It's not good folks. £2.2k to fix it all. Every molar is needs filling. Wisdom tooth is decaying badly and causing pain and needs to be removed.
Any advice how to break this down or make it cheaper? I've been trying to get into an NHS dentist but not a single place is accepting patients within travellable distance :sadness-abysmal:
Also not from terf island but here in the states a common piece of advice for getting expensive dental work is to go to a dental school to get it done since students (supervised ones) will be doing the work
Good luck comrade :stalin-heart: remember we've got the !mutual_aid@hexbear.net comm as well if you need a hand financing the work
Here in Canada we have private dental care except in emergency situations and I believe an abscessed tooth qualifies since infection can spread. They'll just do the cheapest work possible though, so probably extraction.
I also remember that when I was looking for cheap options for dental care, it was recommended to look into dental schools to get treatment from students in training. I've also heard that some dentists will negotiate price and will drop cost if you pay in cash, so it may be worth looking into that as well.
how do i know if a tooth is abscessed or if it's something else?
I have a tooth that got infected down to the root or whatever, it eventually fell out by itself but I never got it cleaned out and there's still like an infection or something in there and it creates a little bump inside my mouth like where my cheek and the tooth root meet. how dangerous is this? it almost never hurts and I've had it for years without anything getting worse, but I live in constant fear that it's going to kill me some day.
why? how bad is it?
I don't know if the E.R. will take care of it if I'm not obviously about to die or something
also: is this what is called an abscess or not?
Abscesses usually can be ID'd by swelling and pain.
Sometimes the infection will burn out on its own or create a big cyst that ruptures. If it ruptures externally, and can drain, you can get away with keeping the drain site disinfected. If it ruptures internally, the infection can get into your blood stream and cause blood poisoning, which is super bad.
So, if you aren't having issues with excessive swelling and tenderness, fever, the smell of rotting meat from your mouth, blood and or puss oozing from the site, you probably aren't in danger of dropping dead without warning.
I'd err on the side of trying to make it a priority to get it checked out though.
So, if you aren’t having issues with excessive swelling and tenderness, fever, the smell of rotting meat from your mouth, blood and or puss oozing from the site, you probably aren’t in danger of dropping dead without warning.
all right, thanks for the tips. the swelling and tenderness has been at a near minimum for a couple years now... guess the infection "burned out on its own" like you said for the most part, though it's obviously still in there or there would be no swelling at all
Yeah, it could be some scar tissue or the infection could be contained in a cyst that your body is (for now) able to contain.
I'll see what I can do. I think if I look around I can try get at least the urgent work done and slowly get the other work done as I go. I'll try find a dental school, thanks!
I’ve been trying to get into an NHS dentist but not a single place is accepting patients within travellable distance
How far is "within travellable distance"? Because you might run the numbers and find that a couple nights in a hotel in another part of the country is still cheaper than doing it privately, kinda like how for Americans it's often cheaper to travel to a foreign country if you can.
If it's still not feasible then that sucks comrade, hope you find a solution that's right for you :meow-hug:
Within 50 miles or so. I don't have a car! I've found a cheaper dentist so I'm going there to see what they say. If not, I'm going to visit Hungary with my partner who is from there and get it done there. it's odd logic, but it's at least 80% cheaper there.
Wouldn’t going to gp, saying I’ve unbearable flares of pain in tooth make it nhs problem? Not a brit, though :meow-hug:
Yeah if the wisdom tooth infection is causing other issues it seems like it should become a medical issue and not remain a dental-only one
This is a good idea. I'll organise an appointment and see if I can get it removed in a hospital.
