And if I just go to a regular doctor, would they proscribe me pain meds? My mouth has been unbearable for 3 days straight, and tylenol doesn't do much.
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My husband went to the ER one time because the pain was so bad. They prescribed him some Vicodin's and told him to make an appointment with the dentist. We have Dental so IDK what it cost. I know that you would need to pay for the surgery itself and the anesthesia. Why don't you try to call a local dental office and ask them. Maybe you can even set up a payment plan.
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Can I use two different dental insurance plans from different jobs on one procedure?
So that I don't have to pay any fees.
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Yes. You will still have a co-pay though. But, what one card doesn't pick up, the other one may. Good luck.
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Yes. You will still have a co-pay though. But, what one card doesn't pick up, the other one may. Good luck.
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Do I have to have a job that offers dental insurance to get it?
how do I find an easy and affordable dental insurace that will aceept people that are self-employed?
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You have five options with dental. 1. Go without insurance. If you have good teeth and just want the basics you probably don't need any plan. A yearly cleaning and exam and even an occasional filling will cost you less without insurance. 2. Visit a local dental school. You can get many procedures done for a reduced price if you're willing to let them practice on you. 3. Insurance - Depending upon the policy: cost $30-$60 per month per person. You pay a $50 deductible first, they have an annual maximum that they'll pay per year of $750 - $1500, they have a waiting period up to 18 months for major work and then you're paying 50% of the charges. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $829. With insurance you pay $414 after paying 18 months of premium (around $800 or $900). Advantage - you can use any dentist with most plans. Call or visit a local independent agent to find a policy in your area. 4. Discount plans - Cost - $5-$12 per month. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Also, hardly any dentists will accept the plan and when they do you MIGHT get a 10% discount, which is about the same discount you can get by paying cash. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $829. With discount plans you pay around $746. Be very wary of these plans because most are scams. The people that sell these plans have little or no knowledge about health & dental insurance and do not need a license to sell them. The plans are not regulated by the state so you have no recourse when you have problems. Some states are starting to ban these plans from being sold. Here is an informative link http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/wes… concerning these plans. 5. Fee for Service discount plans - Cost $7-$15 per month. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Many dentist will accept the plan (check providers first before signing up with any plan). When you use the plan there is a set fee that the dentist will charge you. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $829. With fee for service plans you pay as little as $404. I'm an insurance agent and my personal plan is the fee for service plan. I got mine here http://www.dpbrokers.com/default.aspx?lo… specifically the Aetna Dental Access plan but which one you get depends upon your area and comparing the fee schedule to find the best for what you need covered.
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You have five options with dental. 1. Go without insurance. If you have good teeth and just want the basics you probably don't need any plan. A yearly cleaning and exam and even an occasional filling will cost you less without insurance. 2. Visit a local dental school. You can get many procedures done for a reduced price if you're willing to let them practice on you. 3. Insurance - Depending upon the policy: cost $30-$60 per month per person. You pay a $50 deductible first, they have an annual maximum that they'll pay per year of $750 - $1500, they have a waiting period up to 18 months for major work and then you're paying 50% of the charges. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $829. With insurance you pay $414 after paying 18 months of premium (around $800 or $900). Advantage - you can use any dentist with most plans. Call or visit a local independent agent to find a policy in your area. 4. Discount plans - Cost - $5-$12 per month. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Also, hardly any dentists will accept the plan and when they do you MIGHT get a 10% discount, which is about the same discount you can get by paying cash. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $829. With discount plans you pay around $746. Be very wary of these plans because most are scams. The people that sell these plans have little or no knowledge about health & dental insurance and do not need a license to sell them. The plans are not regulated by the state so you have no recourse when you have problems. Some states are starting to ban these plans from being sold. Here is an informative link http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/wes… concerning these plans. 5. Fee for Service discount plans - Cost $7-$15 per month. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Many dentist will accept the plan (check providers first before signing up with any plan). When you use the plan there is a set fee that the dentist will charge you. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $829. With fee for service plans you pay as little as $404. I'm an insurance agent and my personal plan is the fee for service plan. I got mine here http://www.dpbrokers.com/default.aspx?lo… specifically the Aetna Dental Access plan but which one you get depends upon your area and comparing the fee schedule to find the best for what you need covered.
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What would be the best dental insurance for braces ?
I currently have Aetna PPO for my son but they cover 0 % and I would be hit with the $ 5,000 bill. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks !!
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If you're having trouble affording braces, check out www.smileschangelives.org and see if they have a program available in your area.
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If you're having trouble affording braces, check out www.smileschangelives.org and see if they have a program available in your area.
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Where can I find Affordable Dental Insurance. I recieve coverage from my job but need more coverage?
I recieve 1000 a year form my job, and I need more work done. I have used the max, so please let me know what is the best plan for me
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You have three options in addition to your current insurance with dental. 1. Visit a local dental school. You can get many procedures done for a reduced price if you're willing to let them practice on you. You can find one here: http://www.yourhealthplanadvisor.com/Den… 2. Discount plans - Cost - $5-$12 per month. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Also, hardly any dentists will accept the plan and when they do you MIGHT get a 10% discount, which is about the same discount you can get by paying cash. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $919. With discount plans you pay around $827. Be very wary of these plans because most are scams. The people that sell these plans have little or no knowledge about health & dental insurance and do not need a license to sell them. The plans are not regulated by the state so you have no recourse when you have problems. Some states are starting to ban these plans from being sold. Here is an informative link http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/wes… concerning these plans. 3. Fee for Service discount plans - Cost $7-$15 per month payable yearly. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Many dentist will accept the plan (check providers first before signing up with any plan). When you use the plan there is a set fee that the dentist will charge you. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $919. With fee for service plans you pay as little as $404. I'm an insurance agent and my personal plan is the fee for service plan. I got mine here http://www.dpbrokers.com/default.aspx?lo… specifically the Aetna Dental Access plan but which one you get depends upon your area and comparing the fee schedule to find the best for what you need covered.
