If you’re bleeding from the mouth like a vampire at a garlic festival, congratulations—you’ve unlocked the jackpot. In most places, emergency dental treatment is free to stop you from, you know, dying of sepsis on a public bus. That includes pulling a tooth that’s actively trying to assassinate you or draining an abscess the size of a golf ball.
But here’s the kicker: “emergency” is a very picky term. A dull ache? Sorry, that’s a “you problem.” A tooth that falls out while you’re eating popcorn? Also not an emergency—unless you choke on it, which is a different hospital bill.
