I'm pretty sure this was the strategy before something resembling modern dentistry and basic oral hygiene became common place... As in, people would get all the

I'm pretty sure this was the strategy before something resembling modern dentistry and basic oral hygiene became common place... As in, people would get all their teeth pulled out and made into a set of dentures for their 20th birthday due to the inevitability of the pain and loss after that age if they didn't. I empathise with your having to deal with dental problems... Everyone experiences it at some point and no one enjoys it. But I think this is the right strategy for science, perhaps it wont help us directly, but it will help our ancestors.