Pain is mostly in tooth but keep tasting metal and the roof of my mouth near that tooth also hurts and is red and swollen, been hurting for a little over a week now. I have been unable to find a dentist that I can afford, I have no insurance and little money saved.
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2006-09-16 19:23:22 · 4 answers · asked by kloops1 4 in Health ➔ Dental
Contact your local or state dental association and and see if there are any dentists who provide free or reduced cost care for low-income, disabled or senior patients.
Call your local health department and ask about health centers that provide dental care for free or on a sliding scale.
Go to a dental school, if there is one near you, for reduced costs.
Check http://www.toothwoman.net to see if low-cost or free dental services are available near you.
Check http://bphc.hrsa.gov and choose "Find a Health Center" to see if there is a low-cost clinic near you.
Check http://www.nfdh.org/DDS.html to see if your state has a "Donated Dental Services" program. D.D.S. is designed to locate dentists who will give free care to patients who are financially compromised due to medical problems. Not all states have D.D.S. programs.
2006-09-17 06:38:05 · answer #1 · answered by Picture Taker 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You need to contact a dentist because the source of the pain will determine the treatment. It is likely, but not certain, that you have a "dry socket," meaning that there is no clot in the space where the tooth was removed. If that is so, the bone that held the tooth and parts of the root of the adjacent tooth may be exposed. The treatment is simple and involves shoving a specially treated and medicated gauze strip into the socket for a couple days. However, there are at least three other potential causes, such as an infection, that would be masked by the gauze. So, contact the surgeon or a dentist. Your town may have one or more on call for emergencies. Just call the surgeon and listen to the recording if there is one. Otherwise, get to an urgent care facility or emergency room and they can either diagnose it or get a dentist who can do that.
2016-03-17 22:04:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have infection or rotten tooth. You need to find someone who will take payments. You need antiboditics.
See if their are any free clinics, or go to the ER and get emergency removal and then pay installments.
2006-09-16 19:31:18 · answer #3 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
visit www.kashidentalhospital.com and post your records there
we provide teleconsultation too
2006-09-16 19:44:43 · answer #4 · answered by kashidentalhospital 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