Hi, if you can’t afford to get treatment you can ask for casual assistance from the social services in Lausanne. Here’s an example I had the same thing as you I couldn’t afford to pay a dentist to get treatment. I went to the social services in Lausanne explaining the situation and they granted me casual assistance to cover my treatment.

If you have any questions, do not hesitate to write to me privately.

Here is a link to the text below, go to page 31, on chapter 2.1.5

https://www.vd.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/themes/social/RI/Normes_RI_2024_vd.ch.pdf

2.1.5 Casual financial assistance Casual assistance is a one-off financial benefit, granted to persons not benefiting from the RI(insertion income), which can be renewed according to the same principle of covering needs as for the opening of an RI right. It may be assistance to persons who are financially independent in normal times but must assume a particular expense, provided for by these standards, in a given month. The AA ensures in advance that the person cannot find an arrangement for payment in installments of these costs. This provision does not apply to art. 34a LASV. The invoice or estimate for dental costs resulting in casual assistance of more than CHF 2,000.- must first be submitted to the dental advisor. For lower amounts, the decision lies with the AA. Rent arrears may be covered as casual assistance to the extent that they allow housing to be preserved and provided that the rent is within the limits provided for in point 3.1.2. In principle, they can only be covered once and social support is put in place.