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You have three options in addition to your current insurance with dental. 1. Visit a local dental school. You can get many procedures done for a reduced price if you're willing to let them practice on you. You can find one here: http://www.yourhealthplanadvisor.com/Den… 2. Discount plans - Cost - $5-$12 per month. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Also, hardly any dentists will accept the plan and when they do you MIGHT get a 10% discount, which is about the same discount you can get by paying cash. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $919. With discount plans you pay around $827. Be very wary of these plans because most are scams. The people that sell these plans have little or no knowledge about health & dental insurance and do not need a license to sell them. The plans are not regulated by the state so you have no recourse when you have problems. Some states are starting to ban these plans from being sold. Here is an informative link http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/wes… concerning these plans. 3. Fee for Service discount plans - Cost $7-$15 per month payable yearly. No deductible, no annual maximum and no waiting periods. Many dentist will accept the plan (check providers first before signing up with any plan). When you use the plan there is a set fee that the dentist will charge you. Example - average cost for a root canal in my area is $919. With fee for service plans you pay as little as $404. I'm an insurance agent and my personal plan is the fee for service plan. I got mine here http://www.dpbrokers.com/default.aspx?lo… specifically the Aetna Dental Access plan but which one you get depends upon your area and comparing the fee schedule to find the best for what you need covered.
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I live in Rome, NY & have no dental insurance; does anyone know of a free or low-cost dental clinic in my area?
We have medical coverage, but with no dental in the last several years (we can't afford it), it's fallen by the wayside. We can't afford to pay out of pocket either, & now all I have to show for it is a massive toothache. Any help is appreciated.
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You can easily check your minimal health care rates in internet, for example here - health-quotes.isgreat.org
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You can easily check your minimal health care rates in internet, for example here - health-quotes.isgreat.org
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Can i add my spouse at anytime into my health or dental insurance?
If yes , How long can i wait before i make that addition.
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healthplans.bebto.com - here is my health insurance plan. As I remember they can provide such a service.
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healthplans.bebto.com - here is my health insurance plan. As I remember they can provide such a service.
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Free or affordable dental insurance for college students?
I'm a 20-year-old college student that's in need of dental insurance, in the South Bay of California/ L.A. area.. I used to be covered by Healthy Families, but they stopped covering me once I turned 18. As an orphan, I'm considered an "independent" as far as school enrollment goes, so I don't know if that will affect/make it easier to get coverage?
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YOu are not the only person who have ever met this kind of problem,I met this type of problem before.I have good experience here www.HealthInsuranceFree.info/dental.html to solve the problem.
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YOu are not the only person who have ever met this kind of problem,I met this type of problem before.I have good experience here www.HealthInsuranceFree.info/dental.html to solve the problem.
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Can a dentist fix a sagging front veneer and how much do you think that would cost with dental insurance?
I have a front veneer tooth. Last Friday I got punched in the mouth and now my veneer is loose and it's lower than my other top teeth. Do you think a dentist can fix my veneer back to normal or will they tell my to replace it?
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Are you sure it is not the tooth that is loose? Veneers usually do not get loose, but rather come out. They may just be able to shorten it a little if it is still bonded and the tooth is loose.
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Are you sure it is not the tooth that is loose? Veneers usually do not get loose, but rather come out. They may just be able to shorten it a little if it is still bonded and the tooth is loose.
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What is the actual average cost for single coverage dental insurance and vision insurance to an employer?
I live in Iowa and just wanted some basic figures on what my employer would spend on these types of coverages for me, a single 23 year old male with no children? I realize it depends on the company and there are ranges depending on coverage but just wanted a basic idea.
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Dental- About $20-$30 per month, but remember it is highly dependent upon both the items covered and the maximum annual payment limit. Dental insurance is much different than medical/Dr coverage and considered by many as not a good use of your money. For example many policies won't cover the really expensive items like braces and will have an annual payment cap of $1000. After you have paid $300-$500 annually into it, that max does not leave you much room to have any real coverage. Vision - is much the same issue in that both benefits coverage and little risk coverage for the cost.
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Dental- About $20-$30 per month, but remember it is highly dependent upon both the items covered and the maximum annual payment limit. Dental insurance is much different than medical/Dr coverage and considered by many as not a good use of your money. For example many policies won't cover the really expensive items like braces and will have an annual payment cap of $1000. After you have paid $300-$500 annually into it, that max does not leave you much room to have any real coverage. Vision - is much the same issue in that both benefits coverage and little risk coverage for the cost.
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Does anyone know of the best DENTAL INSURANCE I can buy in Miami , Florida?
So many dental plans with little to offer in the way of discounts. I have a plan now and find I can get better prices without it but still way too high. I need several extractions and a denture. Perhaps you know of cheap dental near me as well. Thanks for any help you may give.
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I would strongly encourage you to visit this site: www.healthsavings.ourperfectcard.com I signed up online over 5 years ago now and they have saved me thousands since. From extractions, cleanings, xrays, exams...etc. All services are included in this very affordable plan. Even dentures! They even had my benefits active in 2 hours was able to use it the very same day. good luck and hope this helps.
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I would strongly encourage you to visit this site: www.healthsavings.ourperfectcard.com I signed up online over 5 years ago now and they have saved me thousands since. From extractions, cleanings, xrays, exams...etc. All services are included in this very affordable plan. Even dentures! They even had my benefits active in 2 hours was able to use it the very same day. good luck and hope this helps.
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What's the best way to find competitive health/dental insurance for my family?
My employer offered coverage is terrible so I am looking for ways to make sure I have been offered the best coverage.
