The Medical University of South Carolina (Charleston) offers an emergency clinic. Generally, fees at dental schools are usually 1/3 to 1/5 the usual and customary fees in the area. You can find more information here and below. In addition, other treatments are available at the school for much lower cost. Learn how to become a patient.

FROM MUSC WEBSITE:

Emergency Care

The College of Dental Medicine has an emergency “walk in” clinic for both assigned and non assigned patients. Patients are seen in the Oral Medicine Clinic (First Floor, Room 119) Monday through Friday at 8:45 AM or 12:45 PM with the exception of Tuesday mornings. The phone number to the Emergency Dental Clinic is (843) 792-2101, option 1. College of Dental Medicine patients that need to be seen after hours for emergencies can call (843) 792-2123 and ask for the dental resident on call.

If you are experiencing severe pain, swelling, or any life threatening situations, please call 911 or present to the nearest Medical Emergency Room. Rendering of emergency care in no way obligates the College of Dental Medicine to assume responsibility for further treatment. If additional care is indicated following emergency treatment, patients must follow the usual screening procedures to qualify for comprehensive care.

I am working a free clinic this weekend and wanted to share some of my experience. Unfortunately, it's been a little cold and wet, yet people stood for hours to get care. We begin treatment in our clinics at 8am, but people were waiting at 1am. For hours they have stood in the cold and rain, hungry with feet hurting. As I walked down the line to offer encouragement, my heart cried. Dental pain is one of the most horrific pains (I've given birth to four kids) you could experience. I wonder why things can't be different. I've been on the road for years working for free because that is how much I believe in what I am doing. My family of six has cut costs by sharing a one bedroom so that we could 'afford' to lose my salary. Yes, things are getting better, a lot better in dentistry. Many of us believe we have a responsibility to those in our communities and are working to make sure they receive care. Yet I am still in a corner crying as I see suffering. For those that believe people with dental problems should take better care of their teeth, be careful what you judge. By grace, it's not you. For those of you in pain, know that people want to change that and are trying very hard. I was born into dental ignorance and I haven't forgotten from where I came.

This Is Not fun for any of us, Each new story I read Normalizes The Story Before it , What a shame this many people ,And A Lot more for sure have to suffer like this, In alot of country`s this would be unheard of, But Here we are looked down on if we are not healthy, Some minor things can make people very ill if left untreated also.I Have in the past wanted to die just because of tooth pain. And live this way daily. Really hard to stay productive when you live in so much pain. And pain alot of people have no idea about ,If they have dental insurance or some at least a job to pay.

I HAD NO WORRIES WHEN I HAD BOTH INSURANCE AND A GOOD JOB.Never thought today would ever come for me either.

  NC MPACT NEEDS YOU ! 

Still in need of dental assistance. Have infections in my mouth for some time.  I am a diabetic and it is important that I get dental assistance as my blood sugar is out of control. I can go into a diabetic coma and die.  I did get a doctor to prescribe antibiotics again.  This is only a temporary fix and than my blood sugar its worse each time. Hve been dosing of driving home from a sub job.  I am getting the tooth extracted but can't afford the bridge and crowns.  Also have a hole in another bridge and it needs to come out and fix the other tooth. tan need another crow on another bad cavity.  Can't understand why the dentical dentis told me I didn't have any cavities and only cleaned my teeth. The dentical doctors didn't do anything for me but allowed this to worsen. I do have pain in my mouth for some time in several areas. I also am a single widow and having financial problems, mortgage etc. Times are hard and barely buying groceries.  Please someone have a caring heart and help a widow in need. God bless you for your help. Suzanne

I have noticed that most people and all information pertaining to this page is dedicated to those in the USA. Does it matter that I am in Canada. I still need help desperately and havn't seen such a great website better yet, a website forum at all.

I hope this doesn't matter, we all suffer with the same issues and pain and need help. I was just wondering if i still qualify 

Many of you are asking about the Referral Program for Smiles For Less

You get paid $50.00 cash per referral

Referral Rules:

The person giving us the referral must send us the following to be eligible: Name, Telephone number, and E-mail information of the person they are referring as well as thier own Name and mailing address and telephone number.

We spend a lot of time with each person before they go and on the trip which is usually 2-4 days long.  The person that goes to the dentist is who tells us how they heard of us and that is put in thier file. 

We ask everyone we take if anyone referred them.  Sometimes they don't remember the name of the person they spoke to and that is okay because we match up the referrals sent to us by the person doing the referral.

If you refer one person and his/her whole family decided to go but you only really talked to one person from that family.  You only get credit for the person you talked to.  If that person talks to his/her relatives and gets them interested and they go he/she is entitled to the credit. 

Now if you are smart and get a referral's information and he/she gives you names, telephone numbers, and e-mail information on other members of his family or friends that might go and you send me that information YOU would get the $50.00 per person of whoever goes to the dentist. 

As long as you provided the information to us we'll know you referred them.  E-mail the information to us at: Smilesforless@email.com in the subject line of your e-mail in caps name your referral (SMILES-REFERRAL) We will e-mail you the status of the person you referred as follows: No contact, Not interested, Possible, Finance, or Helped.

(No contact)= means you should check the information you sent us because we can not get in touch with them.    

(Not interested)=means they we contacted them and do not want to be bothered.

(Possible)=means they are still thinking about it and/or in the process of making the plans with us.

(Finance)=means they are having problems getting the financing.  You are welcome try and help if you can.

(Helped)=means they have gone and you will or have already gotten paid $50.00

When you want to check the status of someone you referred Please put the Subject as (REFERRAL STATUS) and email us at smilesforless@email.com which is our corporate office e-mail and our other e-mail address smiles@smilesforless.com is what we use for most of the preliminary work we do. Always if you have any questions you can contact me at 850-225-6516.  Sincerely, Nancy McGuire

Hi , My names jeremy, im a 26 yr old father of 1 with 1 on the way. i need help all my top teeth are severly rotted and cause immense pain. I work at a resteraunt making 7.00 a hr and cant afford any more bills than i already have with the baby on the way. Can someone please help.