No dental insurance? How to find a competent, but cheap dentist

With health insurance costs rising at an alarming rate, many of us can no longer pay for a comprehensive health insurance package that's affordable. Most often, we opt to drop our dental insurance before giving up medical insurance. You may rightly assume that there's a lot more that can go wrong with your body than with your teeth.

Nonetheless, when you've got a toothache, but no dental insurance, you need to quickly locate a good, but cheap dentist around. Here are a few clues on locating the elusive, discount dentist who can expertly extract you from your woeful spot.

Recommendations from trusted friends are your best first bet. You want to hear from friends who have had a root canal, extraction or other serious work done.

If your friend with Hollywood-white teeth tells you about the great and cheap dentist who cleans her teeth every 6 months, this recommendation doesn't count for much. After all, when you're facing an extraction, you want to know that this very cheap dentist doesn't use a pair of pliers and his foot!
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