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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / September 2005Western Dental Center?
My wife needs dental care. We are of extremely limited means, so much so that even doing a $100 extraction is stretching it to the max to pull off. And that's not even the most desirable option obviously; a root canal would be. There is this other organization called El Rio Clinic (I am in Tucson) and they have reduced rates, they charge a $40 registration fee and would offer reduced rates for any work (though I don't know how reduced) although I am not sure if they would take payments. The Western Dental Center charges $65 but that includes an exam etc. Plus, if you need a root canal--they said it would run 300-550 to do, which definitely sounds low (but then, are they forgetting that much more for a crown which would need to be done also I'd think?) regardless they would take 20% down on any work like that. I am not sure what to do. I do hear of Western Dental being a "dental mill," makes it sound like it's inferior or as if getting work done by them would be as "cheesy" or desperate as getting a television or furniture from one of those rent-to-own places. An appointment has been made for them tomorrow but I'm thinking the thing to do is for me to go to El Rio Clinic and found out what they would charge & what payment plans would exist etc. Tips? LRH > Tips? Sure, drop your internet access, stop eating out, watch movies on TV instead of at the show, buy your clothes at Wal-Mart, etc. and save enough to pay for decent care. Perhaps you have skills which can be traded for service? Or, you might need to bite the bullet, get rid of this tooth, and work hard to train for a better job. There are ways to accomplish anything you want if you sacrifice and work hard.  Signature/ Amatus / > My wife needs dental care. We are of extremely limited means, so much so > that even doing a $100 extraction is stretching it to the max to pull off. [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > > LRH Oh I wish it were that simple ....... Joel >> Tips? > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >to train for a better job. There are ways to accomplish anything you want >if you sacrifice and work hard. Aahhhh.... the American Dream! > Sure, drop your internet access, stop eating out, watch movies on TV instead > of at the show, buy your clothes at Wal-Mart, etc. and save enough to pay [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > > > LRH >Aahhhh.... the American Dream! WHOT?????? A year's free food at Applebee's? >> Sure, drop your internet access, stop eating out, watch movies on TV instead >> of at the show, buy your clothes at Wal-Mart, etc. and save enough to pay [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] >> > >> > LRH > >Aahhhh.... the American Dream! > > WHOT?????? A year's free food at Applebee's? Eh... no, I was referring to dropping your internet access for 5 months to pay for an extraction... though those Honey BBQ Baby Backs do look rather tasty... >> >Aahhhh.... the American Dream! >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >to pay for an extraction... though those Honey BBQ Baby Backs do look >rather tasty... I got the record ... 18 months of paying nothing for internet access! Now I pay $9.95 per month ...... at home. But I gots DSL in the office ....... OK, dropping 10 months of internet access, then... Applebee's even do "a mini-vacation in a salt-rimmed glass", which should cut down on vacation costs... that would represent quite a substantial saving. > >> >Aahhhh.... the American Dream! > >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > But I gots DSL in the office ....... >> >Aahhhh.... the American Dream! >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >to pay for an extraction... though those Honey BBQ Baby Backs do look >rather tasty... Better yet, sell the computer and get the tooth fixed. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com Where's Falp when you need him? >Where's Falp when you need him? Somewhere going 'full osseous' no doubt. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > >Where's Falp when you need him? > > Somewhere going 'full osseous' no doubt. There are some boners in that blog (IMO), but... yeah, that could be it. Maybe he'll be around later. W_B wrote: > >Where's Falp when you need him? > Somewhere going 'full osseous' no doubt. There are some boners in that blog (IMO), but... yeah, that could be it. Maybe he'll be around later. Flap: After all these years....somebody finally GOT it! Flap http://flapsblog.com >W_B wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > >Flap Thought you had been givin' it to them for years. <hehe> -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > >Flap: > > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Thought you had been givin' it to them for years. <hehe> Nothing wrong with being a late starter... Enjoy :-) ! >> >Flap: >> > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > >Nothing wrong with being a late starter... Enjoy :-) ! Pitching or Catching ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > Pitching or Catching ? I was assuming this was about "pitching", but again, you would have to ask Falp. >> Pitching or Catching ? > >I was assuming this was about "pitching", but again, you would have to >ask Falp. Which team do you play for ? Think we already know about falp. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com "W_B" <no_one@nowhere.net> wrote | | Pitching or Catching ? | -- Switch hitter. SignatureRoy rem NADA to reply >"W_B" <no_one@nowhere.net> wrote | >| Pitching or Catching ? >| -- > >Switch hitter. Yikes ! -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >> >Where's Falp when you need him? >> [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >Maybe he'll be around later. Rising to the occaision no doubt. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > >Where's Falp when you need him? > > Somewhere going 'full osseous' no doubt. I never realized the 'full osseous' bit was a euphemism up until now (got sidetracked by the 'flap'). Thanks for clarifying that! W_B wrote: > >Where's Falp when you need him? > Somewhere going 'full osseous' no doubt. I never realized the 'full osseous' bit was a euphemism up until now (got sidetracked by the 'flap'). Thanks for clarifying that! Flap: If you only knew.....LOL...... >Where's Falp when you need him? Eatin' falp jacks ......... at Pancake House! On 8 Sep 2005 14:40:04 -0700, "letsconnect" <letsconn...@myway.com> wrote: >Where's Falp when you need him? Eatin' falp jacks ......... at Pancake House! Flap: Nahhhh on a low carb type of diet. Let'sConnect..... you live in Ireland, right? Flap loves that brown bread and if I am wrong and you are in the U.K Flap loves your bread there too! But, alas not on the diet. The full boney one at http://flapsblog.com > Let'sConnect..... you live in Ireland, right? > > Flap loves that brown bread and if I am wrong and you are in the U.K > Flap loves your bread there too! Wrong... anyway, the connection between the (as you phrase it) "full osseous" and the, ahem, "flap" only registered with me after W_B alerted me to the fact... I didn't even know you were referring to *that* flap until you mentioned "brown bread". Anyways - have a great holiday, "brown bread" and all :-) ! (now we've figured out how your blog manages to rank so highly in Google... I'll have to check it out in more detail ;-P). Flap wrote: > Let'sConnect..... you live in Ireland, right? > Flap loves that brown bread and if I am wrong and you are in the U.K > Flap loves your bread there too! Wrong... anyway, the connection between the (as you phrase it) "full osseous" and the, ahem, "flap" only registered with me after W_B alerted me to the fact... I didn't even know you were referring to *that* flap until you mentioned "brown bread". Anyways - have a great holiday, "brown bread" and all :-) ! (now we've figured out how your blog manages to rank so highly in Google... I'll have to check it out in more detail ;-P). Dang.... I though for sure you were Irish.....you remind me very much of a friend of mine in Dublin - Sheelah ...great gal! Nopers, I am not there...am home in California. Actually fullosseousflap was a nickname I used for a game called Counter-Strike. But, you can interpret it anyway you wish. Still love the Irish brown bread though. It ranks high in google because I write too much! Flap http://flapsblog.com >> Let'sConnect..... you live in Ireland, right? >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >figured out how your blog manages to rank so highly in Google... I'll >have to check it out in more detail ;-P). Not sure what you mean about "brown bread" but have a vivid imagination. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com >>> Let'sConnect..... you live in Ireland, right? >>> [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >Not sure what you mean about "brown bread" but have a vivid imagination. Wait ! Is it like the brown eye ? -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com > Wait ! > > Is it like the brown eye ? I would assume so, yes. But you would have to ask Falp (he's the one coming up with all these ambiguous euphemisms). On 8 Sep 2005 18:41:28 -0700, "letsconnect" <letsconn...@myway.com> wrote: >Flap wrote: >> Let'sConnect..... you live in Ireland, right? >> Flap loves that brown bread and if I am wrong and you are in the U.K >> Flap loves your bread there too! >Wrong... anyway, the connection between the (as you phrase it) "full >osseous" and the, ahem, "flap" only registered with me after W_B >alerted me to the fact... I didn't even know you were referring to >*that* flap until you mentioned "brown bread". >Anyways - have a great holiday, "brown bread" and all :-) ! (now we've >figured out how your blog manages to rank so highly in Google... I'll >have to check it out in more detail ;-P). Not sure what you mean about "brown bread" but have a vivid imagination. Flap's Reply: Hehe! Flap http://flapsblog.com You rang? Flap http://flapsblog.com Larry R Harrison Jr WROTE, My wife needs dental care. We are of extremely limited means, so much so that even doing a $100 extraction is stretching it to the max to pull off. And that's not even the most desirable option obviously; a root canal would be. REPLY Patient-to-doctor, doctor-to-patient ...... Hi Larry, Joel M. Eichen DDS here. You are so right! I have struggled with this for an entire dental career. But I have found a happy medium. Whenever people of limited means visit me, dentistry becomes affordable for them. Why? That's my advertising. I always prefer to dispense $100 worth of affordable dentistry, or dispense $100 worth of dentistry for fifty bucks, or even for ten bucks. Why? Its better to "spend my advertising money" helping patients than handing it over to advertising companies. It costs dentists $500 or $1,000 for a cheezy-ad that runs in a weekly throw away paper that nobody reads. TRUE! Now if you are still with me, or if anyone else is, I will offer you suggestions how to get on board with this. Now if Dr. Steve or anyone else wants to learn how to get MORE PATIENTS and patients want to learn how to find GOOD DOCTORS, better signal by replying and saying something. Just an "amen" will do although whatever people have to say is always warmly appreciated. If thgere are two of us or more, that's enough. That's a conversation. If I am talking to myself, well then I'll quit as I am in trouble for too many words already. Joel SignatureJoel344 >My wife needs dental care. We are of extremely limited means, so much so >that even doing a $100 extraction is stretching it to the max to pull off. >And that's not even the most desirable option obviously; a root canal would >be. If $100 is your budget, perhaps an extraction is your best choice. -- W_B Take out the G'RBAGE wubbabubbazG@RBAGEyahoo.com |
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