in response to Justicar333...I am in the same situation but I have HIV and salivary gland disease so my teeth have already been pulled for the most part...my face feels like mush...I was hospitalized in 05 and have never recovered from the ilness..I am on ssdi and survive on 1000 a month . I used to be a US Marine and then an electrician...I am in an ubelievably difficicult situation..I do not know how people survive on disability...it ruins your life and makes it unbearable....people do not care about problems u have and the bills keep coming Ive lost my house,career and healtkh and Im 48. I worked nonstop for 28 years have had a nice home and truck and tools and a career as an electrician...now Im living in a place that miracles come in the form of a cigarette or a dollar or two...this is not right and I ca believe this country allow people to live in this condition...I wish someone would just pull the trigger at night while I sleep...I dream and I dream everything is normal and only wake up to realize I have aids and am suffering with nowhere to go and nothing to look forward to but someone asking me for a cigarette or a dollar....why is there so much suffering in this world
in response to Need_yeshua...Mike, Thank you for your comment and I too believe in miracles. I see small ones everyday! All is possible with God! God bless you and enjoy this beautiful day, Catherine
Mike, Thank you for responding to my post. You have an awesome day! I trust God and am hopefull and hard working, I will get the treatment I need. In the mean time, I am gratefull everyday for all God's blessings and small miracles! Peace to you my friend! Cat
in response to marilu...Marilu, Universities with Dental Schools, ie: NYU, Stony Brook etc. have dental clinics that are very affordable. They often accept whatever your insurance pays. They do good work and students and graduate periodontists are overseen by a team of professors. You must also be a part of your treatment plan. Ask questions, (there is no such thing as a stupid question) and before you sign any consents for treatment, be sure you understand the treatment plan to your satisfaction. I wish you well and you are in my prayers. Miracles do happen. No situation is completely hopeless! Cat
Hello, I am 45 years young, however my teeth would say otherwise because they are horrible. OK not as bad as some, but worse then others. I have always been known as buck tooth beaver and now my teeth are decaying and I do not smile very often anymore. I do work, I do have dental insurance that pays $1200.00 a year and I need more work then that, which I cannot afford. I have two reasons why I can't afford this, well three. First about three years ago I had to have a kidney removed and I am still paying on that. Second, This year my husband of 23 years passed away. Oh I so miss him. I am still paying on his bills, because even though he died they still want their money. And third, after my husband passed I took in two of my nieces ages 18 and 16. The 16 year old is pregnant. I have a bunch of medical bills that I just can't seem to get caught up on. So there fore I cannot afford to fix my teeth. Even though I always was teased about my buck teeth, I learned to just deal with it and had some self esteem. Well I guess stress affects your teeth too, because they have gotten so much worse since my husband went home to the Lord. I do not smile because people tell me how horrible, rotten and yellow my teeth are. They really do at 45. Come on! My self esteem, has no esteem. Please help.Dental implants would be nice, but this buck tooth girl will take what you can do. Thank you. Even if you can pay above my insurance and I can make payments to you. Thank you.
Shalom, love, and blessing's to you. It is wonderful to see that you have forgiven him, and that you choose to move on. Please feel free to click on my icon that will take you to my homepage. There you shall find resource's on the right that may assist you with you dental work need's.
I will pray that God will open the necessary door's to get your dental work finished as well.
God can even heal dental work. Let me give you a quick testimony. I have had, and other's have had supernatural experience's with God pertaining to dental work. Nerve's die that stopped pain, gold teeth, gold filling's, teeth that weren't there appeared. What is impossible with man is possible with God.
Have an awesome day my friend.