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you can find out about various insurance companies from your friends... once you have the information about the insurance companies.. then you can call their customer service and get all the information about the insurance and coverage. If you are from USA i can give you few insurance companies names which i know to be good. 1. Aetna Insurance 2. Kaiser Permenente 3. Blue cross You can also google..
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you can find out about various insurance companies from your friends... once you have the information about the insurance companies.. then you can call their customer service and get all the information about the insurance and coverage. If you are from USA i can give you few insurance companies names which i know to be good. 1. Aetna Insurance 2. Kaiser Permenente 3. Blue cross You can also google..
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what is the best dental insurance plan?
I live in St Louis Missouri and I have Health insurance coverage from Aetna, but I don't have any dental plan. What is the best dental plan?
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Depends, very often dental insurance is not worth the amount you pay them. First, look at what the maximum is that the dental plan will pay out in 1 year. Normally it is around $1,000 a year. Many people pay this amount in premiums a year and thus are saving NO money by having dental insurance. If your job pays some then it may be worth it OR if the dental insurance has a very high maximum for the year it may be worth it. Most people would do better to put the money into a savings account each month. Lastly, if it looks good be sure to check that there are providers of this insurance near you, otherwise the dentist can charge you more than the agreed insurance price for your part.
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Depends, very often dental insurance is not worth the amount you pay them. First, look at what the maximum is that the dental plan will pay out in 1 year. Normally it is around $1,000 a year. Many people pay this amount in premiums a year and thus are saving NO money by having dental insurance. If your job pays some then it may be worth it OR if the dental insurance has a very high maximum for the year it may be worth it. Most people would do better to put the money into a savings account each month. Lastly, if it looks good be sure to check that there are providers of this insurance near you, otherwise the dentist can charge you more than the agreed insurance price for your part.
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What is a good dental insurance provider in Tennessee.?
I don't think that my state is eligible for delta dental unless i go thru a business. i need my wisdom teeth out b/c i think i have an infection in one of them. my lymph nodes are swollen behind my teeth and in my throat. also, how much does it usually cost to get your wisdom teeth taken out?
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I can help you with dental costs. It is not insurance, but you receive excellent benefits at a low cost for your entire household. There is no waiting period and no limitations, so as soon as you sign up, you can go have them done. Take a look at my profile for more information. Click on the link at the bottom.
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I can help you with dental costs. It is not insurance, but you receive excellent benefits at a low cost for your entire household. There is no waiting period and no limitations, so as soon as you sign up, you can go have them done. Take a look at my profile for more information. Click on the link at the bottom.
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How much does an employer typically contribute towards an employee's health/dental insurance premiums?
I don't start work until Monday, but I'm trying to figure a general idea of what my budget will be. I know about how much the plans cost in total, but I don't know how much my share will be. I'm working for a large hospital, about 2-3,000 employees in all.
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There is no "typical". It wasn't long ago that major employers with deep pockets would pay 100% of the cost. Even these employers have been squeezed by the relentless increase in health insurance. To compensate employers have been increasing deductibles and co pays and eventually asking the employees to contribute toward the cost of the health insurance. Because you work for a very large employer I would guess your participation would still be a small percentage (15 to 20%) but that is just a WAG. And as noted the rates you found are not the group rates a major employer would have negotiated. I guess you will have to wait till monday to really know the true answer.
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There is no "typical". It wasn't long ago that major employers with deep pockets would pay 100% of the cost. Even these employers have been squeezed by the relentless increase in health insurance. To compensate employers have been increasing deductibles and co pays and eventually asking the employees to contribute toward the cost of the health insurance. Because you work for a very large employer I would guess your participation would still be a small percentage (15 to 20%) but that is just a WAG. And as noted the rates you found are not the group rates a major employer would have negotiated. I guess you will have to wait till monday to really know the true answer.
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Does anyone know of a Canadian dental insurance company that will help cover Invisalign treatment?
* Have you ever used Invisalign? I don't believe that my case is nearly as bad as those advertised on their website, will Invisalign work for crowding?
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If no coverage for Invisalign on offer, you may opt for traveling overseas for same to low cost Asian countries like Thailand, India, Malaysia, etc. You may try internet for wider options making yahoo search for Affordable dental braces in India, or Singapore, etc. Good luck.
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If no coverage for Invisalign on offer, you may opt for traveling overseas for same to low cost Asian countries like Thailand, India, Malaysia, etc. You may try internet for wider options making yahoo search for Affordable dental braces in India, or Singapore, etc. Good luck.
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Help i need to know a good dental insurance that i can get if you dont have insurance or what insurance that ?
I need to know what insurance i can get if i dont have insurance since mined expired does anybody know about ameriplan service.
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HI, I would encourage you to visit this site: www.healthsavings.ourperfectcard.com I signed up online over 5 years ago now and they have saved me thousands of dollars from root canals, xrays, exams, cleanings..etc. All services are included in this very affordable plan. They even had my benefits active in 2 hours and was able to use it the very same day. Hope this helps.
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HI, I would encourage you to visit this site: www.healthsavings.ourperfectcard.com I signed up online over 5 years ago now and they have saved me thousands of dollars from root canals, xrays, exams, cleanings..etc. All services are included in this very affordable plan. They even had my benefits active in 2 hours and was able to use it the very same day. Hope this helps.
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For health and dental insurance, are dependents only wife and kids?
Or does it also apply to extended family members that live and depend on you?
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Spouse & children are the main dependents. Siblings that are minors who you have custody at will receive the same benefits as a child. Parents who you have listed as a dependent do not get the same medical coverage, their's is slightly different. They can be seen at a Military hospital/clinic on a Space available basis only. To be seen by a civilian doctor they have a higher cost.
