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Can the HSE help my dad pay for his dentures?

  • 31-07-2013 4:24pm
    #1
    rawn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,093 ✭✭✭


    My dad had radiotherapy a few years back and it caused his upper teeth to rot and crumble away. He was always very embarrassed about it but opened up about it recently. I convinced him to overcome his lifelong fear of the dentist and he took out a loan from the credit union to pay for the extraction of the bits that were left in his upper gums, which he has now done. Unfortunately, due to us misunderstanding the quote given to us by the dentist (totally our fault) it has turned out to be much more expensive than we anticipated. My dad is now left with no upper teeth and can only eat soft foods, and we can't afford the €800 left to pay for his dentures! The dentist said we can pay half upfront and half after but we can't afford that either, at least not for a year or so as we are just too broke. Someone mentioned to me that seeing as how the radiotherapy caused this to happen, the HSE should have paid for (or helped with) this in the first place, which we didn't know. Just wondering if they can help with the remaining €800 as it would be such a big relief. My dad has a full medical card, which doesn't cover cosmetic dentistry but I don't know that it's exactly classed as cosmetic seeing as it's more of a necessity...

    Any advice welcome :)


Comments

  • #2
    ballsymchugh
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    definitely not cosmetic. he should easily get approval for a denture from a dentist that treats medical card patients. there's a little bit of paperwork to get sorted first, but given his circumstances, i doubt any dental officer would refuse it.


  • #3
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,535 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    ballsymchugh wrote: »
    definitely not cosmetic. he should easily get approval for a denture from a dentist that treats medical card patients. there's a little bit of paperwork to get sorted first, but given his circumstances, i doubt any dental officer would refuse it.
    +1 the medical card will pay for a denture, the dentist need to send for approval, but if you old man has never had a denture before then there will be no issues most likely.


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