friend needs dental work, no insurance?

what can she do? she lives in MD, said she needs exstensive work done, and the dentist said he couldn't help, she is only one of 98% of people who have the same prob.

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Is there any possibility that she's eligible for medicaide or social assistance (i.e., welfare, Jewish Family Services . she doesn't need to be Jewish to get help!)? That would be the first thing I'd check into, if I were her.

There are some dentists that work with a program (I forget the name) that finances dental work.kind of like a credit card, but only for dentists. She might look into that too.
Finally, she might check with local dental colleges. A lot of them will do low-cost or free dental work in trade for the experience. It may not be the BEST option, but its better than nothing at all.
This is one link I found: http://www.oea.umaryland.edu/gov/community/programs/dental.html

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see if she can get help from a local church
find a dendal school and hope for the best. otherwise most big dental practises will work out a payment plan.
Check to see if her dentist can help her apply for the "dental Credit card", sorry don't know what it is called, we used it with my brother
She if she qualifies for Medicare. Some, but not all, of the Medicare plans in MD offer adult benefits. (Amerigroup is the one I can think of off the top of my head.)
If there is a dental school nearby she could go there and let the dental students work on her. It usually is free or low cost.
maybe the dentist will go by payments?if your dentist offers that!its worth a try!
We have dentists in PA that advertise credit plans. I have dental insurance and, believe me, it doesn't pay much! Check it out, you must have dentists in Maryland that have credit plans. Ours advertises six months interest free. Does Maryland have Medical Assistance for low income? Maybe you could check that out. I wish you the best in finding help for your friend.
I am not trying to be mean, but the dentist is right. I hear that same story everyday. Dentists have to make money somehow, and if they felt sorry for everyone with no insurance, they would end up going bankrupt.

But there are payment plans available through dental finance companies. They usually do a credit check, so your friend would have to not be considered a credit risk.
type your citys name then low-fee or free clinics
If she needs extensive work done which may cost a lot of money, Has she ever thought about going abroad for dental work. Thailand is one of an interesting places which many dentist are graduated and well trained from USA and many of them are American Board in their related field. The hospital and clinic are world class standard. The price is quite cheap, for example, Crown, Bridge is approx USD 260 - 460 and Root Canal Treatment is approx. USD 105 - 310 and etc. Hotel rate is started from USD 25 and you can buy a meal at USD 2 (not in big restaurant). Airfare, for example, approx. USD 1,035 Texas-Bangkok-Texas (rate for Sep 06).
tell her she can go to www.carecredit.com and fill out the form for dental care..She will know within minutes if she has been approved for this program.
Try this web site, they give up to 80% off anything to do with your teeth.
http://www.usabenefits.org

Good Luck!
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