Mike
I need dental implants. I am a reistered nurse and I take excellent care of my patients. I am conscientious and reliable. Perhaps I could exchange nursing care for dental work. I am open to suggestions. I was maimed by a dentist (periodontist) at stonybrook dental school; I have no recourse and am able to forgive him and move on. Thank you for hearing me!
in response to kat57...hello i feel your pain Iam in despret need of implants i live n/c im 50years old iam thinking of going to santo domingo were im orginaly from iam beliving in god for a mericle my friend iam going to email this dentist see if he no some dentist
PLEASE I NEED A DENTIST TO GIVE ME DENTAL IMPLANTS I AM WILLING TO BE A VOLUNTEER PATIENT FOR A STUDENT DENTIST PLEASE LET ME FINALLY SMILE AND FREE ME FROM THIS HORRIBLE DEPRESSION THAT I LIVE IN EVERYDAY OF MY LIFE`
I have the same problem as everyone else here. I had Medicaid at one time and the dentist that worked on my teeth ruined them. I never even had a cavity until I was over 30 yrs old and this dentist started filling some of my upper teeth and wanted to fill a bunch more on my lower jaw. I was told that the fillings would match my tooth coloring but I ended up with my upper teeth full of silver. Since then i did not go back for the lower teeth but i started having serious problems with with the teeth he filled. i had to have a bridge put in an two root canals that my mother had to pay for. The bridge has already fallen out after 3 1/2 yrs, two more teeth in my top left side have broken off down to the gum and almost 2 more have broken off on my bottom right side. I now have a space between my two front teeth. I have no one to help me now. My husband is disabled and has been for many, many years. I've had to care for him and my 25 yr old adult son that has cerebral palsy. I have Hepatitis C, suffer from depression because I had to move my son into a group home, I don't like to be around other people, go to the store or even visit other family members. My daughter is the same way. She still lives at home at the age of 20 and doesn't even want to learn to drive a car. She had to be home schooled because she would get so anxious about going to school and being around so many children that she would have panic attacks. It seems to me that no one cares for one another any more. It all about the almighty dollar and the people I know that have money only spend it on themselves. I pray that everyone here that needs help, gets it. God bless.
Hi I am 35 years old and I am a single mother of Four beautiful children. I have this huge insecurity about myself. This insecurity has held me back for years. I have a huge gap in the front that is so big I can fit the tip of any of my fingers through. I have been made fun of my whole life and up to this day at 35 years old I still believe I am being made fun of. If anyone can tell me what to do I would really appreciate it. I do not have insurance because I watch my sisters children so I am considered to be self employed. Please help me get help. Thank You
in response to Kat-Ryn...I feel your pain. I am very poor, and not from my own making. I started having problems set off by one or two cavities at a time but I had no money or insurance to afford dental care until the teeth began to abscess and then I had to have them pulled one at a time. Because of being jobless and poor while my teeth were going to hell, and coming from generational poverty with no economic resources built into my life or middle class family to help me out, I found myself in a catch-22 after graduating from college as a non-traditional aged student at age 34 with a marketable degree, but having to face everybody with missing/visibly decayed teeth, I never could get a job. Not even a minimum wage job as a supermarket cashier where you have to face the public. People who have not come from deep poverty and had everything humanly possible that was bad happen to them before getting lucky and getting a good job have no clue. Getting put down for being poor, being a "loser" and accused of not trying hard enough when nobody's willing to hire you when you're a female with dental problems that no dentist is willing to treat for free so you CAN get a chance for a job and get out of poverty, while the capitalized interest on your deferred student loans piles up and being over 40, everything is just hopeless...and this is called "freedom?" Freedom from what and freedom for whom? Nobody cares about the poor in this country. Instead all we get is to suffer and do without and then get told how it's all our own fault.
Good Morning everyone, yesterday i posted for new york city free dental and medical care clinics!!! for all those that do not live in new york, google free clinics in yr area it will give u a list!!! and for all those that have bills that need to be paid, rent due no food, go to ur local public assistence office they will help u with everything!!! and youll get emergency foodstamps!!!! and if u cant go there, go to ur local church they have food pantries, and other services such as emergency shelter, clothing and other services including help with finding a job, training....remember ur landlord can not just "throw u out" u can also get a lawyer thru "legal aide" they have lawyers that specialize in housing and housing issues, just google for yr state.....sometimes help is only a click away, dont feel ashamed to ask for help, weve all been there and some of us are still stuggling, so we know what its like!!! and sometimes i know it takes a little time but u do get help, just have faith!!!
