Gibby - shop relentlessly for a dentist who will work with you financially, and maybe even charge you less than the usual going rate if you explain your health issues. I finally found one. And even still it's going to be very tough on me because I just don't have a lot of money right now. I totally understand where you're coming from. Someone on the forum said if only our parents knew they were allowing dentists to pump us full of mercury from childhood. I sure wish my parents had been better informed. Sometimes I wish I could find the dentist who did this to me as a child and sue him for everything he's got, or have him thrown in jail. Unfortunately it's just not possible so we have to play the cards we're dealt. Totally sucks.