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Promo email from Wells Fargo center. Didn’t say how much though.

I don’t do the flower show. I went once and left since I couldn’t breathe.

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I was in a similar situation a while back. Needed lots of dental work, no insurance, not a lot of extra money for treatment. I did the Penn dental route at first to try and get longterm care. They set up a treatment plan for me and I got 1 root canal, 1 crown, and 1 extraction from them. While it's more affordable than a dentist, it's not what I would call cheap. They did give me a discount on root canal which was helpful. The biggest draw back is that they are learning so they are slow. During the root canal I started crying from the pain of leaving my mouth open for so long. Eventually I found out about CareCredit, which is a credit card that you can get interest free terms for medical expenses. Just make sure you can pay it off before the term expires or you pay an insane rate on the initial amount. Once I got all the extractions, cavitys, and root canals taken care of I haven't had any dental problems since. Took about 3 years once I truly committed but very worth it.

Hi op, am a new dentist. I just graduated from Temple dental school this past May. Dental schools are a great option for affordable care, but you have to be patient, as things take multiple visits, and you are looking at 3-4 hours per visit. I don’t know much about penn, but if you were to go to temple, this is how the process would work:

• You call and let the school know you want to be a patient of the school. They bring you in for a quicker “consult” type visit where they take x-rays and do some screenings. This same visit, you will get assigned a student dentist who will be your primary care provider from there on out.

• Your second visit will be a 3 hour long comprehensive exam. The student dentist evaluates your gums, teeth for cavities, listens to your concerns and what you’re looking to get out of treatment. This is the appt where you will find out how many cavities you have and the such. They will also go over costs of treatment. If there is time, the student dentist will perform your cleaning that day (if not, then next visit will be your cleaning. Cleanings must be done before any other type of treatment because we need a healthy foundation to be able to fill teeth and do other work).

• after your cleaning is done, you start fillings/root canals. Root canals take 1-2 visits depending on tooth. Students can fill 1-2 fillings per visit (or more if they’re fast/good enough). If there is emergency treatment that needs to be done (like you’re in pain from a bad tooth that needs to be pulled, those issues will be handled first before anything else).

It’s a process, but my patients were happy when I was there. The students do a great job, and remember that the faculty dentists are always on the floor and check every step of every procedure to make sure every procedure is performed at the standard of care.

Good luck.

Edit: Someone replied to my comment asking about “senior staff member” or something like that. The comment got deleted by auto mod I believe so I can’t see your response nor can I find it (sorry!). Feel free to comment again or dm.

Yea I knew him quite well since I did a lot of theater at the prep. He was the co director next to Braithwaite.

I was there at the same time as him, and probably knew him at least somewhat but i can't remember anything.

Now that it is back in the Convention Center, yes!

It was lame when it was outdoors at FDR. But it's much cooler inside (I know that seems counterintuitive, but it's true...)

For real. It was an annual tradition I had, and it absolutely made the flower show more worthwhile.

The info booth I asked just straight up said it was because "too many drunks cause too many problems." Still, they could of limited the size to make people less inebriated afterward. I wouldn't be surprised if Aramark was lobbying for the demise to increase their sales.

Agnes Irwin he was at when I knew him.

No. I went and it’s so very very boring. If your from outside the city maybe an excuse to go into center city and hit up a cool restaurant in Chinatown or something after, but in my opinion is was boring af

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Do you like flowers? Yes.

Do you dislike flowers? No.

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>THERE IS NO WINE AND LIQOUR TASTING THIS YEAR.

damn this is the key info I was looking for, usually you could easily drink your whole ticket price lol

Typically not a write off if you get something out of it but a portion may be considered a donation for tax purposes.

If so, PHS will include that info in your receipt.

It’s been a long time since I was there, the last time they had a bunch of those bushes that were cut up to look like dragons and animals and other stuff. I thought that was pretty cool . I’m probably not going to be buying anything , maybe a house plant or something if I found ow that was cheap and looked cool.

The indoor shows were always great IMO!

Yes it’s amazing! And what you pay for a ticket is effectively a 100% donation to PHS. Can maybe even use it as a tax write off.

Agree with other responses so far. I had a lot of treatment done at Penn. It’s way cheaper than private practice, but the process can be longer and less straightforward. But if you can’t afford private practice, it’s definitely worth considering.

Interesting, I was debating doing this since their open enrollment is next week. How were the prices?

It’s fine if that’s what you’re going for. But if they’re asking people to drop some meaningful $$$ for a flower show and a third of the floor is people selling crap from Billy Mays infomercials, I’m sort of passing.

Okay at least it’s flower related, I’m not sure what I was thinking , I was thinking like Knick Knacks and stuff.

He was heavily involved in the theater department when I was at St. Joes Prep in the mid 2000’s. He was an interesting guy, never personally witnessed anything but of course the truth will come out. I never had a super high opinion of him. He always came across quite uppity and sarcastic at all times.

I saw it yesterday. This year is the best it has been in quite a while. All of the exhibits were hits in my opinion. The candy lane section was particularly cool. My one comment on the floral displays is that more than usual exhibits had queues to properly view them. You won't need to actually go through them to see them, but a couple are worthwhile to do so.

The vendors have changed a bit from prior years, yet most have remained the same. The tourism area in the corridor has shrunken drastically, but the activity/kid areas have grown.

THERE IS NO WINE AND LIQUOR TASTING THIS YEAR.

Overall I would say this flower show is worth the price. It is just a matter of whether you like conventions and whatnot. People will talk about the size of the vendor area, but in all reality that is how every single event and expo is.