Have you seen Little Shop of Horrors and Steve Martin's dentist character? If not, then go do it right now.

I haven't been to the dentist in almost 10 years. Even with insurance, dental work is expensive. I can no longer avoid it. I have a molar that has been painlessly broken for almost 2 years. I keep it clean, we're all hunky dory. Tuesday it decided my Karma is all bad and I deserve ALL THE MOUTH PAIN. I've been brought to ALL STOP tears a few times in the last few days. Now I need to find a new dentist (one of the reasons I stopped going was that my dentist that I loved moved away and I'm lazy when it comes to these things), and hope for an immediate appointment. Then pay for a root canal, and listen to a lecture about prevention and yadda yadda, be told my wisdom teeth need removed (they don't) and schedule an all day visit to take care of my other issues that are not immediate pain. In the midst of this, literally go to the bank and apply for a loan to cover my dental work. That may sound extreme, but I guarantee that I'll get a better interest rate that way than putting it on a credit care and I have at least a couple of grand of work to do, even with insurance. These last 2 weeks are trying my patience.