Americans are all about a pretty smile. This has opened the flood gate for Dentists to charge prices that only the wealthy can afford. I had seven teeth left on the top, not due to cavities but my teeth were cracking in half through the roots. I went to numerous dentists only to be told they would do inplants, partials or nothing. I went through 4 sets of partials and none of them was worth a crap as they rocked around in my mouth or tore the inside of my mouth up. Not one would help me get dentures. I had spaces between teeth where one had been removed and my teeth were a real mess with pain all of the time. YES I would love to have a set of teeth, my own teeth, that didn't cause me to cover my mouth in public and never laugh or smile but there was no way I could afford implants and I wasn't getting taken for another set of lousy partials. I have finally found a dentist that has agreed to do a top denture. I fought for over 10 years with dentists that only care about the dollar sign and refuse to listen to their patients. There should be a law against dentists that try to force patients to bend to their thinking for money. They're all a bunch of thieves