HELLO,DAWN I FEEL FOR YOU GIRL .IT SEEM LIKE I AM READING ABOUT MY OWN TEETH PROBLEMS,WHEN I SAW YOUR BLOG. IAM ALSO A 53 YEAR OLD GRAN DMOTHER WHO IS GOING THRU PRETTY MUCH THE SAME KIND OF THING WITH MY UPPER TEETH AS WELL.IT SEEMS LIKE EVRYTIME I LOOK UP I AM MISSING A TOOTH. MY DENTIST WANTS TO CHARGE ME OVER 9,000 Dollars to fix my upper teeth,but i do not have that kind of money ,so i will pray that both of us can find help soon.bye
Celost,
I am sure your terribly worn down by all you have to deal with (whatever that is) however so many of us are too, and we often feel like you, and yet we somehow find some way to push through and forward, I guess if you have a belief in a higher power, ie..God, self or other it helps, though this doesn't mean your not allowed to feel the way you do!! You have every right to feel what you feel! I just hope you dont give up or give into the thinking that "not living is better" because honestly there are people who woould miss you and whom by your choices good or unhealthy would indeed be affected by! I keep telling myself this and too as a GOD fearing person I myself feel that giving up and folding is only making things worse for myself! (I am only saying what I myself tell myself in order to keep moving forward, because if I dont I could easily go to that place of no return. Too, things change all the time and what feels like overwhelming despair often changes with the situations I am in, too making a list of what I am grateful for helps me to remain focused on how much worse things could be, or get, for myself )I dont know if this would help you any because I dont know your situation, but if anything I said helps you - which I hope it does, just remember I care about your wellbeing even if I can not solve your problems, I just know things wont always be as they are for any of us!
May Gods Peace and love excell all other thought and feeling(s) of saddness and aloneness, and encourage you further for at least today!
I just got laid off on Friday after 2 years of working. I applied for unemployment insurance, but I know that is not going to cut it. My biggest problem is my teeth. I am missing teeth on both sides right next to the front teeth. I don't smile anymore. I don't laugh anymore. My granddaughter is scared of me when I talk to her and I'm very depressed because of this. I can't get on government assistance because my unemployment is too much (which is a joke). I am 50 years old and how can I possibly go on interview looking like this. I need to get 4-6 implants on the top so that I can have more confidence in myself and turn back into the fun-loving person I used to be. Is there anyone out there that can help me with this situation? Please, I have a 12 year old daughter and she is embarrassed by me.
Hope this helps and universities that teach dental off other clinics at reduced rates
good luck
Starshine
P.S I personally would want implants as I was going to go that route for one tooth and it was going to cost thousands so I had it pulled and let it mesh in with the others ...I need be rather spend the money and get dentures and it is better to keep the ones you have..
pleas please help me...i need dental implants ,,,i choked again last night so im done with food,its to scary...my reunion is comeing up and begging,prayers,groups,writing to every celebrity,congress person etc has not done any good....i thank everyone but listening but i realized my prayers will NEVER be answered,i must live with the pain,the embarrassment and the infections my teeth are causing me.....
today is another day i am praying for a miracle for my mom....she needs dental implants like yesterday.....she choked again lat night because she cant chew.....she is a beautiful women and has been mistaken as my sister at times....she has helped so many people in her life and now that she needs it there is noone.....i hate seeing her so depressed...where are all the angels in this world..... i have even offered to help pay people back....my mom has given up many yrs of her life careing for her dad,my dad,and now her sister never asking for anything....time is running out,her highschool reunion is comeing up i want her to go with a big smile on her face....please is there anyone who can answer her prayers as she has answered so many prayers for others.....she needs these implants emotionally and physically...
Amen sister, I was a preemie, my enamel hadn't hardend at birth. Now I'm 25 with rotten stumps for teeth and no one will do anything for less than $14,000.
