Please, any info would be appreciated!

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I am in a crisis here....I have a wisdom tooth that is very very infected and needs to be pulled out. The tooth is located in an area and is such that my regular dentist cannot pull it out, so I had to be referred to a specialist. I have an appointment later in the week to do this. I called the office today to inquire as to how much it would cost to have this done. I thought, at most it would 300 or 400 dollars....not so....she told me that depending on what tooth it is, it will cost between 900 and 2000 dollars...that's not a typo!! nine hundred or two thousand dolllars!!! I think this is outrageous....to make matters worse, I am only young and living on my own with a low paying job supporting myself and paying all my own bills and I have no insurance....my question is, does anyone know of any social programs or Gov rebates or assistance of any kind that can help me with this?? I am in Canada and I have called a few numbers and no one seems to know if there is anything available. I even called Social services and they said they didn't know...you think they would, they are impossible to communicate with....any information you can provide me with is greatly appreciated!