text: If you can find a dentist with a small local practice, talk to him in person and see if he'll let you set up a payment plan to pay what you can when you can. The worst they can say is no.\n\nAs a CNA, chances are when you find a job, it may have a dental plan. Mention that when you talk to dentists.\n\nDon't give up. Dentists are everywhere. And though they're few and far between, some care more about people than money.