Urgent Dental Care Needed & No Inurance. Please Help!?

My boyfriend has 4 impacted wisdom teeth that have been pushing on the rest of his teeth for about a year now. Last night one of his molars cracked in half to expose the root of the tooth. It is hurting him bad enough that he is getting physically ill from it. We have been using dental creams and the like on his gums to relieve the pain since we do not have insurance at this time or any extra money to be able to afford the surgery.





Does anyone know where we can get an inexpensive help?? Ideally all 4 of his wisdom teeth need to be removed and the now broken tooth. All of the insurance providers I have looked at will not cover the surgery if we sign up immediately we have to wait a year.





Please Help! We are in Oklahoma.

Urgent Dental Care Needed %26amp; No Inurance. Please Help!?
You should call a dental college in your area. Usually, the general public can make appointments to see dental students, who are going to school to become dentists or dental hygienists. The services they provide are at a significantly reduced price. Check out the U of O website:


http://gradschool.about.com/gi/dynamic/o...





In the meantime for pain, give your BF 1000 mg of advil or tylenol every 4 hours. That would be 4 200 mg pills (check the bottle). This will significantly help with the pain.
Reply:you need insurance
Reply:You need to go to a dentist that accepts pay plans or charges you on a sliding scale.
Reply:Check out your local College/University if they have a dental program they can take care of it there much cheaper. Normally for wisdom teeth though they have to be taken out and that requires an oral surgeon. Good luck...
Reply:Go the actual dentist, tell them your situation and you may be able to get on some type of payment plan...





Im thankful I have insurance....I just got all 4 of my wisdom teeth out and I feel 100% better so I know where you are coming from....I also know that it would have been $1,400.00 without insurance...
Reply:most good dentists will take a payment plan or give you a good discount if you tell them you don't have insurance. Try calling around, you might need a credit card so the dentist knows they'll get paid.
Reply:you need to seek help immediately b/c it can get infected! this happened to me! just get it done and pay for it later. you will be better for it. it was about $500 with insurance so about $1000 w/o. but you will rather pay that then have future problems with your dental health.
Reply:look for a dental school in your area





looks like Univer. of Ok
Reply:Check to see if you have a dental school around you. You can make an appt. and have students do the work at a much reduced rate. They are supervised by dentists of course.
Reply:i'm not sure about any inexpensive alternatives but that sounds like he really needs to see someone quick. find out from a dentist if there is a payment plan you can go on if he gets the surgery. you shouldn't put it off because it can become infected and only worse...then it will cost only more money. good luck!
Reply:Yes. The government has help for you. There should be free medical clinics and government assistance. Barring that, you should be able to work out a payment plan with a dentist. The longer you let this problem continue, the more expensive it's going to get.





Planned Parenthood is one such place. They don't offer dental, but they might be able to refer you to one in your local area that offers help to people who don't have money or insurance. If you were in California, I know where you could go.... It's a community clinic. They won't do it for free, but they do give you a steep discount, offer payment plans, AND the government will pay for some of it.
Reply:Contact the local health department in your area. They may be able to refer you to a dental clinic that charges based on your income and ability to pay. Also look for dental colleges in your area. They also will do reduced rate procedures. You may be able to look for just a health clinic. Many times they also have a dentist on staff for people with no insurance and low incomes. The clinic my daughter went to for the birth of her daughter also has a dental clinic. There are also many dentists out there that will allow you to make payments. Good luck to you and your boyfriend. I hope he finds some help and feels better. Teeth problems can be the worst.
Reply:Try Care Credit -- they are like a credit card company for people who don't have insurance -- most people take it but you should check the care credit site, and they can give you more information
Reply:try the missons of mercy web site in your area they may have a free dental clinic cumming up or even check with the state free medical board. they may cover the problem and you may qualify for more benifates. the easy way is to check with the local SRS office and ask them what to do.
Reply:I live in a country where the health care is scaled as below optimum. But anyone who needs health care can get it -free- eventhough they are not insured. I am surprised that the great USA with all its hyped up healthcare plans could not help a citizen when he needs medical treatment.
Reply:my hubby says to try dental colleges. he says you can get work done by students sometimes and that it may not be free, but it's definitely cheaper. good luck. he has teeth problems, too and he says chewing aspirin will help the pain. just put a whole tablet in his mouth and it'll taste like crap, but it'll help. it sounds horrible, hope you get it worked out