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Spouse & children are the main dependents. Siblings that are minors who you have custody at will receive the same benefits as a child. Parents who you have listed as a dependent do not get the same medical coverage, their's is slightly different. They can be seen at a Military hospital/clinic on a Space available basis only. To be seen by a civilian doctor they have a higher cost.
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Where can I get good, cheap dental insurance?
I am broke and have a chipped tooth that really hurts.
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As a dentist, I know that this question is impossible to answer. Most of the time, the only way to get really good dental coverage is through your employer. When you buy dental insurance as an individual, there are deductibles and co-pays and annual maximums that you need to analyze in order to figure out when and if you will actually save money by having insurance coverage. Some of the premiums I have seen make it almost impossible to realize any positive cash flow from the related policy. I mean, at $60 a month with $100 deductible and $1,000 annual maximum, you will have to take $820 out of your own pocket before you realize one penny of "profit" or net gain from your dental insurance. Then you have to calculate the effect of co-payements. Check the figures and do the math yourself. Be cautious about buying or choosing a plan where you do not have any choice about the dentist you can see, because you just might not like the dentist(s) listed on the plan and then you are stuck for a year until you can get out of it. Be cautious about buying a so-called "dental discount plan," often mentioned on Yahoo!, since they also have restrictive lists and they really are not dental insurance at all. Just be careful and understand what you are buying. For many people who just can't get good dental insurance, a regular savings plan sort of like a Christmas Club with $20-25 a month deposited into a dedicated account will pay off when you examine the return over a lifetime. You may run way over your savings at first, but once you get your mouth straightened out, your annual expenses should not be more than a couple hundred dollars most of the time. For major treatment, dental insurance is no great deal anyhow. They limit you to $1,000-1,500 per year, subject you to deductibles, co-pays, etc. Imagine if you were in a car accident and your carrier said, "Yep, it's a total loss. Here's a check for $1,500. Good luck coming up with enough money to buy a new car." Dental "insurance" should usually be considered a payment arrangement where you give your dollars to a large company who holds onto them until you say the secret word and manage to get a few of them back.
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As a dentist, I know that this question is impossible to answer. Most of the time, the only way to get really good dental coverage is through your employer. When you buy dental insurance as an individual, there are deductibles and co-pays and annual maximums that you need to analyze in order to figure out when and if you will actually save money by having insurance coverage. Some of the premiums I have seen make it almost impossible to realize any positive cash flow from the related policy. I mean, at $60 a month with $100 deductible and $1,000 annual maximum, you will have to take $820 out of your own pocket before you realize one penny of "profit" or net gain from your dental insurance. Then you have to calculate the effect of co-payements. Check the figures and do the math yourself. Be cautious about buying or choosing a plan where you do not have any choice about the dentist you can see, because you just might not like the dentist(s) listed on the plan and then you are stuck for a year until you can get out of it. Be cautious about buying a so-called "dental discount plan," often mentioned on Yahoo!, since they also have restrictive lists and they really are not dental insurance at all. Just be careful and understand what you are buying. For many people who just can't get good dental insurance, a regular savings plan sort of like a Christmas Club with $20-25 a month deposited into a dedicated account will pay off when you examine the return over a lifetime. You may run way over your savings at first, but once you get your mouth straightened out, your annual expenses should not be more than a couple hundred dollars most of the time. For major treatment, dental insurance is no great deal anyhow. They limit you to $1,000-1,500 per year, subject you to deductibles, co-pays, etc. Imagine if you were in a car accident and your carrier said, "Yep, it's a total loss. Here's a check for $1,500. Good luck coming up with enough money to buy a new car." Dental "insurance" should usually be considered a payment arrangement where you give your dollars to a large company who holds onto them until you say the secret word and manage to get a few of them back.
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How can I afford dental services without insurance?
My husband's company doesn't offer insurance benefits, and I am self employed/ stay at home mom. We don't have any savings for things like this, and the pain is getting worse for me. I know a dental visit can cost upwards of $200 with x-rays and the needed fillings. I called a low-cost clinic and they said they will only treat me with severe pain, and they still require money up front. Does anyone have any advice?
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Many dental practices offer financing. Some even offer no interest options. You can find both in house financing (the office is doing the work and you make payments to them), and offices that use outside companies to sponser the loan. I have seen many dental practices offer free exam and xrays for new patients, this may be an option in your area as well. Don't be too overwhelmed when they give you a treatment plan, take it step by step, you don't have to get everything done at once. Do your treatment as you can afford it, doing what you can is far better then doing nothing. Also, don't be afraid to call around, differant practices may have very differant fees! (Most importantly find someone you feel comfortable with! You can bring your xrays to a new office if you would like a second opinion, many will do a second opinion consultation for free.) Good luck!
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Many dental practices offer financing. Some even offer no interest options. You can find both in house financing (the office is doing the work and you make payments to them), and offices that use outside companies to sponser the loan. I have seen many dental practices offer free exam and xrays for new patients, this may be an option in your area as well. Don't be too overwhelmed when they give you a treatment plan, take it step by step, you don't have to get everything done at once. Do your treatment as you can afford it, doing what you can is far better then doing nothing. Also, don't be afraid to call around, differant practices may have very differant fees! (Most importantly find someone you feel comfortable with! You can bring your xrays to a new office if you would like a second opinion, many will do a second opinion consultation for free.) Good luck!
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need dental work done but dental insurance not great?
Is there anyway i can get teeth pulling to file under medical instead of dental. All my teeth are very bad and the lowest dentists was 3,500 and my dental will cover 500. Now my medical is only 250 deductible then everything is covered 100 percent.
