Hi, I recently turned 20 years old. my mother never had any health/dental plans for me , and ive only been to the dentist 2 times. I don't live at home anymore, but anyhow three years ago i was told i need a root canal, but was never sent to get one.. Now that im old enough and have a job ..i don't know where to start, insurance plans don't give coverage immediately, so ive decided on a discount dental plan.. one called alliance health card something http://www.dentalplans.com/dentalplans/a… before i sign up for this,.. is this any kind of bad deal? will it actually cover me?... does anyone use this?.. but anyhow my mouth hurts and i need to go to a dentist as soon as i can. thanks... -suzie
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Suzi, If you mouth hurts go to the ER instead of the regular dentist for two reasons. 1) Most major MEDICAL policies cover "Emergency Dental" at 100%. (But read your own major medical before going in for solely that reason). 2. Root canals are dental ways of drilling into the center of the tooth's enamel and removing all the living tissue in the root and nerves of that tooth. This procedure is usually only required when a cavity has become infected. The BACTERIA that infect the human mouth have a very nasty habit of getting into our bloodstream and harming, sometimes permanentally damaging the valves in the heart. This can actually lead to heart attack later in life. (google Mitral Valve Prolapse). This bacteria needs to be eliminated from the body as swiftly as possible. You should be on an antibiotic. If the infection is swollen or otherwise too inflammed they won't even perform the rootcanal until it is controlled, so either way go get antibiotices NOW, Today.
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