When I lived in the states, dental insurance was always cheap. Really cheap. $5-$10 per month. I think it generally included a couple of cleanings per year and

When I lived in the states, dental insurance was always cheap. Really cheap. $5-$10 per month. I think it generally included a couple of cleanings per year and an xray, plus a discount on other sorts of things. It isn't perfect, mind you, but it sure beats paying for dental out-of-pocket when you make $10-12/hr. It sure beat paying for wisdom tooth removal out of pocket, especially when one has to go to an oral surgeon to deal with complicated removals. And so on. It never actually made sense to go without it because it was so cheap, more so at a low wage. It wasn't that you could afford the treatments so much, but rather that when things went horribly wrong you didn't have to be in pain so long.