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Healthpoint Family Care
1 review for Healthpoint Family Care
As a college student, I didn't always have the luxury of dental insurance. So after an adventuresome night of drinking, I chipped my front teeth. Luckily at the time I was in a country that provided universal health and dental services to all inhabitants (Scotland). Unfortunately, I soon returned to my homeland that doesn't share the same priorities.
I had damaged the root of my front tooth, and if I didn't want to walk around with a grey smile, I needed a crown. So I called around dentist's office all over the Tri-state, inquiring about their price. Had they mistaken me? I wasn't asking for a royal "crown." Just something to make me presentable. I soon realized that subsidized dental care is all I could afford.
Healthpoint works on a sliding scale. The more you make the more you pay (and vice versa). My crown was only going to cost $270, a fraction of what other dentists were going to charge. So I went, had my tooth whittled down to a nub, and was fit with a temporary crown. Unfortunately, early Saturday morning (when the office was closed, nonetheless), I bit into a slice of pizza that contained more than pepperoni. I'd chewed up my crown and the only thing left was my nub tooth.
Horror of all horrors...even in my nightmares I'd never looked so terrifying. To this day, I have reoccurring dreams about it. I spent the entire weekend in my basement with a wad of chewing gum covering my disfigured tooth.
Monday, I was seen right away and fitted with another temporary crown. With a few minor adjustments, I was pleased with my permanent fixture. And I couldn't complain about the cost.
I've gone to Healthpoint for cleanings, too. Annoyingly, you have to make two appointments for a cleaning: one for the X-rays (which are sent to the lab) and another for the actual cleaning. But again, if you don't have dental insurance, this beats the alternative.