Dentures...do you have them...are they OK?

Don M.

Don M.

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My old teeth are going bad, more every year. Presently, I have a partial, and am missing about 1/3rd of my original teeth. In recent weeks, two more old root canals have broken off. I have a dental appt. next week to discuss this with my dentist. He has done good work over the past couple of decades, but it's a losing battle. Do any of you have dentures, and are you satisfied? Are there any concerns? I would opt for a mouth full of implants...IF I won the lottery, but the cost of a mouthful of those is sky high. Have any of you gone to places like Aspen Dental, or DDS? How long did it take for you gums to heal, and how long to get the dentures made?

I'm looking for any/all ideas and suggestions beforehand, so I can hopefully make the best decision.....Thx, in advance.
 

I have full dentures and we had a great denturist here in town. The last set he made for me didn't even need any touch ups, they fit perfectly! Then dang it, George retired! There is a new one but it looks like he is more interested in money than good service. So it looks like we will be heading north to a big city an hour and a half away from here if we need denture care.
 
I've had full dentures since about 2007 I think...very happy with
them....and I bought the least expensive I could find due to
my income level....never had to go back either....
 

The top denture usually fits good because there’s suction to hold it in. The bottom one is just the opposite. I had an implant supported denture put on the bottom which cost 33k 6 years ago. Keep your bottom teeth at all costs if you can’t afford implants on the bottom.
 
I would avoid Aspen Dental if possible. They may be cheaper, but from what I've heard, you get what you pay for.

If you have limited finances, I'd go for upper dentures and lower implants. Lower dentures are a PITA!! They never fit right and never stay in, I don't care how much denture glue you use. You can get what they call "all on four" implants, which is just four lower implants that dentures snap on to. Upper dentures usually stay in pretty good because of suction from the roof of your mouth.

Implants are not a fast process, there's healing time after getting teeth pulled and then wait time for the implants to set properly. But it's well worth the wait.

I personally have had upper and lower implants (all on four) for 3 years and I leave my dentures in my mouth 23 hours a day. I only take them out to clean them and let my gums rest. I found that if you leave your dentures out too much your gums change and then your dentures don't fit right. To avoid that, I just leave the dentures in. My dentist said that's no problem as long as they are cleaned every day.

I can eat anything with my implant/dentures and I will never ever have a toothache again or a cavity! Let me know if you have any questions.

Oh, by the way, the worst part for me was having to eat scrambled eggs and pudding for a month until my gums healed from having my teeth pulled. And drinking Ensure for my nutrition. At least it was chocolate.

My upper and lower implants cost me $26,000 which included EVERYTHING including the dentures.
 
I have a 4 on 4 which is an implant supported denture on the bottom. It can only be removed by a professional once a year to clean underneath and change the screws. It’s different than snap in ones. It was a 6 month process.

Don’t use any dental chains or places that pull your teeth and put implants in at the same time. They have high failure rates. Bottom dentures hop around when you laugh, talk and make eating difficult. You are always putting dental paste on them. I had to wear them for 6 months until my gums were throughly healed and could have the implants.
 
I have only ever lost one tooth to a severe sinus infection. Back in the day, 1975 when I was 14, I had a tooth in back pulled and a tube threaded up through that hole and into a sinus blockage below my left eye. Once the tube was situated into the sinus cavity, the doctor was able to drain it. They don’t do it like that anymore.
 
Been There said:
I have only ever lost one tooth to a severe sinus infection. Back in the day, 1975 when I was 14, I had a tooth in back pulled and a tube threaded up through that hole and into a sinus blockage below my left eye. Once the tube was situated into the sinus cavity, the doctor was able to drain it. They don’t do it like that anymore.
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Man. That sounds horrendously painful.
****! Good thing they don’t do that any more. 😱 That would throw me off dentists forever and a day.
 
I had gone to Aspen dental. I'm remembering that they were $500 for a set. I have high gag reflex, so couldn't wear them often. It wasn't till I got my Dremel out and shaved off the ends and roof I could wear them often.

After that, it was easier to wear and talk. If I get a bundle now, I may consider a new set, but only for appearance.
 
When you get used to dentures, they are OK,
make sure that you use "Fixodent", to hold
them in place, that helps you to be able to
bite and chew in comfort.

Mike.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Ugh! You poor soul. Just reading that goes straight through me. 🥴
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He wasn’t a dentist. He had another name for his profession, but I was a kid, so I don’t remember anymore what he was, but he told me “This may be uncomfortable.” The translation to that was: “This is going to hurt like hell.”

When the tooth was pulled, I had to wait 72 hours and then go to a different doctor, who threaded the small tube into the sinus pocket and then I had to just lay there for almost 5 hours while the sinus would drain, then flush, then drain, then flush and so on. The sinus pain did finally stop the next day. The roof of my mouth took over a week before I could eat solid food. Like I said, they don’t perform this type of surgery anymore.
 
