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I know I should be grateful to be able to go to the dentist at all; so many people in this world do not have that luxury, and I am grateful for the privilege. Right now, though, I am pretty upset. My dentist's office and my insurance can't seem to get clear which papers need to be submitted for any payment to be made that will reduce our *huge* share of the fee, and the dentist is planning to drop our insurance after the first of the year anyway. We have been paying $200 a month out of pocket for the past several years to cover what we owe the dentist. Every time we get the amount down, someone else goes for a visit and the bill goes right back up. This is so oppressive! My husband, especially, is very discouraged by this. I need *a million dollars* worth of work done that I'm not even pushing for because I just can't contribute to this burden. Please pray that *something gives*.
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Nancy
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Nancy, praying for you and this awful situation. We have similar struggles with ortho. My ds, age 8, has a severe underbite, which affects his speech, breathing, chewing,and causes headaches and jaw pain. He already has been through one round of braces on mostly baby teeth- to try to pull the jaw out. We cannot afford the next round of dental care- which he really needs.
I feel responsible in a weird way because he "gets it" -this condition from me. I had years of expensive treatment as a child and still my jaw barely matches up.
The kids qualify for state medical care, but not ortho. I do not have insurance right now at all.
Praying for you that you can get the care you need, and that this will somehow work itself out.
I know what it is like, feeling stressed about Christmas coming up, too!
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We're in similar straits here, Nancy!
Praying for you!
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Nancy, (and Lisa, too)
Do you have a dental school nearby? My dh has no dental insurance and just got a tooth fixed - with an implant for a fairly reasonable fee. He went to the University's College of Dentistry. His regular dentist wanted thousands! I'll be praying for you both!
God bless,
Angela
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Praying for you, Nancy, with complete empathy. The only time I was ever able to have all our dental work done promptly was when I worked full time and we had, thus, two dental plans.
I think dental insurance needs to be reformed...but that's just me.
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Praying for you Nancy. I have had used to use dental schools as well. Valerie
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Completely empathizing with your dental woes - I'm breaking out in a cold sweat just thinking of the upcoming visits!
Sending many prayers your way right now!
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