Due to popular demand the Cancer Fairy Godmother has been asked if she can find information on how to find free or low cost dental care. Going through cancer therapy is an especially difficult time, so we want to do all we can to help cure cancer by staying healthy, including taking preventative measures for oral health before they become more serious.
Here are some sources to help you find dental care:
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- Donated Dental Services has at least one program coordinator in each state
- Find a Federally Qualified Health Center
- Contact the nearest dental school
- Learn how to obtain health insurance with Cover the Uninsured
- Read Finding Low-Cost Dental Care, a resource from the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
- Various professional associations help with “find-a-dentist” tools online:
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Hello my name is Amanda joann Hamilton and Im a 34 year old mother of three that went through breast cancer 4 years ago and so far i am in remission and very thankful for it. However the Chemo and radiation treatments took a horriable tole on my teeth and i have no means of being able to have them fixed. I have had a few taken out here and there and yes I’ve even taken out a few myself. My whole mouth hurts a good magority of the time and I am really in need of some type of assitance. please find it in your heart to try and help me. But if you cant i will understand and sure pray God will continue to bless the work you all are doing.
Sincerly,
Amanda J Hamilton
Please help me help my sister. she has cancer and has lost her top plate. She has no money.
Thanks,
Millie Taggart (her sister)
I have a sister who was diagnoses with ready cancer at age 34. She has been in remission for the last 3 years, but doctors recently found a spot on her thigh. She is scared to death and doesn’t know how she will be able to face this next round in her life. The chemo has taken an awful toll on her once-beautiful smile. She has lost all self confidence and hope. I’m asking anyone who has any dental experience to please consider her as a potential patient. She has no insurance and really no way of paying for all the work she needs. I have a big God and I know He is in control and can provide a way. Please if this story touches you in any way to help, know you would be an answer to her prayer! Thank you for reading!!
Brooke (a loving sister)
My husband has had chemotherapy for melanoma cancer and his once nice smile has turned into terror…when he eats he loses a piece of tooth everytime…his front teeth are halfway and are black now…his back teeth are just breaking slowly and he has pain that just won’t go…He use to be a joker and make everyone laugh but lately the laughter has turned silent…please all his teeth are horrible looking and I don’t know if he has any infections…he is done with chemotherapy for over a year now…someone with a kind heart please let me know if you can help him regain his sense of self again…thank you…