I also have sympathy for people who can’t afford dentistry. Prisoners aside, there are millions of decent folks who can’t afford to visit a dentist regularly and it can be disfiguring.
I have a friend who is monetarily poor. I’ve been researching how to purchase reasonably priced dentures for him.
This is wrong! Let them eat baby food.
Good dentistry is very expensive, and worth it, but paying more does not mean your get it. Some people on TV, especially news personalities, have extensive dental work that must have cost a fortune. Their teeth are supernaturally white, straight, and uniform, like a row of piano keys. That always looks fake to me, and sometimes I wonder if I’m not looking at a set of dentures. Good dental restoration should look natural, not obvious.