@windwalkerterri and others....re teeth and extractions and implants etc....l have found when l am puzzled re a dental recommendation....it is best to get second opinion...if there is a dental school nearby... that is ideal for second opinions. In my lifetime l have been told l needed....especially when l had good dental insurance...that l needed major stuff done.....second opinion revealed l did NOT.
I asked the Dental school Periodontist whom I saw for second opinion why the private periodontist would have said l needed all my gums worked on surgically when they were fine ….her response was "he probably had a mortgage payment due" tdrell aka terri