Tink,
Methinks the cost pain is more than the physical one.
Luckily, the older you get, the cost pain is reduced to the cheaper of the two.
Because of bad dental work by forces dentists in my late teens, I am now unable to whistle and the false full top and lower partial gnashers only get installed when royalty calls.
Cough up and keep them as long as you can. I dream of the days when I could bite into a crisp juicy apple or to chew on a steak without it having to be cut up into tiny pieces.
Bogs