I am 49 years old and all my teeth are bad. I started having some work done about 4 years ago, then I lost my job, my husband lost his job and circumstance after circumstance left us without enough to finish what I started. I wasn't taught, as a child, to properly care for my teeth and I never set foot in a Dentist's office until I was 28 years old. That was to have a tooth extracted.
I feel like I'm sitting here dying a slow death. I have 10 teeth on top and they are ALL broken to some degree. One of my two front teeth has been "dead" since my last visit to a dentist about 3 years ago. At that time, I was told, "You need to get back in here ASAP because you have a lot going on in there." My problem is, there isn't a lot going on in the pocket book. I can't get out and find a job, I have stopped going anywhere or talking to anyone because of my teeth. I'd love to have my smile back, but I'd settle for getting these bad teeth out of my head.
If there is someone who would be willing to pay for me to have my top teeth taken out, that would be fine with me. I just want to be healthy again. Not only have I gone from almost pretty to UGLY, but I went from relatively active to almost non-existant. I read all the time about the "kind hearted Dentist's in the North Texas area who do pro bono work". I can't seem to find one. I would be willing to go to work for someone and pay back the money that it costs to have them pulled. I just don't want to die because my teeth are bad. I feel like I still have something in me to offer the world, but my rotten teeth are preventing me from realizing it.
I've tried to get help from government programs and most of them don't consider dental problems to be part of "health care". I think we need to change that because it affects your overall health in the long run. I also have trouble being "poor enough". I'm not living under a bridge, pushing a shopping cart from shelter to shelter, so I'm not qualified for help.
my email is lindajean49@gmail.com If you can help or you have any suggestions, short of shooting myself, I'd like to hear it.
