Bridging the Dental Gap

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Bridging the Dental Gap is a non-profit public health dental clinic that services low income and Medicaid patientsPatients with qualifying income receive a discount for services rendered
The patient in question qualified for a 60%
discountWhen she came to our offices in May she had an infected #tooth that was not able to be saved and needed to be extracted to heal infection and relieve the painThis was a simple tooth extraction and was completed without complications and removed completelyThe full regular fee for these services was $and she received a discount of $leaving her to pay $On the date of service she paid $
Extractions can have a variety of complications including spicules of bones, dry socket, pain, infection, etc
Three months later, in August she returned with the extraction area bothering herSince she had not made a payment on her balance from May, she was asked to make a payment that day of $
An evaluation was completed; including radiographs showing complete removal of tooth in questionIt was discovered that she had a bone spicule in the extraction site that could be excised or worked out on its own with toothbrushing/massaging the areaShe did not choose to have the area excised during that visit
We did not charge for these later services
Since she did receive care to extract the infected tooth, which was done, we believe we are due to be compensated for that service
The balance left from the original service is $We would be willing to accept the amount already paid as payment in full