Been There said:
He wasn’t a dentist. He had another name for his profession, but I was a kid, so I don’t remember anymore what he was, but he told me “This may be uncomfortable.” The translation to that was: “This is going to hurt like hell.”

When the tooth was pulled, I had to wait 72 hours and then go to a different doctor, who threaded the small tube into the sinus pocket and then I had to just lay there for almost 5 hours while the sinus would drain, then flush, then drain, then flush and so on. The sinus pain did finally stop the next day. The roof of my mouth took over a week before I could eat solid food. Like I said, they don’t perform this type of surgery anymore.
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That’ shouldn’t be even legal. The stuff doctors and dentists got away with back then was horrendous. I’m not sure how old you are but when we were kids we ate a lot of candy, especially me.

I loved those slow pokes, caramel apples, toffee candy. They caused cavities. No surprise there . One year I had 3 huge cavities so my parents told our dentist to not give any freezing so from that day we had to get cavity drillings down with no freezing.

My parents thought it would stop us from eating so much candy but we ate it anyway. In fact, I ate more than ever and had many fillings come out. I’ also started keeping some of the Sunday School money to buy ‘more’ toffee candy. I became a rebel early. 😈lol
 
I had 3 implants put into my lower jaw and a new upper plate. This works for me, lower dentures clip on to 3 posts, sometimes my upper will slip and I go back to the for refitting
 
I went through a similar decision about ten years ago when I had to choose between dentures and implants, mostly because my back teeth kept breaking down. For me, I decided on a partial first. The healing didn’t take as long as I worried, but honestly, it took a few fittings for it to sit comfortably. The annoying part was having to go back for adjustments, but it’s manageable. Eating took getting used to, especially learning which foods to avoid, like sticky stuff or tough meats.

One thing I realized is that the place you go to matters a lot. I chose a local clinic that pays close attention to your needs and explains every step Dentetico.ro I can't thank them enough for their work and being able to bring my confidence back. Their team really focuses on personal care, and some friends had great experiences getting both dentures and implants there in Brașov.
 
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I have Denture(partial, mostly seems Full-Denture) upper and bottom.
My old dentist made a discount-price for mostly partial denture back 2010, but after my old dentist retired, I hardly find a good dentist for Denture-service.

The place where I live, there is Affordable Denture and went for bottom denture. Not like my old dentist, but once I got used to it new bottom denture, I can satisfied for.

Up to in my early to mid 50s, I had a good set of teeth, both upper and bottom, but age along with 'breast feed' to two babies in my mid 20' and early 30s, I started to lose one by one.

I use 'glue' to hold for both upper and bottom.
 
I asked to get all of my upper teeth extracted and got a full upper denture one month ago. Although it's still the temporary one, I like it.
Now, the suction is not as good as in the beginning, but that's normal as my gums and jaw are changing.
I'll start to use adhesive.
 
I have a full set of old fashioned traditional dentures.

They are OK, not great, but we have adjusted to each other and get along fine.

I’m able to use them without any of the sealers and that is important to me.

The upper denture is rarely a problem. The lower denture has more trouble staying firmly in place, not as much surface area to hold it as the upper.

Talk to your dentist about the options.

For many years I had a traditional upper denture and a lower, snap in, fixed denture.

That was a winning combination for me but the post teeth roots that anchored the lower denture eventually gave out.
 
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A lower parital was fitted to replace 2 teeth early this year never fit right. When nothing the dentist did corrected the problem, I switched dentists, only for her to say she couldn't improve on the outcome. Two months ago, I developed a sensitive bruise [?] on the gum behind two upper teeth similar to the one pictured. [Where the "bruise" appeared was behind the TOP teeth, but the partial replaced 2 BOTTOM teeth, so it makes no sense unless it threw the bite off. It's very strange.]

I saw the dermatologist yesterday for an unrelated issue and he would not attempt to diagnose. He told me to see an oral surgeon. I'm working on that but it requires a referral, and every step has to be done correctly to get a gum issue covered as medical, not dental; plus I switch to a different insurance plan next month - which could add more complications if anything carries over into 2026.


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He told me to see an oral surgeon. I'm working on that but it requires a referral, and every step has to be done correctly to get a gum issue covered as medical, not dental; plus I switch to a different insurance plan next month - which could add more complications if anything carries over into 2026.

Many years ago, in my late 40's, I had 'gum issue(bleeding some parts of my gum) and went to specialist for Gum(I can not remember Gum-specialist-what calls), but certainly NOT 'oral surgeon.' I think my BCBS covered about 80% expenses.

My old dentist told me if Gum was corrected, Denture(at that time I never thought about Denture), I can not wear Denture, because Gum holds Denture correctly.

Since in my early 70's, I wear both upper and bottom denture without issues.
 

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