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It is not a new scam. My grandmother had all of her teeth removed at about age 45 in the early 1960s to get dentures. Not all of her teeth were bad but the dentist encouraged her that removing all of the teeth was best because she didn't want to have to buy a new partial plate every time she lost another tooth.

The same dentist was offering the same to adults of any age. My mom, about age 19 at the time, was also offered it as solution to having misaligned teeth. She asked a critical question of the dentist; "Do you have dentures or are those your own teeth?" When he replied that his teeth were not dentures she "noped" right out there and still has most of her teeth to this day.