Free Dental work???

About a year ago one of my molars became a problem. I went to the dentist who told me that I needed a root canal. He started the procedure and stopped half way through telling me to come back a week later. Well that weekend my tooth cracked in half. I went to another dentist who told me that the previous doctor did not do a proper root canal. So I am left with half of a tooth. I was told that the only option would be to have my tooth pulled, but an implant would cost $2000, and it's not covered by my insurance. So I have lived with this have tooth for a year, but I think it may be making me sick. Does anyone know where I could get free or discounted dental work???

Free Dental work???
I would check with your county to see if there are any services available. Yes, implants are very costly and usually not covered by insurance because there are other options usually available, such as a bridge or partial denture. Check with your insurance to see if those are covered.
Reply:The dentists are sitting in their underwear reading this, but remaining silent.
Reply:well first off u may be able to ask your dentist if u can make payments maybe about 150 a month or whatever you can afford and they agree too...also i dunno if there is a western dental out there where u r but they are kinda discounted in a way if u will...but u will be there ALL day...the other thing is maybe u can go to your local "county" building and apply for dentical/medical IF you can prove u have no income low income etc etc good luck oh also i think that pregnant women can get on government assistance so i dunno if thats an option lol but not sure if dental work is covered but i keep saying i dunno and just throwing stuff out there for u so u can just research into my suggestions..
Reply:Your insurance should cover some if not all of it. That's all up to the dentist and whether he'll file it the way you need it to be filed. Everything has codes.... but this is tricky if he won't file it a certain way. So I would do the following first:





What you need to do is possibly take legal action against your old doctor. Get a statement from your current dentist that explains why the other dentist did an improper job. Take that statement to your old dentist and tell him that you want him to cover the repairs needed to fix the mess he got you in. Start out as nice as possible. If he offers to fix it for you, say no. You don't want that crappy dentist doing any more stuff on you. Get an invoice with how much your new implant would cost and show that to your dentist.





If he refuses to help you, get a letter from an attorney and threaten to sue him. Sometimes threats work... once someone sees a letter from a lawyer, they get nervous.





If he still doesn't budge, you really need to take legal action and get him to pay for it the hard way.





Keep ALL the papers associated with this dental work.. receipts, statements, pictures, etc.
Reply:It has been a year since the root canal procedure was started. You may have waited a little to late. Maybe you should have went to the first dentist when you first broke the tooth rather than going back to another doctor. Get a 2nd opinion on whether the tooth need to be extracted. Most of the time performing a root canal is done in 2 sometimes 3 parts. The tooth has to be capped or it will break off. As for free or discounted dental work. Check in your area for dental clinics. Sometimes depending on income they will see you for nothing or will place you on a sliding fee scale.
Reply:good evening, nikk!!!! oh, so sad about your tooth. u want discount??? i think better go back to the dentist that has mess your tooth. u have the right to ask his service for once to atleast to make up with you. be patient my dear friend in communicating with this Dentist who've ruined ur tooth. This time, u have d right to demand for he was the only person who could fix that.
Reply:The best discounts for dental work that you need esp. dental implants or extractions you will get through the dentalservice4less membership. Make sure you have participating dentists close to you. Search by zip code or full address.