Q. Dear Dr. Patel: I am an ex-smoker and recently went to the dentist and after my examination and x-rays were taken I was told that the remaining 17 teeth that I have, needs to be pulled because they are all lose. My dentist want’s to schedule me to have them all pulled at one time and to go with dentures, but I have some concerns about that. I have high blood pressure and I have a “mitro prolaspe vavle”, and have been told that a person could suffer a heart attack from having that many teeth pulled at one time, and if done is dentures the only other option I have?,