joed44, I tried to send you an email from the addy you posted, but it didn't go...
Anyways, I had all my teeth removed in the past 7 years [hard to find a dentist who would pull them]. I don't regret it a bit, but my teeth were very painfull, and I had something there [infection, mercury] that was causing me pains and fatigue. Those are all gone now... so it was def. worth it for me.
The lower denture is a bit of a problem, but the upper is great, no problem. They do say to save your lower teeth if possible, but I think not if they have root canals or chronic infections [and how can we really know if they do since neither doctors nor dentists will do any test to find out].