I sympathize: A decade ago I had a couple of baby teeth replaced with implants (no permanents there). At the time, they cost more than my car. Each. Not counting the crowns.
On the other hand, a friend of mine hasn't gone to the dentist in a couple of decades. He doesn't have perfect teeth, he just never gets them worked on: snapped incisor he's OK with, a molar breaking apart around an old root canal, etc. My takeaway is that dentists are TOTALLY worth the price.
I second the Mexico idea: there are lots of dentists that will do a good job for a fair price there. There are lots of dentists that crank out procedures to pay ridiculous debts here.
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