Several months ago (6-7?), I started experiencing a sharp, aching pain on the lower left side of my mouth. It was so bad that a sympathy pain had started on the top of the same side. I self-treated with Orajel for a few days before going to a dentist who told me I had simple gum inflamation and prescribed antibiotics. He said the pain would go away, and it did, sort of--at least it wasn't crippling agony anymore. So fast-forward to two days ago. I was eating lunch and felt like I had something stuck between my teeth. Upon going to the bathroom to floss it out, a chunk of my tooth fell out! I don't have dental insurance, and I've been looking for a job for the past two months. I freaked and called my mom, but she didn't have any advice. Then this afternoon, I felt another part of the tooth loosen and fall out! Now instead of only a chip gone, it's 1/3! I've been covering it with gauze until I can talk to a dentist about what I can do, but I'm very freaked out. Any advice?
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Talk to your dentist. Explain your situation. I know my dentist is super cool and she would make arrangements with me to pay it off at some point. Talk to the billing people at your dentist office. Ask if you can make very small monthly payments to start, meanwhile, look for a job where you can pay more and more each month. I wouldn't put it off though. And I wouldn't get the tooth pulled in order to deal with it later. If you need a root canal and a crown now, do it. Or, get a 0% interest credit card, charge it on that, have your parents help with small payments to start.
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