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Check to see if your medical insurance will cover "oral surgery." My dental insurance is the same way. They won't cover the extraction of my wisdom teeth because it's an "oral surgery." My health insurance will cover it though, I have to go to an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon instead of a plain ol' dentist, but I won't be paying $250 per tooth either. I wish you the best, because I"m in the same boat :)
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Check to see if your medical insurance will cover "oral surgery." My dental insurance is the same way. They won't cover the extraction of my wisdom teeth because it's an "oral surgery." My health insurance will cover it though, I have to go to an Oral & Maxillofacial Surgeon instead of a plain ol' dentist, but I won't be paying $250 per tooth either. I wish you the best, because I"m in the same boat :)
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My company only offers medical insurance. What is a good supplemental dental plan.?
No one seems to offer stand alone dental insurance, was wondering what the rest of the world does. Been out of college for a few years and its not likely I will change jobs anytime soon.
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Most people pay for their dental visits out of pocket, because the cost of the monthly premiums is not worth it in comparison to the cost of 2 visits a year for x-rays and cleaning. If you need a lot of work, like orthodontic stuff, or have any kind of degenerative disease of the teeth, you might want a policy, otherwise, it's not worth it.
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Most people pay for their dental visits out of pocket, because the cost of the monthly premiums is not worth it in comparison to the cost of 2 visits a year for x-rays and cleaning. If you need a lot of work, like orthodontic stuff, or have any kind of degenerative disease of the teeth, you might want a policy, otherwise, it's not worth it.
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Can anyone tell me where I can find good dental insurance?
I just paid $2400 out of my pocket for two root canals, and I have no more money left for the crowns which will cost another $2000. And, I have at least one more tooth that needs the same work.
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Most insurance on dental only entails 2 free cleanings per year and $1000 for other work.
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Most insurance on dental only entails 2 free cleanings per year and $1000 for other work.
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Im having serious tooth pains but dont have dental insurance, what should I do?
Could i get quick inexpensive dental insurance that wont make repairs too pricey, or is there a place i can go for cheap dentistry. I've probably needed a root canal to be done for about a year now but just havent had the funds..
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go to mexico if you can. do not get a root canal. http://www.mercola.com/article/dental/ro… http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nbEvFCRAcc Hal Huggins answers the most commonly asked questions about root canals: Why should I not have a ROOT CANAL done? Root canals are recommended when a tooth has been fractured, or when decay has entered the nerve chamber and created much pain. Often the body calcifies the tooth membranes, and allows it to remain. Unusual as it sounds, the body does not like dead structures in it, and a healthy body will try to reject it. Pain requiring antibiotics and pain pills are frequently used until the immune system stops working in that area. Root canals produce toxins that can increase or create many autoimmune diseases. Is laser treatment for cleaning of root canals and cavitations considered a safe treatment? In both root canal sockets and cavitation linings, the big concern is the anaerobic bacteria. These are ones that live in the absence of oxygen. Botulism and gangrene are examples of anaerobic bacterial action. Bad bugs. If laser can kill all the bacteria, who is going to remove the dead bacteria, or the dead bone lining the sockets? There is no blood supply here. Laser only kills, does not clean debris. Other techniques are required to leave a clean area that can fill in with bone and new blood vessels. ____________________________ There is no way to disinfect a root canal. No matter how clean the area is or how free of bacteria, there are always bacteria in the tubules and they will grow. And, the more antibiotics taken or applied, the more antibiotic resistant, and stronger, they will become. Root canals are the most toxic most damaging procedure dentists can do. You have two options: a root canal or an extraction. Dentists usually fill root canals with gutta percha. Some use the Sargenti method, a popular treatment used by 25% of dentists, but denounced by the American Dental Association because it contains formaldehyde compounds. There have been a lot of problems with those. They used to contain lead. The current formulas are said to have removed the lead, but millions of root canal treatments using the old formulas are still in people's mouths. Gutta percha is 15% barium so that it will show up in the X-ray. Gutta percha shrinks and leaves gaps and the tooth can never be sterile. There is no such thing as a sterile root canal. During a root canal, the main canal is filled and possibly some of the small side canals, but the other smaller canal-like structures in teeth called dentinal tubules are too tiny to be filled during treatment and these tubules become home to bacteria instead. Since there are millions of these tubules there is room for enough bacteria to challenge the immune system. The waste products from these nasty germs include some very toxic substances called thio-ethers, and your body has to deal with these toxins 24 hours a day. They contaminate the bone around the tooth and they are picked up by the immune system and carried to the liver for detoxification. Unfortunately, the liver can be seriously damaged by them. Weston Price conducted research on root canals and wrote two books about how toxic they can be. So you have to make up your mind what is more important to you. I believe no tooth is worth destroying my immune system. by Jerome, Frank, D.D.S. (812) 376-8525, Columbus Indiana, Author of "Tooth Truth" ROOT CANALS POSE HEALTH THREAT AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE MEINIG, D.D.S. Dr. Joseph Mercola 1443 W. Schaumburg Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60194-4065 phone 847-985-1777 MJ You're assuming that ALL root-filled teeth harbor bacteria and/or other infective agents? GM Yes. No matter what material or technique is used - and this is just as true today - the root filling shrinks minutely, perhaps microscopically. Further and this is key - the bulk of solid appearing teeth, called the dentin, actually consists of miles of tiny tubules. Microscopic organisms lurking in the maze of tubules simply migrate into the interior of the tooth and set up housekeeping. A filled root seems to be a favorite spot to start a new colony. One of the things that makes this difficult to understand is that large, relatively harmless bacteria common to the mouth, change and adapt to new conditions. They shrink in size to fit the cramped quarters and even learn how to exist (and thrive!) on very little food. Those that need oxygen mutate and become able to get along without it. In the process of adaptation these formerly friendly "normal" organisms become pathogenic (capable of producing disease) and more virulent (stronger) and they produce much more potent toxins. Today's bacteriologists are confirming the discoveries of the Price team of bacteriologists. Both isolated in root canals the same strains of streptococcus, staphylococcus and spirochetes. MJ Is everyone who has ever had a root canal filled made ill by it? GM No. We believe now that every root canal filling does leak and bacteria do invade the