I have been in the past diagnosed with periodontis, and was receiving treatments for it, but the treatments (not covered at all by the military's poor excuse for a dental plan) were eating up all my income, and that was when I was able to work...now, I am about to go through a divorce, and won't have even the military's dental plan, but will have Medicare, as I am disabled, due to a severe chemical burn that left me blind and neurological pain that cripples me on many days But I looked up Medicare and it said it doesn't cover primary dental, so it won't cover periodontal treatments? I really need to get this taken care of...I have large pockets, some teeth have been crushed by impacted wisdom teeth and broken off partially, and many dental problems. How and where can I get help with my dental needs? I am on Social Security and will be on Medicare soon...but Medicare doesn't cover this, and my current dental plan doesn't, and I'm going to have a hard time just paying rent and groceries with SSI. My neurological pain is bad enough, this is not helping at all...all this pain all the time is driving me insane. Help?
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I'm a dentist. That's a tough one. Obviously, without being able to see your mouth I cannot make any recommendations that I am confident would be appropriate for you. But judging from what you're saying--i.e. that you have many dental problems--you might be a good candidate for having all of your teeth removed and getting complete dentures. Financially and medically, that may be your best bet. Only a doctor who actually examines your mouth can determine whether or not that is actually the case. There are practices--albeit rare--that do take Medicare.
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