I have incredible tooth pain rn and I'm not employed and don't have dental insurance. To my knowledge a hospital won't do anything unless it's an emergency. But it's not like I can do much of anything besides attempt to sleep through it and treat it with oral benzocaine and oragel. It's been like this on and off for the last 4 years. I'm so distraught that I'm considering waking into traffic. I hate this and just want to stop existing. Is there anything y'all can recommend? I'm in Pinellas county Florida if that helps. Currently donating plasma and the sodium citrate is seemingly making the pain worse.
I don't have a great answer unfortunately. Dental pain can be considered an emergency often. All I can say is to call around to dentists. See how much it'll be to pull the tooth (assuming it's only one) and ask about payment plans. You can also see about ACA plans, but finding a dentist that will take it will be difficult.
Ok. Fair enough. Since there is a hospital nearby I'm still thinking of popping in and at least seeing if they can recommend this or that or give me resources to get a better idea of how to tackle this
It's worth a shot