I just have to say that all of you who post here your questions and answers and suggestions have been a total godsend to me. I found out a couple of weeks ago that my teeth have less than 20% viability and my dentist wanted to move me to dentures. I go this Thursday the 9th to have all my teeth pulled and get setup with my initial dentures and I am kinda freaked out.

I know my quality of life will be better after the fact, but I still have some sadness over the fact that my parents paid all this money to put me through braces in middle school, though I never thought my teeth were really that crooked but the worst part of that entire experience - the orthodontist got rid of my overbite, removing all the space in my jaws, which gave me TMJD issues for the rest of my life. It was so bad at one point there'd been discussion of having to wire my jaw shut and the bones in the jaw trimmed but there wasn't much of a chance it would actually help. We tried injections but they were no help either... So I have some guilt about the money my parents put into all that and now I'm having to get everything pulled and replaced.

But you guys are helping me not be so scared, knowing I'll have a better quality of life afterwards, so thank you, everyone.