I had dental insurance and a few weeks before my wedding last year i went to the dentist and was diganosed with begginging signs of paradontal disease, and that was a year ago, also i had like 4-5 cavaties and needed a deep cleaning thing, however by thte time the insurance took care of it, i was married and lost my insruance, and no idk what to do. I have no dental insurance and my teeth hurt, and i can’t afford to go to the dental schools, i know about the dental discount plans but those really arn’t that cheap. Are there any places i could apply for something like carecredit, they wont approve me and my husband on 22,000 a year, i really need help =(

I’ve been clenching my teeth at night and I want to get a mouth guard through my dentist. The cheapies did not work. My insurance doesn’t cover it. Does anyone know of a discount plan that does cover part of the cost? Thanks

I do not have a job and need work on my teeth. My father is trying to get single dental ins for me but he can’t find ins only dental discount plans. When we start out they say insurance plan, then when we call to order they say well this is just a dental discount plan. What’s the difference?

I am in desperate need to have my wisdom teeth pulled. I have some cracked teeth due to the wisdom teeth pushing them. I don’t have any dental coverage just some kind of dental discount plan that hardly covers it at all. I was told it would cost me ,300 for the four teeth plus whatever other charges the dentist will charge. I can’t afford it right now due to a large hostiptal bill. It’s become very hard to try and balance everything out and to try to save up for it and the rate I’m going it could be a year. My state(MD) doesn’t offer anything at the health department and the school is just as bad plus I’ve heard some bad experiences from the school. I’m going to a dentist in a week who was really good about the price he’ll charge me. It’s only for the exam, x-rays, and a cleaning but even that it took me a month to save up for. Is there any charities that anyone can tell me about. I don’t need another dental discount plan I can’t afford to pay for it. Please only serious response

Hi, i’m 20 years old and i don’t have a dental insurance. I need braces, but they are too expensive, so I did some research and I found out about Dental discounts, but since they are not dental insurance I’m not so sure if they are reliable. So, i will like to take into account some of your personal experiences with Dental discounts specially when used for braces.
The big question:
Is it worth paying for a dental discount for braces?
And what is the highest they can cost?
Thank you and i’ll be waiting for your answers!

i am looking for a dental insurance plan in south texas san antonio area i would like one with no waiting period and is actual ins not a discount plan

I haven’t been to the dentist in a few years and now I really need to go. I probably have at least a few cavities and may need some crowns and/or root canals. I don’t have any dental insurance so I would like to pay as little as possible while at the same time getting quality care.

Can anyone recommend a good dental discount plan or dental insurance plan that I could buy that would take effect immediately? I also need to find a good dentist locally (Austin, TX) - so can anyone recommend a dentist or tell me a good place to look for one online? Thanks.

The membership is .95/month, which includes dental, prescription, and vision discounts up to 60% for the whole family.

I’ve been trying to think of ways to market this plan, but I could use some help. If anyone can give me some ideas, I’d really appreciate it! Thanks.

I am 21 and my teeth have decayed past repair. I have been to the dentist for the first time in 11 years, and they said I would need to get all of my teeth on top removed and get a denture, and on the bottem to remove all exept from k-nine to k-nine, and put a partial denture in on the bottem total cost is ,000. I got a discount dental card from careington dental. They,re fee schedule was 60% cheaper but when I went to the dentist it was still ,000. I do not have the money to pay that much. I am in pain alot and am so comepletely sick of it. The dentist is also my worst fear in the world. I have been twice to the health dept. and I get so scared that i cannot go through with it. I need to be put to sleep which is what the dentist would have done, but not the health dept. So I need a way to get my teeth fixed by a dentist. I make pretty good money, but have pretty bad crdit. I am having trouble getting a truck loan. Does anyone know a seriouns way to get financed.orhelp

I’m really frustrated and hoping for some advice.

I don’t have dental insurance. Nor am I by any means rich (work for a church). I had to find a new dentist in metro Boston (I’ve been in Boston for 6 years now and was still flying to Maryland to see my family’s dentist every 6 months…). I did my research and found a dentist who participated in a dental discount network to help defray the no-insurance expense.

I knew I had two cavities from my previous dentist. I had them filled by the new dentist. New guy said there was a 50/50 chance that one of the cavities he filled would need a root canal. A week later I was in serve pain and needed a root canal (,000 + another ,000 to have a crown on afterwords).

New dentist also said I had three small cavities that should be filled, but not to worry none of them were near the root. Knowing that small cavities become big ones, become root canals - I had them filled. Now one of those cavities is showing the same pain symptoms of the other cavity that needed a root canal. I absolutely don’t have another ,000 to pay for it.

I may be reaching, but I’m questioning if this new dentist has filled these cavities in such a way to make the chance of needing a root canal higher (after all he gets the $$ for doing the crowns). i.e. Is he drilling deeper than necessary (making the opportunity to disturb/infect the root more likely?).

The combination of a few things have made me skeptical about his competence: 1) he participates in this discount network (wouldn’t a good dentist not need to offer discounts?) 2) the office is rarely busy and they always seem to have openings the next day, week, whenever 3) it’s not the nicest, cleanest office 4) i found zero information on this dentist (albeit positive or negative) 5) I’M IN PAIN

Should I see another dentist and ask if these cavities have been properly filled (which will cost more $$$)? Should I confront the dentist? Meanwhile, I’m in constant dull pain, ,700 in the hole from dental work (potentially ,700) and NONE of these teeth hurt to begin with. I feel like I’ve been taken advantage of, knowing that I want to keep my teeth in good condition and being squeezed for ever non-insured penny I have. It’s keeping me up at night (the money and the feeling of being ripped off). I’ll have to sell my car in order to have ANOTHER root canal done.

What do I do?