Don't ever fell bad about doing what it takes to be healthy. I was in my mid 20's when I had to make the decision about my teeth. Years of fire eating and genetically bad teeth caught up with me. I ended up having 28 teeth removed, all the top, 4 impacted wisdom teeth, and all but the front 8 in the bottom, in one shot just to get it all over with. I was self conscious about it at first because I was afraid of what people would think of me being so young with full dentures. I came to realize that being healthy and not being in pain was worth more than what the few negative people would think. I now joke about it a lot and most people don't even notice that I have missing teeth and fake teeth.