structure. But the variable factor is the strength of the person's immune system. Some healthy people are able to control the germs that escape from their teeth into other areas of the body. We think this happens because their immune system lymphocytes (white blood cells) and other disease fighters aren't constantly compromised by other ailments. In other words, they are able to prevent those new colonies from taking hold in other tissues throughout the body. But over time, most people with root filled teeth do seem to develop some kinds of systemic symptoms they didn't have before. MJ It's really difficult to grasp that bacteria are imbedded deep in the structure of seemingly-hard, solid looking teeth. GM I know. Physicians and dentists have that same problem, too. You really have to visualize the tooth structure - all of those microscopic tubules running through the dentin. In a healthy tooth, those tubules transport a fluid that carries nourishment to the inside. For perspective, if the tubules of a front single-root tooth, were stretched out on the ground they'd stretch for three miles! A root filled tooth no longer has any fluid circulating through it, but the maze of tubules remains. The anaerobic bacteria that live there seem remarkably safe from antibiotics. The bacteria can migrate out into surrounding tissue where they can "hitch hike" to other locations in the body via the bloodstream. The new location can be any organ or gland or tissue, and the new colony will be the next focus of infection in a body plagued by recurrent or chronic infections. All of the "building up" done to try to enhance the patient's ability to fight infections - to strengthen their immune system - is only a holding action. Many patients won't be well until the source of infection - the root canal tooth - is removed --------------------------------------… In 2001, Dr. Mark Breiner, of Connecticut, author of Whole Body Dentistry:Discover the Missing Piece to Better Health, was disciplined and fined $5,000 in December 2001 for advising patients that their mercury fillings and root canals could be contributing to their health problems. His disciplinary actions were categorized under fraud/deceit/incompetence/negligence in his consent order. Now tell me who is practicing fraud? A dentist who tells his patients that the fillings are not just silver, but mostly mercury, or the American Dental Association and the Connecticut Department of Public Health who doesn't want the public to know about the harmful effects of mercury fillings? In his consent order the DPH also told him you "shall not remove teeth that have undergone root canal treatment that cannot be corrected by treatment of the root canal itself, retrograde filling or surgical apioectomy, or in which the root canal is fractured, without first providing the patient with the names and telephone numbers of two medical professionals approved by the Department with whom the patient may consult as to the traditional medical position on the planned treatment." So if a root canal was causing health problems in a patient, Dr. Breiner was not to remove it, but to put in a retrograde filling. That means he was to put mercury down under the gumline and surgical apioectomy means he was to put mercury down in the root of the tooth, after cutting into the gums down at the root. Can you imagine mercury, not just on top of your teeth, but also down in the meat of your gums, down at the tip of your roots where it is in contact with your flesh? Manufacturers of amalgam fillings warn against the placement of retrograde fillings. But that is what dentists do to "save" a root canal. We have testimonies at DAMS of severe poisoning by mercury used in a surgical apioectomy. Dr. Breiner got in trouble again with the Connecticut Department of Public Health when he wrote an editorial to the Connecticut Post newspaper warning against mercury fillings when there was a mercury spill in a local high school. According to a press release from Consumers for Dental Choice. Dr Hal Huggins, D.D.S. in a lecture to the Cancer Control Society 1993: Then we get into the root canal business, and that is the most tragic of all. Isn't there something you can put in the centre of the canal that is safe? Yeah, there probably is, but that is not where the problem is. The problem with a root canal is that it is dead. Lets equate that. Lets say you have got a ruptured appendix, so you go to the phone book, and who do you look up? Lets see, we have a surgeon and a taxidermist, who do you call? You going to get it bronzed? That is all we do to a dead tooth. We put a gold crown on it, looks like it has been bronzed. It doesn't really matter what you embalm the dead tooth with, it is still dead, and within that dead tooth we have bacteria, and these bacteria are in the absence of oxygen. In the absence of oxygen most things die except bacteria. They undergo something called a pleomorphic change...like a mutation. they learn to live in the absence of oxygen…now produce thioethers, some of the strongest poisons on the planet that are not radioactive. These get out into the body and you may notice in the medical literature of 1900 they mentioned a few heart attacks, so it wasn't a big deal in 1900, but by 1910 2% of the US population, which is a lot of folks had had heart attacks. By 1920---10% of the population had had heart attacks, and we are up to about 25% about 10 years ago, and everywhere you go you see joggers running around. Menus in the restaurant have this little heart over it because we are on low cholesterol diets …….so what has it done. It has dropped the 25% down to around 43% . We are going in the wrong direction and root canals are going up. In 1990 we did 17 million of them. This last year we did 23 million, and the ADA hopes by the year 2000 we reach 30 million a year. Weston Price knew this back in 1920 - he would take a person who had had a heart attack, take out the tooth with the root canal, take a little segment of it, put it under the skin of a rabbit. We have done this with guinea pigs, and in about 10 days that rabbit would die of a heart attack. And you could take it out and put it under the skin of another rabbit, and in 10 days he would die of a heart attack……he would do this to 30 rabbits and every one of them in 97% of the cases would die of heart disease. What if they didn't have heart disease? If they had something else, the rabbit picks up the something else, but all of them that we have tested in this way have ended up with an auto immune disease in the kidney, and if you look at the work of Joseph Issels in Germany who for 40 years treated terminal cancer cases. He started on them when they had already had their chemo, surgery, radiation, then they came to him. That is having 3 strikes against you and a fast ball down the tube there before you get up to the plate. He turned around 24% of 16,000 patients over a period of 40 years. What is the first thing he did? Have a dentist take out the root canal teeth. ...I have this shirt tail relative down there [Texas] about 24 years old, and she has brain cancer, so what do they do? They take out half her brain. Then it comes back so they take out the other half of her brain. Then it comes back a third time, and there is not much left to take out. Now they probably didn't take out half, I may have stretched the point there a bit, but she was still fully functional, but it was right smack full in the middle of the brain. Three tumors growing, three root canals, and she is pregnant, and it is hard to overcome the stress to the body that pregnancy does, much less trying to overcome cancer, much less trying to overcome the root canals. So we took out those 3 root canals when she had 3-6 months to live. And that was 6 years ago, and she is still alive today, and MRI can't find the tumor anymore. It went away. So there are a lot of things, and this is just a tip of this giant chunk of ice under the water that has been making us think we are normal when we have all of these things going on in our body that we caught at the dental office-..it is time you were informed.
