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I have incredible tooth pain rn and I'm not employed and don't have dental insurance. To my knowledge a hospital won't do anything unless it's an emergency. But it's not like I can do much of anything besides attempt to sleep through it and treat it with oral benzocaine and oragel. It's been like this on and off for the last 4 years. I'm so distraught that I'm considering waking into traffic. I hate this and just want to stop existing. Is there anything y'all can recommend? I'm in Pinellas county Florida if that helps. Currently donating plasma and the sodium citrate is seemingly making the pain worse.

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[โ€“] Babs@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Have you called the community dental clinic? They're a nonprofit that says they do free dental care for uninsured people in your county. https://communitydtlclinic.org/

Or if you can get together $80 you can get seen at a county clinic, but that might just be for an exam and not treatment. https://pinellas.floridahealth.gov/programs-and-services/clinical-and-nutrition-services/dental/index.html

My first thought was to look into what it would take to get you on Medicaid (a process I've done dozens of times in my state), but apparently Florida only does it for parents of children and blind people? Awful.

[โ€“] HexBeara@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Half blind, could just pluck out my left eye and be good to go