broke and needs dental work.. - Dental Health Message Board

bleuberry · 10-30-2005, 06:49 PM

I am a 20 year old college student with barely enough money to get by. my job has no insurance, and i have no insurance on my own. this in mind, i have massive dental issues that require immediate assistance:

*i have a baby tooth that needs to be pulled because it has four cavities in it so painful that i cannot bite on that side of my mouth.

*that same tooth has sunken and rotated due to the movement of my teeth from two previous rounds of braces, and on top of the sharp pains of the cavities, renders a nagging ache i cant get rid of.

*another issue is that my wisdom teeth are just now breaking through the skin, so i urgently need to have those removed as their coming in will destroy nearly 10 years of orthodontic work.

*i am Also missing my front two bottom teeth, which isnt as big as a problem as the previous two incidents, but still needs to be tended to.

can anyone PLEASE tell me weather or not medicaid will cover ANY of this? is there anything i can do? please any help would be greatly appreciated

Rayvin400 · 11-09-2005, 11:16 PM

Wow, you sound like me....
Well, In my town they have a free health care place, with free dental work....
So you can ask around, or look in the phone book or go on line to see if they have any around....
Thats what i had to do.....i had to get 13 cavities filled...yuck!

Then I also had my wisdom teeth come in on my 21st birthday....with no inusurance i didnt know what to do...
Then my grandmother told me that the state university that is like an hour away would take them out for like 1,000 dollars less......and let you make a really really low payment plan a month for it...like five bucks a month.... So if you have a university anywhere around go ask if they have a dental school that could help you...
good luck!!!

twhite · 11-23-2005, 11:03 AM

That sounds good. Im from chicago, and I'm in the same boat as you both. Im gonna try to do some research on that here.