Please Help!
Added: July 11, 2008 - 9:21 PM
By: Patient Email Withheld, Michigan, MI
Need Dentist / Specialist:
Yes
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X-rays Available:
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Case Summary
Teeth: 2,3,9,10,15,18,31
Case Description
My teeth are falling apart as I type!
I don't have insurance and I have very little money, if any at all. My teeth are to the point now that I can ignore them anymore. It's to the point where it's getting hard to eat. The major problem right now is the extreme pain one of them is causing. I think a filling is falling out and it's starting to make my face swell. I also have high anxiety when it comes to dentists and don't do so well as a patient. I just need someone to point me in the right direction for help before I get an infection and this gets worse. Any information would be greatly appreciated!
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Reply: Please Help!
added: July 12, 2008 - 8:19 AM
You are in a catagory of patients who need relief ... from dealing with dentists! Obviously, waiting until the pain is intolerable, and then going to a dentist (which is traumatic for you) and paying money to restore a tooth which will then be neglected until the process repeats itself is not in your best interest financially or emotionally.I recommend that you do nothing but go to an emergency room or social services office for EXTRACTIONS. Get as quickly as you can to the point where you can get a complete denture. Then your pain and anxiety about future dental visits will be a thing of the past.If you keep doing what you''''ve been doing, you''''ll keep getting what you''''ve been getting. You need to make changes int he way you deal with this situation.I wish you well.
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