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Katie's Emergency Dental Work

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I hate that I am in this position to have to be doing this but I have found myself here with a dental bill that will cost me about $6k.

Yesterday evening I started having a toothache and sensitivity in a tooth that had a root canal about 15-16 years ago. Not wanting this get worse I made an emergency appointment today. I don't know all the technical jargon and this is not my first time having to deal with dental anomalies but the aforementioned tooth is dying for no apparent reason other than all of my past dental trauma from multiple jaw surgeries and years of orthodontics of drastic movement in my teeth.

The tooth is at a point the best course of action is extraction and an implant to replace it. Any other courses of treatment would land me in this exact same position in a very short amount of time, so that would just add on more cost to me. 

None of this falls under preventative and all the procedures and processes to do this are not currently covered by any insurances because they do not fall under the category of "preventative." 

The actual cost of all this is 10k. The practice that will be taking care of me I have been a patient since I was at least 10 years old. My original dentist retired about two years ago and today was my first day with Dr. Jeon Cho. She was wonderful while I broke down in her office this evening because before we even went over finances I knew I couldn't afford any of this. She applied steep discounts on my bill: 50% discount on half the services/procedures and 20% on the other half. Which brings us to $6k after all is said and done.

Today's emergency services that I received, x-rays, consult and diagnosis and temporary relief treatment and multiple (and more at the end to help me get through the rest of evening) novacaine shots were not charged.

After hours of crying and hyperventilating and still currently stressed out of my mind. But I need help and I can't be a hypocrite because I always tell my friends and family that it's not weakness to ask for help when you need it. I'm only setting a goal of $3k for cover my initial cost for this procedure. I would like to fundraise the rest of the $6k but it's taking so much out of me right to just be doing this.

Again, I know this year has been cruel and finances are rough at best for most of us, so even if all you can do is share this that is more than I could have asked for.
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Donations 

  • Anonymous
    • $50
    • 3 yrs
  • Kathleen Guichard
    • $40
    • 4 yrs
  • Pearl Betinol-Lee
    • $200
    • 4 yrs
  • John Buren
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
  • Lisa, Rosie and Sarah Badiee
    • $50
    • 4 yrs
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Katie McAtee
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Diamond Bar, CA

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