Dental care when having clinical depression and anxiety

[Imstruggling1]

I’m in excruciating toothache pain. As I thought about what options I had as someone who doesn’t have any insurance, including dental, I wondered why hospitals have to treat you even without insurance but you have very little to no options in getting dental care. As someone who suffers from clinical depression I stopped caring about myself and can’t bring myself to do simple tasks like showering or brushing my teeth. Now the negligence has caused me to have very bad teeth and I don’t know what I can do about it. It’s like another form of hurting myself without any visible scars

[tiredofstruggle]

Is it possible to get some dental care in an emergency room?

I know what you mean about personal hygiene negligence, I struggle with that sporadically. i just always try to imagine really hard the feeling after taking care of myself, I feel better for sure. But I know it's difficult...

[Blueruth]

Contact a dental school. Once the tooth is gone it doesn’t hurt. You can live without all your teeth without pain…just with annoyance. That’s why they don’t force them to take you.

[Blueruth]

Are you in the us? I buy my own insurance too. What dental insurance? Dental insurance is pathetic. The cost of basic is the same as a yearly exam. They do not cover preexisting conditions and I believe you have to sign up in January. Cost wise insurance isn’t going to help. As an individual the best you can do is a negotiated discount.

In the OPs case they need to find a dental school with students in need of practice. Sounds like there is quite a bit of work needed.

I’m also explaining why they don’t deem dental issues serious enough to require care to be given.