My name is Allison Housler... at birth i only recieved my baby teeth... no molars, no wisdome teeth. Because there is now a dental clause i can not afford dental repair.. what do i do?
i feel your pain, nice teeth are so important for many of us, and it really upsets me that our govorment thinks teeth our nothing, bad teeth can make a person really sick, and i wish there were more programs out there to help with them for the low income people and people with no income. have you tryed a low income clinic ? also if your able to get care credit, you can use your card for dental, i have care credit and dont know what i would do without it. its a credit card thou so you would have to appy for it. i know this aint much help but dont give up. what state do you live in. im in michigan, i know some good survey sites that pay if your by a computer every day for some extra money, its not gonna make you rich, but it helps a little, do you have children?
This is the first time I have notice you here! Welcome! I too have Dental problems. Infact, I have been here since July 2007! I was in terrible pain at the time!
You can look at my blog and there might be some things there that will help. I was here before kat57. Her and I had similar dental problems.
Sue Lear put me on a waiting list, but told me it would be about a year waiting for my name to come up. And it was! I am in the process right now of getting my Dental problems worked out. I have had one surgery and I will be going the 24th of this month for the second surgery. At this time they will put the inserts, set in the bone of my upper gums.
I have no idea when things will be completed. Due to my living in a small town, I had to travel over 100 miles to the Dr. who would do the work. It turned out that I have two different ones now in different towns! What a mess!
I am so sorry to hear about your hearing! That is just awful! I will put you in my prayers. I have a long list these days!
Your work should go faster than mine once you have the Dentist. I'm not sure, but I think they are going to put four implants in my upper jaw to secure a bridge type of Denture.
Then I go to another volunteer who will do the bottom Denture/Bridge! I feel like I am at the mercy of the unknown!
I wanted to tell you that you are lucky! Sue told me that they are no longer taking any applications from northern California or Oregon! So that is ONE thing to be thankful for!
Did your regular Dentist pull all of your teeth? Why, if I may ask...did you have them all pulled?
I am having a lot of problems with Lymphodema. All of my adrenal glands are acting up. I have been on antibiotics for 4-5 yrs. now! All the glands, and nerves in your mouth & gum area are very sensitive to what goes on in your head area.
With you having had a hearing aide before, I am surprised that your dentist pulled them all! At one sitting?
Good Luck! I will pray for you and check up on you to see how your doing :) Nite, Nite for now ~~Sandav1~~
Hi, I am feeling sooo bad for what I went through alot. I did not have nice smile. So, on October 2007 I went in Dentist and asked for to have all of my teeth pulled for dentures which I shouldn't have ask. I regretted but It's too late now. I will tell you what happened to me. After he pulled all of my teeth out for dentures. I lost my hearing. I did hear good with hearing aid all of my life until after he pulled all of my teeth out of my mouth. After that hearing aid won't help me hear anymore. I got really upset and I cried then I ended up got cochlear implant to get my hearing back. I hear "ok" with cochlear implant but I hear "better" with hearing aid. Well, I'm glad to hear something with cochlear implant better than nothing. I looked at my computer, it said sometime dentist work, bad bite or jaw misalignment effect cochlea hair cells. Wow, I didn't know that. Very Unlucky Me.
:( and I am not even happy with dentures. It's worse than I thought. I only wear upper denture when I go somewhere. When I am home, I take it off. I don't wear lower denture because it hurt my bottom gum too much. So, when I eat, I won't wear upper denture, because I like to taste the food. It really pissed me off. I should have kept my own teeth even though I didn't have nice smile, then I would enjoy the taste and hear good with hearng aid. Too late now. It changed my life. I am waiting for Donated Dental Service to help me get implants attach dentures and remove the palette so I can taste sweet and food. I really hope I will get what I want as I have been going through alot and good things come to those who wait.....I hope good things will happen to me by get implants teeth or implants attach dentures so that way it won't move when I eat and it should be alot better. When that's done, I hope I will be happy. I was soooo miserable and waiting for my name to come up on the list from Donated Dental Service. It's been a year in August. I called Susan Lear, she said she will call me in a year or a little over a year. oh boy, I am still waiting sooo long.....and have been praying for her to call me anytime or sooner than later and refer me to Dental in Vacaville that will do volunteer work for me. I really hope I will get what I want to have comfortable smile!
Thank you for reading me and hope you can help me.....
