My job closed down and I’ve been out of work for about six months. A few weeks ago, I started getting a toothache. Now, the side of my face is swollen. I have no money. I don’t even have a car at the moment. I talked to a couple of dentists and they said that […]
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I broke my back molar a while back. I didn’t do anything about it because I am unemployed and running short on money. This last week things started to go downhill. The area from my mouth has started swelling up my cheek. I tried to take some antibiotics I had at home. It helped for
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I cracked a wisdom tooth some years ago and now it is infected. My dentist said if he extracts it then it will need to be replaced with a dental implant. That is way over my budget so I am not sure what to do. Should I wait to extract it until I can afford
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I have a tooth that is leaving me in so much pain. It is so bad that my cheek is swollen. I don’t have any money at the moment. I’m not exagerrating that at all. I’ve been eating potatoes for a week because I can not afford food. I called my dentist and he said
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I have serious pain in a tooth that has a cavity. I cannot afford to go to the dentist at the moment. I did notice my local drug store has an over the counter dental filling material that allows you to fill your own tooth with a white filling. Will this also take away the
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Do you know if Luster Premium Home Teeth Whitening is a decent product? Is it safe? Lacey Dear Lacey, Teeth Bleaching Trays I have looked at the ingredients that this product contains. I would not recommend it to you. There is not a legitimate whitening ingredient in this product. Their so-called whitener is actually
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Hi, I have had my six month check-up and cleaning in my calendar for months, but when I made the appointment, I never thought it would be during a pandemic. My dentist’s office reopened recently but schools are still doing distance learning and restaurants are still doing take-out orders. Is it safe to go to
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I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I responded to an online ad from an affordable dentist. His promotion was that he was offering crowns at a reduced rate because he had a new machine which allowed him to make them in-house, and he wanted to practice using it. I’ve needed crowns for quite some time
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My dad has had dentures for as long as I can remember. He has complained, off and on, about his dentures being uncomfortable, but it’s just been a part of life. I admit he’s probably due for some new ones. Suddenly, out of the blue, he told us last weekend that he is planning to
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Is there an affordable dentist who can help a teenage child quit sucking and chewing on her thumb? When my daughter was young, she started sucking her thumb. It then morphed into kind of a nervous habit. She now absent-mindedly half chews/half sucks on her thumb just resting behind her top teeth. She taps her
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