My elderly neighbor has no dental insurance and is unemployed. He mentioned today his tooth hurts and he doesn’t know what to do. Are there any affordable services for people in his situation?
Penny L. – Oregon
Penny,
You’re a good neighbor. There are in fact, affordable dentists that work with patients who have no insurance and little money. They do payment plans. Some of them have in-house payment plans and others use Care Credit to help their patients.
If he’s in a lot of pain, he could go to his doctor’s office. The doctor won’t be able to do anything about his tooth, but he could evaluate his tooth to see if it is an infection and give him an antibiotic. It won’t actually get rid of the infection, but it will hold it at bay for a few days while he finds a dentist.
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