Dental Care Should Be Part of Universal Healthcare

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55. Not that it's a terrific option, but extractions can be done at most hospitals

Again, it's not the best option, but it's better than dying of sepsis or even living with excuriating pain, but most large urban hospitals/medical centers can provide extractions, and if one has health insurance, the extraction is covered. I discovered this through necessity with a tooth that had a fractured and accessed root (so even if I had had dental insurance, extraction was the only option).

I have dental insurance now, thanks be, but the costs are still insane and the coverage is poor. For example, I'm having two complicated orthopedic surgeries within the next 10 weeks; I will pay less for them (co-pays and monthly premiums included) than I did for the crown I just had placed. I would have paid even more had I required a root canal as well, but I dodged that bullet this time (and my dentists' rates are extremely fair and their work is excellent).