This question came up and I honestly see both sides of it.
Should a dentist be required by law, to not refuse someone medical attention, kinda like an emergency room visit…to preform emergency dental procedures,, like an extraction ? Even if they can’t pay up front or have insurance??

For those of us who have had a bad toothache… we absolutely know how painful and debilitating it is..
But there’s also those people who would absolutely stiff the dentist for his services.

Stiff the dentist?

Dentists should turn them over to a collection agency....maybe ruin their credit...if they have any credit to start with.

If not, then pay up front.

I’m not sure I can say either way , but I do hate that health insurance and dental insurance aren’t considered intertwined.

An infection in a tooth can cause a heart issue . You’d think a heath insurance company would want to stay on top of that.

Are you sure they are not already?? Thinking if you go to the ER with a badly infected tooth that they will treat it...... but I could be wrong on that.

most ERs have a dentist on call for emergency extractions needed if you are going to go septic

YT30, the hospital procedure was then to Rx antibiotics and analgesics as needed and recommend that the patient go to a dentist. I ASSUME that is still the current procedure.......jk

In my neck of the woods,, yes,,, it’s still a thing…
There was a fella here who was in some serious pain because of his tooth and couldn’t find a dentist to help him without money up front or dental insurance.