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pandakill in seattle

low cost dental clinics?

Oct 10, 2009 20:25

not so fun story!!!!: so my boyfriend and i were in southern california visiting family and visited a theme park while we were there. we made the mistake of going on a wooden coaster which caused us to leave the ride with wrenched backs and a cracked molar my boyfriend discovered later when he swallowed a piece of it while eating. egghhhh ( Read more... )

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perdita_dream October 11 2009, 03:36:48 UTC

UW has a clinic for low-income patients. It is in their dental school. My ex went there several times. A major drawback is that you have to pay up-front, before you get treatment, but it is a lot less than going to a regular dentist. I think the maximum fee was $250 or so a couple of years ago.

He also got a wisdom tooth pulled for free there (or was it Harborview...) but only after it was bad enough he had to go to the ER for it. They have some "charity care" programs for the extremely disadvantaged.

pandakill October 11 2009, 06:56:22 UTC

thanks! ill definitely look into the dental school.

alohawolf October 11 2009, 03:48:01 UTC

Rode on Ghostrider did you?

schwarze_krahe October 11 2009, 04:39:19 UTC

This.

Great ride, rough though.

pandakill October 11 2009, 06:54:59 UTC

hahaha yes. howd you know? it used to be okay, now it just wants to ruin lives. or molars.

alohawolf October 11 2009, 07:11:44 UTC

Only Wooden Coaster in California IIRC, and I used to work at knotts.

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yourwateryhands October 11 2009, 03:51:55 UTC

I had a really good experience at Sea Mar (in Bellingham when I was living there, I have not gone in Seattle) and they had no problems taking me without insurance.

supa October 11 2009, 04:28:00 UTC

Seattle Vo tech..on 22nd and Jackson

sgiffy October 11 2009, 04:38:07 UTC

I am curios how you both managed to hurt yourselves so badly on a goddamn roller-coaster....

loree October 11 2009, 05:40:15 UTC

Some of the big wooden coasters can be pretty rough. I had bruises for more than a week after a turn on the Texas Giant.

Anyway -- OP, try the UW Dental School.

omgzitsmollie October 11 2009, 18:53:52 UTC

I live near Six Flags Over Texas in Arlington.

I'm too chicken to ride the Texas Giant.

octalpussy October 11 2009, 06:06:09 UTC

Have you ever been on a gigantic wooden roller coaster before? I got a dislocated shoulder and broken wrist on one in TX before they took out several thousand feet of track. The wooden ones don't absorb the shock like the fancy aluminum ones do. Awesome ride, but no one walks away without at least a few bumps and bruises.

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