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go to mexico if you can. do not get a root canal. http://www.mercola.com/article/dental/ro… http://youtube.com/watch?v=6nbEvFCRAcc Hal Huggins answers the most commonly asked questions about root canals: Why should I not have a ROOT CANAL done? Root canals are recommended when a tooth has been fractured, or when decay has entered the nerve chamber and created much pain. Often the body calcifies the tooth membranes, and allows it to remain. Unusual as it sounds, the body does not like dead structures in it, and a healthy body will try to reject it. Pain requiring antibiotics and pain pills are frequently used until the immune system stops working in that area. Root canals produce toxins that can increase or create many autoimmune diseases. Is laser treatment for cleaning of root canals and cavitations considered a safe treatment? In both root canal sockets and cavitation linings, the big concern is the anaerobic bacteria. These are ones that live in the absence of oxygen. Botulism and gangrene are examples of anaerobic bacterial action. Bad bugs. If laser can kill all the bacteria, who is going to remove the dead bacteria, or the dead bone lining the sockets? There is no blood supply here. Laser only kills, does not clean debris. Other techniques are required to leave a clean area that can fill in with bone and new blood vessels. ____________________________ There is no way to disinfect a root canal. No matter how clean the area is or how free of bacteria, there are always bacteria in the tubules and they will grow. And, the more antibiotics taken or applied, the more antibiotic resistant, and stronger, they will become. Root canals are the most toxic most damaging procedure dentists can do. You have two options: a root canal or an extraction. Dentists usually fill root canals with gutta percha. Some use the Sargenti method, a popular treatment used by 25% of dentists, but denounced by the American Dental Association because it contains formaldehyde compounds. There have been a lot of problems with those. They used to contain lead. The current formulas are said to have removed the lead, but millions of root canal treatments using the old formulas are still in people's mouths. Gutta percha is 15% barium so that it will show up in the X-ray. Gutta percha shrinks and leaves gaps and the tooth can never be sterile. There is no such thing as a sterile root canal. During a root canal, the main canal is filled and possibly some of the small side canals, but the other smaller canal-like structures in teeth called dentinal tubules are too tiny to be filled during treatment and these tubules become home to bacteria instead. Since there are millions of these tubules there is room for enough bacteria to challenge the immune system. The waste products from these nasty germs include some very toxic substances called thio-ethers, and your body has to deal with these toxins 24 hours a day. They contaminate the bone around the tooth and they are picked up by the immune system and carried to the liver for detoxification. Unfortunately, the liver can be seriously damaged by them. Weston Price conducted research on root canals and wrote two books about how toxic they can be. So you have to make up your mind what is more important to you. I believe no tooth is worth destroying my immune system. by Jerome, Frank, D.D.S. (812) 376-8525, Columbus Indiana, Author of "Tooth Truth" ROOT CANALS POSE HEALTH THREAT AN INTERVIEW WITH GEORGE MEINIG, D.D.S. Dr. Joseph Mercola 1443 W. Schaumburg Rd. Schaumburg, IL 60194-4065 phone 847-985-1777 MJ You're assuming that ALL root-filled teeth harbor bacteria and/or other infective agents? GM Yes. No matter what material or technique is used - and this is just as true today - the root filling shrinks minutely, perhaps microscopically. Further and this is key - the bulk of solid appearing teeth, called the dentin, actually consists of miles of tiny tubules. Microscopic organisms lurking in the maze of tubules simply migrate into the interior of the tooth and set up housekeeping. A filled root seems to be a favorite spot to start a new colony. One of the things that makes this difficult to understand is that large, relatively harmless bacteria common to the mouth, change and adapt to new conditions. They shrink in size to fit the cramped quarters and even learn how to exist (and thrive!) on very little food. Those that need oxygen mutate and become able to get along without it. In the process of adaptation these formerly friendly "normal" organisms become pathogenic (capable of producing disease) and more virulent (stronger) and they produce much more potent toxins. Today's bacteriologists are confirming the discoveries of the Price team of bacteriologists. Both isolated in root canals the same strains of streptococcus, staphylococcus and spirochetes. MJ Is everyone who has ever had a root canal filled made ill by it? GM No. We believe now that every root canal filling does leak and bacteria do invade the structure. But the variable factor is the strength of the person's immune system. Some healthy people are able to control the germs that escape from their teeth into other areas of the body. We think this happens because their immune system lymphocytes (white blood cells) and other disease fighters aren't constantly compromised by other ailments. In other words, they are able to prevent those new colonies from taking hold in other tissues throughout the body. But over time, most people with root filled teeth do seem to develop some kinds of systemic symptoms they didn't have before. MJ It's really difficult to grasp that bacteria are imbedded deep in the structure of seemingly-hard, solid looking teeth. GM I know. Physicians and dentists have that same problem, too. You really have to visualize the tooth structure - all of those microscopic tubules running through the dentin. In a healthy tooth, those tubules transport a fluid that carries nourishment to the inside. For perspective, if the tubules of a front single-root tooth, were stretched out on the ground they'd stretch for three miles! A root filled tooth no longer has any fluid circulating through it, but the maze of tubules remains. The anaerobic bacteria that live there seem remarkably safe from antibiotics. The bacteria can migrate out into surrounding tissue where they can "hitch hike" to other locations in the body via the bloodstream. The new location can be any organ or gland or tissue, and the new colony will be the next focus of infection in a body plagued by recurrent or chronic infections. All