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Free Dental help - Shoresresident - 12-03-2011
I am wondering if anyone knows about the Mobile Dentist in Pahoa?? Do they charge you anything? How do you ccontact them? Do they help with root canals? I don't have Dental insurance and need help ASAP?? Any other free Dental help out there??
RE: Free Dental help - missydog1 - 12-04-2011
I don't know about the Mobile Dentist and I am hoping someone has some answers for you, as I'd like to know the same.
I can tell you that the mindset here is woeful as to procedures that help you keep teeth. The low income option when you have such problems is they will extract the tooth. Root canals and crowns are for those with good insurance or the money to pay. And so is decent anesthesia.
A lot of toothless people here, sad.
I had to get an extraction last year, because the price-tag on 2 root canals and crowns was over 5K. It was my first. In California, I could have gotten a root canal. It is stupid to pull teeth, because then the other ones become loose, but I really had no choice.
There is a sliding scale dental clinic at the Kea'au Family Health Center (next to the Police station). I don't think they offer root canals though, but so far I have only talked to someone who went there about that. I need to talk to them directly.
RE: Free Dental help - lquade - 12-04-2011
you are correct KathyH. the bay clinic (behind police station) only does extractions. very few dentists in hilo do root canals and none for free. i would not recommend bay clinic for any dental needs, Period
!] i believe the toothbus is bay clinics, i know they go down past pahala in their bus also.
RE: Free Dental help - missydog1 - 12-04-2011
Good to know, care to elaborate the bad experience?
I had my extraction at Dr. Stover's office in Hilo. Dr. Stover is awesome, very skillful, and a super nice guy in his consults too. His services are not inexpensive by any means. It cost me something like $1200 for the consult and extraction (but I had a double-whammy side by side, so it would have been closer to half that for one tooth).
Dr. Stover is an oral surgeon, not a regular dentist practice. I think his office requires a referral, as I did.
My dentist is Gary Ault in Kealakekua. Also amazing, but out of my league without insurance coverage.
"And I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody, outside of a small circle of friends ~ Phil Ochs
RE: Free Dental help - dfryman - 12-04-2011
dr.stover is very good. I took my children to him for wisdom teeth extractions. i believe the mobile dentist only does fillings, but not too sure. the dental clinic in Keaau goes on a sliding fee scale. i got a root canal and gold crown for $826. they did a good job but the dentists are new and fresh out of dental school. my oldest daughter just had a root canal and the dentist screwed up and made a hole on the side of her tooth under the gum line so she had to have her tooth pulled out a week later. they gave her all of her money back but now she doesn't have a tooth. good thing it was in the far back. most of the people that i know have had good experiences there and my daughters other work in her mouth was ok. i guess it depends on the dentist you get. i have had a different dentist just about every time i have gone in there. not sure if they are accepting new patients but can go in as an emergency at 7am.
Donna
RE: Free Dental help - Shoresresident - 12-04-2011
Thanks for the information. It is sad that people with no insurance has to resort too just pulling their teeth.
RE: Free Dental help - liskir - 12-04-2011
http://jimhumble.biz/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=17&Itemid=37
This might be an inexpensive option? There's a lady in Kau who has a supply.
RE: Free Dental help - Bullwinkle - 12-05-2011
Funny how "third world countries" have more access to dental care
did my last 2 crowns in mexico --- 500$ for a root canal and crown ...add the air fare of 435 r/t still beats local prices by half to two thirds even without insurance.
If needed, they make up the crown while you wait - gets delivered by a bicycle messenger an hour or two after the impressions are taken - saves a return visit.
BTW my "mexican" dentist trained at Loma Linda dental school...... lives in san diego, crosses the border with his patients in the morning..... go figure
RE: Free Dental help - Guest - 12-05-2011
free market at work.... We unfortunately don't have free market health care.
“Setting a good example is a far better way to spread ideals than through force of arms.”
-Ron Paul
RE: Free Dental help - whalesong - 12-05-2011
quote:Bay Clinic Kea’au dental office on Mondays, Tuesdays or Thursdays at (808) 930-0415 to make an appointment.
Originally posted by Shoresresident
I am wondering if anyone knows about the Mobile Dentist in Pahoa?? Do they charge you anything? How do you ccontact them? Do they help with root canals? I don't have Dental insurance and need help ASAP?? Any other free Dental help out there??
From my experience with the only root canal I have had it created more problems than I originally started out with. I opted out of two suggested and went with replacement of the filling. Good thing I did, no problems with those two teeth at all. If you have a unhealthy organ, you don't leave it in, same thing with the tooth. It only creates more problems. Until you can make it to the dentist, just suck on clove.
http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/cloves.html
Folklore says that sucking on two whole Cloves without chewing or swallowing them helps to curb the desire for alcohol. Traditional Chinese physicians have long used cloves to treat indigestion, diarrhea, hernia, and ringworm, as well as athlete's foot and other fungal infections. India's traditional Ayurvedic healers have used Cloves since ancient times to treat respiratory and digestive ailments. The medieval German herbalists used cloves as part of anti-gout mixture. Early American Eclectic physicians used cloves to treat digestive complaints, and they added it to bitter herbal medicines to make them more palatable. They were also the first to extract clove oil from the herbal buds, which they used on the gums to relieve toothache. A few drops of the oil in water will stop vomiting, and an infusion will relieve nausea. Essential oil of clove is effective against strep, staph and pneumomocci bacterias. Contemporary herbalists recommend vloves for digestive complaints and its oil for toothache. The primary chemical constituents include eugenol, caryophyllene, and tannins. Cloves are said to have a positive effect on stomach ulcers, vomiting, flatulence, and to stimulate the digestive system. It has powerful local antiseptic and mild anesthetic actions. Japanese researchers have discovered that like many spices, clove contains antioxidants. Antioxidants help prevent the cell damage that scientists believe eventually causes cancer. On the other hand, in laboratory tests, the chemical eugenol, has been found to be a weak tumor promoter, making clove one of many healing herbs with both pro- and anti-cancer effects. At this point, scientists aren't sure which way the balance tilts. Until they are, anyone with a history of cancer should not use medicinal amounts of clove. For otherwise healthy non-pregnant, non-nursing adults, powdered clove is considered nontoxic. Additionally, dentists have used clove oil as an oral anesthetic. They also used it to disinfect root canals. Clove oil still is an active ingredient in several mouthwash products and a number of over-the-counter toothache pain-relief preparations. Cloves kill intestinal parasites and exhibits broad anti-microbial properties against fungi and bacteria, thus supporting its traditional use as a treatment for diarrhea, intestinal worms, and other digestive ailments. Like many culinary spices, Cloves helps relax the smooth muscle lining of the digestive tract. And finally, eating cloves is said to be aphrodisiac.
Alternative Dentistry
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