Hello,
“Never judge a book by its cover”is how my parents raised me to be when meeting new people. For the most part, I’ve lived up to that. I determine if I am going to start a friendship with someone based on our 1 on 1 interaction with each other. Starting a relationship with someone is a different story. There is an element of being physically attracted to someone that comes into play.
I, personally, am attracted to a great smile. A smile says a lot about someone. It shows how they take care of themselves and can even show the type of family they grew up with. My parents made sure my sister and I went to every needed dentist appointment and even paid a lot of money to make sure we had the perfect smile.
As an adult, I took all of that dental care for granted. I smoked cigarettes, drank, did drugs and pierced my tongue. All of which has led to the demise of my teeth. I never thought I would have to choose to pay for the dental work I need or pay rent.
I have since quit smoking, drinking, drugs and have taken the tongue ring out, but the aftermath of it all remains. Because of the smoking, my front teeth are barely hanging in my mouth. I have had to alter the way I eat food for fear my teeth will fall out. During my latest dentist appointment, I learned that my dental insurance will only pay for some of the work that I need done. Besides the deep cleaning and medication involved with that, I will need to get teeth pulled out and then partial dentures will be needed. I also need to get caps of some of my other teeth. Dentures and caps are needed and I find out that my insurance won’t cover all of it. What is the point of insurance if you can’t use it for major situations? I don’t have money in a savings account to help me during emergencies like this. I live paycheck to paycheck and even that’s not enough to live off of now a days.
So I am here, asking for help. I have 10 more visits to the dentist to help me restore my teeth. My out of pocket expenses are too much for me to be able to afford.
The amounts are:
- $801
- $433.60
- $1385
- $170
- $170
- $1385
- $1385
- $1385
I had to pay $277 out of pocket at my last visit and that is going to make me short on my rent. It’s just a never ending spiral into debt that will be difficult to climb out of.
If you can help, I will truly appreciate it.
Thank you for taking the time to read my post.
The image included is just a page out of the packet that was given to me.
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