Assistance with orthodontics for child with cleft palate?!
Question:
Assistance with orthodontics for child with cleft palate?
My son is 14 and we are having a hard time finding help getting braces for him. They are expensive and I can't travel far to get them as I have three younger kids at home. We used to use the Shriners but it got too difficult for me to go out of state. We're in Missouri and it's impossible to find an orthodontist that takes medicaid. My husband makes too much to qualify for assistance (there's a program that pays for care and medicaid pays them back) but with a family of 6 and bills, we don't have the money to pay cash. I'd like to know of a dental insurance company or something we could look into. He really needs this done for bone grafting.
Answers:
talk to the people at cardinal glennon... they have great people in st. louis i have a cleft lip too and thats how we found out about all of that stuff!!