, 31, claims George Trusty was dancing to Rose Royce's 1976 hit when his drill slipped, reports the Syracuse Post-Standard.

The inch-long bit punctured her sinus cavity, lodging by her eye socket at the Syracuse Community Health Centre.

She is suing Trusty, 57, for £300,000 in New York, saying he failed to honour a promise to pay her medical bills.

Ms Fanning underwent emergency surgery after Dr Trusty was unable to remove the bit, her lawyer, Joseph Cote III, said. Trusty would not comment.

Fanning had gone to the emergency dental clinic in October 2004 after pain in a molar worsened.

Dr Trusty gave her novocaine and while he was drilling the molar, she heard a snap.

The lawsuit said, Dr Trusty was "performing rhythmical steps and movements to the song Car Wash which was on the radio".