{"id":343,"date":"2014-08-15T21:00:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-16T01:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/blog\/?p=343"},"modified":"2014-08-15T21:00:44","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T01:00:44","slug":"i-cant-afford-a-crown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/blog\/i-cant-afford-a-crown\/","title":{"rendered":"I can&#8217;t afford a crown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what to do. I&#8217;m in tears. I need a dental crown, but I just can&#8217;t afford it. I hate being poor. I&#8217;ve been looking for a job. In the meantime I&#8217;m working at a McDonalds. It covers our bills, but barely and there is certainly no room for anything else. \u00a0What do I do?<\/p>\n<p>Deanna S. &#8211; Little Rock, AR<\/p>\n<p>Deanna,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m sorry for what you&#8217;re going through. Believe me, I&#8217;ve been there. I&#8217;m assuming you said you cannot afford the crown because your dentist is expecting you to pay the whole thing up front?<\/p>\n<p>Most dentists are more compassionate than that and would help you with a payment plan that fits your budget. There are sow and even no interest payment plans that are available. If your dentist is unwilling to work with you, I&#8217;d do a search for an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/tulsa-affordable-dentist\/\">affordable dentist<\/a>&#8220;. They&#8217;re generally willing to do payments.<\/p>\n<p>You also have the option of getting something temporary, like a dental flipper, while you save up for a crown.<\/p>\n<p>This blog is brought to you by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.regiondental.com\/\">Tulsa Dentist<\/a> Dr. Ryan Noah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t know what to do. I&#8217;m in tears. I need a dental crown, but I just can&#8217;t afford it. I hate being poor. 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