Hi! I want to be your friend! I do care about you! God loves you! You do not need a Preacher to be able to talk to God! He loves you because you are you! God is our friend! He cares about how we feel! I am also on myspace alot if you need to reach me and I'm not here that is where I'll be! At myspace you have to know my email address: (which is) madonnabutterfly@bellsouth.net
I will respond to you here also! I love 'Aidpage' it helps a lot of people! I enjoy encouraging other people and making friends! I have a big heart and like to help and to listen to others! We all need someone that cares! I do not have any money either. We are also on disability due to husband having liver failure. I've dealt with on my own, not well myself. I learned to talk and trust God. God became my only friend. I do know how lonliness feels that's why I turned to God. We have the need to be accepted, wanted, needed and listened to. See, it's not about the things that are wrong with you...it's more than the way your appearance is....it's about you being you! I accept you just the way that you are and I know God is a Healer! He will help you to get better! We just have to learn to trust him always! I want to talk with you more to get to know you better! I hope that we can be friends! Big hugs to you! I will pray for you! ~MadonnaButterfly~
Hi...I like so many of us obviously am in serious need of dental aid. I am just turned 40, I have 3 great kids, and a survivor of breast cancer(2003) domestic abuse...(x3relationships) as well as a resulting drug addiction which I am still struggling daily to overcome. I have lost my entire life's belongings since losing my home, and my disabilty in 2007. I have to honestly say that because of my self image...I contemplate suicide at least once every single day. I have avoided/cut off almost all relationships because I get anxiety so bad because of my appearance that I letrally get sick to my stomach. I am chronically homeless for almost 2 1/2 yrs now, I am depressed and have many physical problems I feel are related to my teeth. I am trying to kick a drug addiction, but, at times it seems pointless and I struggle with it constantly. I feel ugly, unlovable, undesirable, useless, dirty and I can't live this way anymore. Can someone PLEASE HELP ME??? I really need this to get my life back!! I will do ANYTHING necassary to pay back for the treatment. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
I can sympathize with you because I myself am in the same boat. Going for years with NO health and dental insurance has cost me my health and my teeth. I am a 39 year old female, I don't drink, take drugs, or engage in any "risky" behavior. I have been diagnosed with severe anemia and vitamin deficiency. Also I'm facing an upcoming surgery to remove my thyroid gland because I was diagnosed with Graves disease Aug.'08. I started loosing my teeth about 2 yrs. ago. One cavity set off a chain reaction, I could not afford the dental bills until it was an emergency and they had to be pulled due to infection, and that was done one at a time. I don't smile anymore, I have very low self-esteem, I used to be a very pretty woman and now I'm just a shell of my former self. We are supposed to live in the richest countries in the world, with some of the most resources as far as medical and so forth but for most of us this is just a dream. I just wish to have teeth so I can live a normal life and see my kids through adulthood. Unfortunatly, I am trapped on a desperate "medical merry-go-round" that I have no control over, dentists require up front payment that I don't have, and I need implants, getting dentures is more like a temporary fix, I don't want to see my jaws disintegrate. But I'm not ungrateful, I would accept any help. I just want to have my health back and feel better about myself. Is a smile too much to ask for? For me it is.
I'm not positive, but I believe if a doctor signs a statement saying you are at risk of life threatening infection that the state will pay for your oral surgery... good luck! Also, make sure you have exhausted all the available resources out there for your kids as having been 'victims' of crime. There are many agencies in oregon who help... Why aren't you covered by the oregon health plan?
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Hi. I was wondering where you got your extractions done and if it was for a low price. My husband is needing just about the same thing done as he was in an accident and would need surgery and implants. I saw this post, and I hope all is well with you. If you could, please reply to me at lilonesgrowing@yahoo.com.
I'm in a similar state Dawn. On Disablity with Medicare, which does squat for dental. Something in my gentics makes my enamel not worth a damn. Down to 18 teeth, almost every one with a cavity in it at 30. Still looking for an implant option, but let me share what little information I've found about alternatives.
