Reply #115: Good Advice Missy!

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I'm lucky to have a non-profit dental clinic near my place of work. We also have a dental clinic at the health department in the County where I live. Both are much more accessible than a regular dentist for low/moderate income people w/out dental insurance. I am lucky that I can tuck my tax refund into a savings account and use it for expenses outside of the planned, monthly ones.

I hadn't been to a dentists since I lost my dental insurance and knew that I needed a couple of fillings & some work on an old filling in a chipped tooth from childhood. The non-profit dental clinic charged me 1/2 of what a dentist would have. If a person has little financial means, I think they can get free care. Not sure if it covers dentures - probably not... but the clinic is awesome and I wish everyone had access to one just like it. You can at least get cleanings/fillings, etc. at a reduced cost or even at no cost.