Dear Dr. Hunter, Please I hope I'm not too late!
I am in my young 40's & haven't slept in days. I've regularly been taking high doses of motrin I have two amoxicillin pills remaining. I lost a long term job & currently in a retraining program now a full time student. I can hardly concentrate, sleep or chew my food. I've lost weight & this is ridiculous. I had extensive work done years ago veneers on bottom 6 front & caps on top front, in the back mostly bridges yet back bottom almost all pulled out. I saved (when I was working) for a YEAR, the dentist took 1/2 for the exam, consult. & xrays & sent me to the endodontist who took the other half & did the same. They got together & said I needed a treatment plan this would run between 30 to 60K to redo my whole mouth so everything matched & I was healthy. They told me I had two option that would be the best long-term solution 1. Implants or 2. Implant dentures.
I know they say looks aren't everything but tell that to the places when I seek employment when I finish school. If I can't eat or sleep right I'm not even sure I'll get through school. A few months ago I went to the craft store & bought clay & put it inside the holes where two teeth adjoin HUGE hole bleeding terribly........ I baked the clay then put it in there & it's fallen out & is just the most horrific sight, scaring me like I've never been. Is money really the most important thing? All of my adult life I've paid in to the system to support those in need, now when I need help there isn't any. Health dept. IF you go through the hoops may allow a person 1k for pulling. At $2,500 per tooth I don't see how to find a solution? Most of my family who would have helped passed away 17 years ago. I phoned this WONDERFUL ad for a Christian "caring" dentist where it's all about "you" the patient & told them about my circumstances, nope. Unless I can pay for it I can't even make an appointment. Hmmm. I've done everything, from going to Mexico (bad experience) ask I'll share, looked at insurances, "plans" emailed, made phonecalls, internet searches for almost 10 years now & the snowball effect has me thinking I could actually die from this. Can someone help me PLEASE?
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