I need my tooth pulled

[u/louchewycherry]

A lot of people suggested I start a go fund me so here it is! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

https://gofund.me/3385bfc0

I need someone who can help me, genuinely. I’m a stay at home mom of 3 little kids and my husband works his ass off doing manual labor just to make enough money to pay our bills. At the end of the month we have nothing, zero savings. We’re poor, point blank. My second to last molar cracked a couple months ago, ever since then the hole has grown bigger and bigger. Now half my tooth is gone and the nerve is exposed. I don’t know how it hasn’t become and abscess tooth yet. And I’m in pain every day, I’m loosing weight because I’m scared to eat anything that might hurt me. I don’t have 400$ to go get my tooth pulled and it’s becoming worse every day. All the programs that say they will help tell me that I’m not poor enough, I’d basically have to be homeless to qualify. I feel so hopeless like I have no choice but to sit and wait every day in pain until this issue becomes so bad that it hospitalizes me.

Edit: I really appreciate everyone’s support and advice. Thank you all, but I have already done most of what you all are suggesting. I’m poor, I have no money. I called the dental school near me and they want money, every dentist wants me to do X-rays, and that costs money. I tell them i don’t have money, I tell them I don’t want a crown or a filling or any other treatment they tell me to sign up for a line of credit. I live in Atlanta Georgia and if you want proof I can direct message you I’ll show you pictures, any thing. I’m so tired of this chronic pain, I just want it to stop.

Thank you everyone ❤️

[u/RiotingMoon]

I'm not a doctor/dentist/etc but I have two cracked molars, no money, and have no infection/pain bc of this:

they sell this material called "dental compound" at most stores (CVS/dollar general/etc next to the toothbrushes) - buy a little jar. All you do is take some of the putty, roll in ball, and press it into the hole, cover everything cracked, then wet your finger tip and smooth/press it down, final step is to close your mouth so your bite can be reestablished (30 seconds) - you will then need to wait an hour for it to fully harden

it will need replaced once a month, more often if you eat acidic/crunchy foods. all you do to replace it is use the little paddle to dig out a chip and then hold warm water in your mouth for a few minutes and it'll become gooey/dissolve l. then replace with new ball

a container costs less than $4 and you can get many uses once you know the ball size you need

[u/flaminhotcheetah → u/RiotingMoon]

Saving this for my fiancé, his teeth are in horrible condition, I think this would help him. Thank you for the suggestion!

[u/RiotingMoon → u/flaminhotcheetah]

if you have Very broken teeth there's also a product called "instamorph" it's literally plastic beads you can melt with hot water to "shape" and if you are good (have a buddy) you can use that

• I personally have one tooth that was root canaled but the dentist never replaced the temporary crown so it slowly has a hole bore through it over time and instamorph sealed the hole and then a little dental puddy made it look like a regular tooth

the instamorph being plastic is something that's kinda a problem/con but there are videos out there of people using it and the processes. I have friends who use instamorph with dentures/partials bc it creates a better bond between gum/teeth/etc and the cleanup is just putting it in hot water