At the University of Kentucky they have a student dental program. For reduced cost they will sugicaly take out all remaining teeth. Then they will provide a $1000 set of dentures for little over $200. The reason being it takes 8 trips to let them teach the students how to make em. Repair and adjustment for that set is free for life.
While that is in the works, I'm investigating a second option. The state of Kentucky offers something called spend down cards, and your state might also. A deductable is calculated by month over a three month period. Anything over that the state pays, and it does cover most dental procedures. Deductable is high, but squeezing things into one month. Even with discount U of K will cost me around 2 grand, but the card will lower my bill to just over $500.
Now maybe the medical card will help with implants, it's highly doubtful though. Still, I'd rather have dentures then keep living with so much pain. And the diminished ability to eat. I hope that you or someone else looking for info gets use from this. Good luck.
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Hi, thank you so much for your concern, and sharing. Years ago they said I had TMJ, and treated me for it briefly. I will check out that site, the last specialisti I saw told me it had to do with the roof of my mouth, my mom always did say I had was mouthy.. oh well, I have to keep my since of humor.. :) or try. I need to ask him exactly what its called.. but its like a bump or ridges, but I have to have a special top denture made that would have no pallet part, here comes the bummer part, 4 implants to hold this special denture in, and 2 for the bottoms. that was my primary problem, second he said where my gag reflex sits is also where the pallet part would go... last but not least, me who as you can tell can be very long winded, talk forever if I could kind of person, has a mouth the size of a child...
I'm not giving up, and you have no idea how much I appreciate it, when someone takes the time to write me. Trys to help me. with ideas,. Believe me, just hearing some encouraging words are a blessing at this point.
I lost my teeth , because, I had severe dentist phobia, really, so when I had to go see one, I wanted to make it be really brief. and if they said root canal, I said take the tooth, and I said it one too many times.. How I regret not listening to the dentist at that time.
I empathize with your husband on the eating thing. weird stuff is hard to eat with just gums. rice, noodles, things that u would think would be easy..
In one of my posts I wrote about its no joke to choke, something to that effect.... I have had more choking experiences in the last 2 weeks I've had for awhile, I hope your husband doesn't go thru that, much its very scary, especially when your alone, and you don't know if your are going to get the food unstuck or not. My heart goes out to you both...
I will defiantly keep your husband and all us or with lack of teeth and lack of proper dentures, in my prayers, for this is our about health.. and not cosmetic surgrery..
Ok Im done.. sorry for the length of my my repsonse but that is just kind how I am... and lately I havent heen on here harldy at all, been going thur really weird stuff, I won't bore you with any it, althogh its not not not boring stuff just very sad and depressing.. but Im a trooper I will bounce back, kind of like the cat in the hat :)
KA.
thank you again for sharing with me and trying to help.... there are good people out there, and you are one of them....
God Bless you in your needs and your wants too..
Kat
p. s. I think almost all of the pictures , except a couple that you see on here are with one of two of the dentures I own, I can only where either for a very short time. but I really use to smile from my heart, and I do sometimes, but mostly just because it looks better, but its not about cosmetics, for any of us that suffer, medically because of this horrible, horrible, and at times unbearably, because we have convinced all the right people YET that can help us.. So I empathize with your husband and with you, its hard watching someone u love suffer and continue to suffer.. I Wat to start writing State legislatures, ADA - American dental association. an some others, I hope your husband would be willing to get involved in helping me, when I get the letters together.
Kat one of the few pics I have on here with out teeth. We need, we were to have them, they are not a luxury, need to chew food, so we can digest our food... any good nite...
Hello there, thank you for not giving up on me, this last week and half half been heart breaking for me as one of my good friends , was in a car wreck on the July 20th with 2 of her daughters, and the younger on that what 12 almost 13, didn't live.
I really to want to talk to you about this, it seems have some my posts about my mouth and finacial condition. To be honest with you, becaue of my friends daugher dying, and so suddenly. I have been dealing with the shock, I have felt guily, for not having been on here, like I normaly am.
