Make all the Kentucky jokes ya want, I understand. Meth head jokes too. Never done it but honestly, I could pass for it. Heredity & periodontal disease has just about come full circle. Spent thousands trying to save them, but it was a loosing battle.

Expected 5-6 grand for extraction of what's left & fitting premium dentures. Ha! need bone work under my gums, or implant studs for clip on teeth. Bone work & dentures, about $9500. Or put in studs @ $3000 each, would need 6-7 of them . But the bright side is, we could skip the bone work. Save 3 grand, spend 20, so that's out.

Head whirling tonight, wondering about a coffee, milkshake, mashed potato, & beer diet for the rest of my days. Dammit, I'd surely miss a good rare steak most of all.

Appearances way down the list as I'm not looking for a job, a woman or running for office. But doggonit, I sure do like to eat.

Get a second opinion and quote on the extraction/graft/dentures route.
All in all, it is your health and happiness you are focusing on.
Best of luck in the choice and procedures.

I've had all mine pulled. Crohns disease was hard on my body, kept me from absorbing nutrients like normal. Also had 3 kids, and I was the only wage earner. Just wasn't enough $$$ to keep up with them. Honestly, I like my dentures. Can eat with or without em, and best of all no toothaches.

Teeth were optional in the area and time frame I grew up in. My dad had poor teeth, no care when he was young and just bad genetics I guess. He spent thousands later trying to keep them only to end up with dentures. Kept them in his pocket most of the time...
He could gum down a steak in less time than I could chew one down.

My dad had a procedure like that about a year ago.12k
Dentures just don't fit right,never wears them.

They started @ $10,700 & after I insisted cash or check payment the day of procedure it went to $9400.

And YES! a second opinion is warranted, IMO. Thanks for the input.

Rookies.
31000 here.1100 per tooth
Best money I ever spent

Have some retired acquaintances who go to Mexico. Trips down/back and procedures run around 1/3rd of US costs. Savings of 50 to 70%. None have had any complications, but with any source there's always that risk. Seventy-six here with some root canals and caps, but still packing the originals and am not losing any weight. Only aware of their presence during the AM/PM brushing.

Keep going...
I'm all in at $43,000

Still have my OEM's

Dentures will never feel as natural and work as well as your God given teeth but they do work well enough for the purpose intended and you can and will get use to them IF they were made correctly to begin with.

Over time you will most likely have more bone loss and changing of shape of gums so you can expect to have dentures 'relined' to continue to fit properly every few years or so. For me the most noticeable thing has been some foods tend to 'collect' between inside of cheek and outside of 'gum' on plate. You learn how to eat things like corn on the cob, fresh raw apples, etc. Also, you will occasionally get a seed or something equally uncomfortable under denture regardless how well fitting it is.

Hard to believe how expensive dental work has gotten, though. When I got my denture (top plate only) the entire shooting match, extractions and new plate) was less than $300, ...20 - 25 years later I got a new top-of the-line upper plate and it was less than $400 total. They usually try to match as close as possible to the shade of white of your existing real teeth.

I let my gum heal before getting fitted for my first denture.

My wife's cousin from Alabama married a filipino gal. He's made several trips there visiting her family. Had his teeth done there, and it was cheap compared to here

Mexico is your friend. Pennies on the dollar and most do dang good work. One guy did teeth in the mornings and hysterectomies in the afternoons.

WS

Go with the implants, guaranteed it will be the best money you ever spent.

Start with what is called 4 on 4
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Dentures are miserable, painful and just plain don't perform.

Clip ons are pretty dang nice and work very well but still need to have the hardware tuned up at least once a year, that can be very expensive and they tend to break after a couple of years.

If at all possible spend the extra money now and anchor em in.
In the long run you will be money ahead they will be very comfortable, look good, very strong and function far better than you ever could of imagined.

Me hi co

I too, have all my originals, they just had to all be crowned because of stomach acid.
Stronger than meth..

Heard of people going to Mexico to save money on implants. No idea of any of the details, only they crossed the border near Yuma, AZ

Progresso.

Sucks having to chew with your front teeth, and then floss and pick at your teeth after you eat.

I remember....Paul Harvey had one on. If you're too young to remember Harvey, he had a delivery style that made him a national news media treasure. In this case, an old woman had a stomach flu. She was throwing up her very soul. After 1 bout in front of the ivory chamber, she accidentally threw up her false teeth and flushed them. She called the city sewer dept. and asked if there was some way to recover them. They checked their screens, found them, and returned them. In classic Paul Harvey style, he 'recommended' that she give them a good boil before using them.

I’d boil them twice.
Paul Harvey was a national treasure. Miss him.

Im ALMOST at that point. Ive spent a damned fortune having my teeth "fixed" only to have them break off, come out, get loose, etc...... Im done with it all. When they get to the point I cant stand them anymore, Im getting them bastards pulled and getting dentures or partials. Im DONE with sending dentists kids through college! A root canal IS NOT the answer, neither is a crown, or a bridge. All that [bleep] does is make a dentist be able to vacation in the more luxurious parts of the world and he knows for damn sure you WILL BE BACK!

We spend the six months of winter in Yuma, there are thousands of people down there in RV parks who are mainly there for teeth. I have three crowns put on there about 20 years ago, still there and doing fine. Dental work there is really cheap compared to in the US, makes the trip down there worth it for many.

Bingo! had ins. still spent 5 grand out of pocket in 2 years for a last ditch effort. Another poster mentioned stomach acid, I had/have that too, not wonder my teeth gave up.
Wife recently spent a grand out of pocket plus ins, for a root canal, crown, blah blah blah. She has pretty teeth, but I figure her vanity has cost her 50K.


No Mehico for me. Let passport expire thinking I'm not leaving the borders.