Twenty-four year old dies from toothache and delayed dental treatment
A 24 year old man in Cincinnati could not survive a dental infection after complications set in. He had be experiencing dental pain in his wisdom tooth. Though he did go to the dentist where he was informed by the dentist that the tooth would need to be pulled. He fail to have the tooth pulled due to lack of money since he did not a current job or insurance to help pay for the needed dental care.
However his condition became worse and the pain spread giving him unbearable headaches. Although he was prescribed some painkillers and antibiotics at the emergency room, chose not to buy the antibiotics paying only for the painkillers as he could not afford to buy the medicines. The infection in his tooth spread to the brain causing an inflammation in his brain, which claimed his life.
Many people do not take dental care seriously and completely avoid even simple dental check-ups. It pays to know that one can lose their life to dental disease if it is not treated on time. This could have been avoid. There are many low cost dental plan that could have cut the cost of dental care by half if not more. Also there are dental clinics that will help low income people if you can not afford dental insurance. Know your resources and maintain proper dental care.