of the "building up" done to try to enhance the patient's ability to fight infections - to strengthen their immune system - is only a holding action. Many patients won't be well until the source of infection - the root canal tooth - is removed --------------------------------------… In 2001, Dr. Mark Breiner, of Connecticut, author of Whole Body Dentistry:Discover the Missing Piece to Better Health, was disciplined and fined $5,000 in December 2001 for advising patients that their mercury fillings and root canals could be contributing to their health problems. His disciplinary actions were categorized under fraud/deceit/incompetence/negligence in his consent order. Now tell me who is practicing fraud? A dentist who tells his patients that the fillings are not just silver, but mostly mercury, or the American Dental Association and the Connecticut Department of Public Health who doesn't want the public to know about the harmful effects of mercury fillings? In his consent order the DPH also told him you "shall not remove teeth that have undergone root canal treatment that cannot be corrected by treatment of the root canal itself, retrograde filling or surgical apioectomy, or in which the root canal is fractured, without first providing the patient with the names and telephone numbers of two medical professionals approved by the Department with whom the patient may consult as to the traditional medical position on the planned treatment." So if a root canal was causing health problems in a patient, Dr. Breiner was not to remove it, but to put in a retrograde filling. That means he was to put mercury down under the gumline and surgical apioectomy means he was to put mercury down in the root of the tooth, after cutting into the gums down at the root. Can you imagine mercury, not just on top of your teeth, but also down in the meat of your gums, down at the tip of your roots where it is in contact with your flesh? Manufacturers of amalgam fillings warn against the placement of retrograde fillings. But that is what dentists do to "save" a root canal. We have testimonies at DAMS of severe poisoning by mercury used in a surgical apioectomy. Dr. Breiner got in trouble again with the Connecticut Department of Public Health when he wrote an editorial to the Connecticut Post newspaper warning against mercury fillings when there was a mercury spill in a local high school. According to a press release from Consumers for Dental Choice. Dr Hal Huggins, D.D.S. in a lecture to the Cancer Control Society 1993: Then we get into the root canal business, and that is the most tragic of all. Isn't there something you can put in the centre of the canal that is safe? Yeah, there probably is, but that is not where the problem is. The problem with a root canal is that it is dead. Lets equate that. Lets say you have got a ruptured appendix, so you go to the phone book, and who do you look up? Lets see, we have a surgeon and a taxidermist, who do you call? You going to get it bronzed? That is all we do to a dead tooth. We put a gold crown on it, looks like it has been bronzed. It doesn't really matter what you embalm the dead tooth with, it is still dead, and within that dead tooth we have bacteria, and these bacteria are in the absence of oxygen. In the absence of oxygen most things die except bacteria. They undergo something called a pleomorphic change...like a mutation. they learn to live in the absence of oxygen…now produce thioethers, some of the strongest poisons on the planet that are not radioactive. These get out into the body and you may notice in the medical literature of 1900 they mentioned a few heart attacks, so it wasn't a big deal in 1900, but by 1910 2% of the US population, which is a lot of folks had had heart attacks. By 1920---10% of the population had had heart attacks, and we are up to about 25% about 10 years ago, and everywhere you go you see joggers running around. Menus in the restaurant have this little heart over it because we are on low cholesterol diets …….so what has it done. It has dropped the 25% down to around 43% . We are going in the wrong direction and root canals are going up. In 1990 we did 17 million of them. This last year we did 23 million, and the ADA hopes by the year 2000 we reach 30 million a year. Weston Price knew this back in 1920 - he would take a person who had had a heart attack, take out the tooth with the root canal, take a little segment of it, put it under the skin of a rabbit. We have done this with guinea pigs, and in about 10 days that rabbit would die of a heart attack. And you could take it out and put it under the skin of another rabbit, and in 10 days he would die of a heart attack……he would do this to 30 rabbits and every one of them in 97% of the cases would die of heart disease. What if they didn't have heart disease? If they had something else, the rabbit picks up the something else, but all of them that we have tested in this way have ended up with an auto immune disease in the kidney, and if you look at the work of Joseph Issels in Germany who for 40 years treated terminal cancer cases. He started on them when they had already had their chemo, surgery, radiation, then they came to him. That is having 3 strikes against you and a fast ball down the tube there before you get up to the plate. He turned around 24% of 16,000 patients over a period of 40 years. What is the first thing he did? Have a dentist take out the root canal teeth. ...I have this shirt tail relative down there [Texas] about 24 years old, and she has brain cancer, so what do they do? They take out half her brain. Then it comes back so they take out the other half of her brain. Then it comes back a third time, and there is not much left to take out. Now they probably didn't take out half, I may have stretched the point there a bit, but she was still fully functional, but it was right smack full in the middle of the brain. Three tumors growing, three root canals, and she is pregnant, and it is hard to overcome the stress to the body that pregnancy does, much less trying to overcome cancer, much less trying to overcome the root canals. So we took out those 3 root canals when she had 3-6 months to live. And that was 6 years ago, and she is still alive today, and MRI can't find the tumor anymore. It went away. So there are a lot of things, and this is just a tip of this giant chunk of ice under the water that has been making us think we are normal when we have all of these things going on in our body that we caught at the dental office-..it is time you were informed.
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