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Originally Posted by 2000v6
Nowadays, it's only old ass people who are willing to do extractions. And I'm talking like in their 80s. I've been told that their reasoning is that "well I'll die any day now so the hell with it". But, I don't know if that's true.
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Not true. That may be the perception, but I will tell you that the number one reason people have their teeth extracted is money. Very young adults with low paying jobs and no insurance are most likely to have teeth extracted, in my experience.
Extraction = $85-100, RCT and crown = $900-1800.
As a person who cares about people's well being, I would prefer that they don't have them extracted when they can be saved. But, the lab that makes the crown isn't going to give them out for free. So, I see a lot of young people with missing teeth.