As you know I first game here it was out of total desperation , and I shared as many ways, as possible to explain what was finally explained to me. by a reputable dentist, I had to pay a consultaion fee of 50+ dollars, but at least I was given some answers, I went from hope, and smiling, and joking, thinking I will now I will have a good dentist, tell me, I just need a set of good dentures, and then , try to figure out to pay for them. but Im stubborn I would have to gone to any lengths, other then to do something illegal, . to try and get them Having been sick for quite some time, well for almost 7 years, couldnt wear the bottoms at all, because I guess, none of the Medi -CaL dentist wouldn't expound anything...
That first guy was very gracious, but as he began to explain what was wrong with my mouth, and not the dentures, although they played a part... my smile, turned to tears going down my face, I couldnt help it. I had waited so long to even get the courage to go, see some one. He was very gracious, he said he didnt think as he said he didn't think he could help me with the could do anything for the top, because of the the ridges ,or the bump or something like that, the way I guess I was born.. that was the major problem, then he said the next thing, was where the pallet of he denture usually hits this part. on me, my gag refles was right there and extremely sensitve, and then I have child size mouth. I was still crying, my friend was there ,and she tried to keep my hopes, up he said possiby I could get mini implants for the bottom.. My friend said surely there are people with worse mouth problems then her.. He said of cousre there are and he sent me to a oral something not donist, a specilist in mouth problems and denture problems.. so I had made another appt. there was anoter fee this almost 100 dollars, any way I didnt tell him anything the denist said previously, He was equally as kind,s and I again had my hopes up again., and trying to be funny, because when Im not going thru all of this , I am funny and make others laugh and smile...
So he spent about 2 and half hours talking, looking and explaining. almost ferbatem, what the first guy said , exept he gave me hope again, Said that he could make special dentures, for the top, that they would have no pallet part on the top, but they would require 4 implants, and then the bottoms would require 2, well I had heard about the price of implats The tears came again... He said for the 2 special dentures and the 3 to 4 month of follow up while you are healing, and your mouth is getting ready to recieve the implants. he said that would be about 9,000. I really just wanted to die, I was tired depressed, phiscally sick most of time, because I have Barretts Esphagas, something like that. Its a precanerous esphageal condition. Ive already had surgery on bleeding ulcers in my esphagas, and I have stomach ulcer history as well, runs in my family...
Anyway when he said 9000, my friend was still trying to encourage me, my husband makes 8.35 and hour after being on the same job for 17 years, Ive only been with him 7 years, I was on strong medication when I met him, and we married soon after, we woud make better friends.. thats a whold nother story..
Oh and Im on SSI and Medicare, and they consider teeth implants cosmetic surgerey NOT...
Any I was think I will figure out something some how... and he saw me kind get a little relief look on my face... He says thats the expensive part... will be the oral surgeon, He said I would need to go see him for another consult this one was going to be alost 200.00 and it would be 2,400 a implant, that comes up to about 14,000 for him, and mind you, I don't really even know if he will add on anything else, this guy didn't say he would. so maybe he wouldnt. havent got a glue. I made the appt, with this the oral surgeon, but by the way I canceled it, I couldn't keep putting out money, dont have it, and then what would be the point to get there and say need cash because medi-cal will NOT cover at all for implants, they thinks its cosmetic, sorry its not, Ive got pictures in here with and with my teeth in and I'm not that horribe to look at with out my teeth, its medical, teeth our neccarry to mastitate are food. Teeth weren' like a option, later in life, let me would I like teeth,no or heck let me teeth. We are born with mouth that produce teeth, I know said that wrong but you know what I mean, I was really getting so upset to think I was going to end up feeling sick to my stomach all the time and sometimes I throw up. because of the acid and bacteria, thats another probem I get from this, if you still are awake and are reading my lovly novel "To have implants or not that is the question" by the Toothless Wonder...... ok I had try and be funny.... I haven't been hired as a comedian yet either,... wonder why..... I almost felt bad for him, because he really had not a clue, how much money he was talking about to me, you would think after being married 6 or 7 times, I would have money for teeth implants,, but I have never been the gold digger type, althogh, gold teeth are quite poplular I hear..... sorry I fight depression with humor and helping others.. to me about , and don't think he really understood how sick I get, I swallow acid almost continuos ly health so I was crying again, almost uncontrolably. He tried to make me feel better, he said well you don't have to pay my (9000) for the special dentures , and the 3 to 4 month healing process. till your all done and your happy with the work. I will say and shamefully so, the thought briefly cross my mind if I could come up with 14,000 , you know was just dreaming. but then once my teeth were all done and i didnt have the money w ould he take them back.. NO, I would never do that, not in me .But he said the oral surgeon will want his up front, I guess I dont live in same world, he said the oral surgeon will take off your consult money, which would have been almost 300, somthing around their, Im very fatiged. if you decide to get the procedure.
