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Not true!

Anyone can go to dental as an emergency and be seen... Go directly to the dental clinic!

That's exactly what I did and many others do and it works........

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Not true!

Anyone can go to dental as an emergency and be seen... Go directly to the dental clinic!

That's exactly what I did and many others do and it works........

no, not any vet can be seen by the va dentist, at least not at the va I go to, have tried. you have to be either service connected for dental problems, 100% either way, or be in Voc. Rehab. or going through ILS, which works with voc rehab, if any vet can get in, that would be a good thing, but the va regulations state other wise.

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>Go directly to the dental clinic!

Hello Seattle,

Seattle VARO Dental clinic, was very rude when I tried to get an infected molar looked at. They recomended I do it myself. Said alot of vets pull their own.

I ended up at a migrant workers clinic in Wenatchee. They charged a couple hundred to pull it. I waited nearly a month, hoping the pain would go away before getting it pulled. I would not like to leave vets with less than 100%SC status, with the impression that the DVA will give them Dental care, emergency or not. I offered to pay for it & they refused to discuss it.

If Voc-rehab, (ILS veterans) recieve dental examination or treatment with less than 100% SC, it doesn't happen through the Spokane VAMC. It might elsewhere, but not here.

It's at the discresion of the individual VAMC facilities, to decide how funding is spent & who it's spent on.

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I'm very sorry to hear about what happened with the Seattle VAMC Dental Clinic.

I have had excellent care and most everyone I know has also. Another vet I know is in the process of having dental implants done there right now.

You do NOT have to be 100% for a dental emergency, but I guess it depends on the VAMC on whether or not they are willing to see you. If they refused to see me however...I would be seeing my Congressperson upclose and personal, but that's just me.

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>You do NOT have to be 100% for a dental emergency, but I guess it depends on the VAMC on whether or not they are willing to see you.

Hello Seattle,

That may be true, but it's not for everyone I guess. It's good to hear you were treated though.

I'm 30% SC , but have no SC for dental. I only know what I've been advised by VA personnel. And that is, if it's not SC or I'm not rated 100%SC or TDIU, forget about it when it comes to dental. That was according to the ER, Dental & the clinic.

It's not likely they'll recognize the diagnoses of MS since it wasn't diagnosed by one of their Dr's. So I doubt I'll be going there again.

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