I think I have given you enough reading material for a life time.. but all of that aside, I really want to work on getting some changes out there for people like me. People have suggested dental colleges, nope, that didnt pan out, checked, some one suggested maybe some one could look at a before and aftrer picture and maysome would do it that way, you know one of those with no make up and no teeth, then the one after with the make and the glistening white teeth. I have not proposed that to any one yet... But I am a thinker, I think like write,,, I have alot of good ideas , and I do still have my brain intact, even if my grammar and spelling is well not the best.... I would willing to go and talk anyhere, to dentists, oral specilists, an oral surgeons, and yes even the insuranc people that are pushing alot of the dentist and oral surgeons.. I want to live. I dont know if all of this acid will speed up or increase my espahgeal cancer. but I do know Im sick of being sick. and all any hears about are my dumb teeth.
Believe or not I'm done for now, I was supose to out of here 3 hours ago, because I clean a house and scrub a toilet, and clean once a week, and it kills my back, Im dissabled for a couple of reasons. But Im trying to do my part to get money togethere. Thank from the bottom of my heart, for your time, and coming to this site.. some didnt think any dentists or professial type people would, but I always believed they would and there will be more...
So I'm open for ideas my dentist friend, I cant believe I used those two words together.. dentist friend.... well stranger have happened.... Make a great day..
Tomorrow Im going to post about choking on food that you try and gum because your hungry and want to taste something good or different now and then, and miss meat sometimes... anyway im going to blogh on that because twice in the last 2 days, its been awhile since I did that, but it is a very large fear, of mine, that I'm going choke at home alone and be found dead by someone. That does not put a smile on face.. All the pictures you see in here are with in the last 6 months and most of them I've have put in my top teeth for a short time very short....
I hope I hear back, I have to go im like 3 hours behind time, but I thought it was important I talk to a real dentist...
Hi kat!!!... I strongly belive I can help you. I am dentist in Santo Domingo , Dominican Republic but now I understand your problem, I am agree with you, dental implants are not "'cosmetic"' .and the thruth is that implants don't have to be so expensive . If you decide to do your dental work here in dominican rep . I can send you some recomendation of my dental work done to patients from USA. and some help with the hotel ( 10 % discount) , taxi driver ,and , another discount in your dental work.
Please feel free to call or send an email with any questions you might have and pricing quotes.
Contact: office 809-221-3284, cellular (answers 24 hours) 809-981-4901 my msn is pasnova@hotmail.com
You know I'm an awesome seamstress it's one thing I am great at...I only need to figure out financing and a committed group to make it work. The great thing is it could be done
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Here since: Feb 20, 2012
Female, 48
retired (disabled)
Loganville, GA, US
Languages: English
Hello:
I am a low-income disabled woman in need of some dental work. In August 2009, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. I had surgery in October 2009 to remove both breasts along... see full post
Hi! I want to be your friend! I do care about you! God loves you! You do not need a Preacher to be able to talk to God! He loves you because you are you! God is our friend! He cares about how we feel! I am also on myspace alot if you need to reach me and I'm not here that is where I'll be! At myspace you have to know my email address: (which is) madonnabutterfly@bellsouth.net
i have had my baby teeth untill 4 years ago,,but now i have nothing pls anybody help me.
one of the few pics I have on here with out teeth. We need, we were to have them, they are not a luxury, need to chew food, so we can digest our food... any good nite...
I hear back, I have to go im like 3 hours behind time, but I thought it was important I talk to a real dentist... 
