Do you have Dental Implants? Please tell me your story.

[Kadee]

Our neighbour has recently had top and bottom implants , he’s a single man in mid 40’s and we’ve known him about 6 ~ 7 years since he moved into a rental next to us ..he’s since bought the home and we are happy about that , anyway he had teeth but they were black and he was embarrassed about smiling ..so he told us , he withdrew $40.000 from his superannuation to have his teeth fixed , I asked him if he can “feel the implants “ and he said yes especially when it’s cold outside ( We only get down to about 8c in winter here in Australia)

He's such a nice gentle tall man he’s now got himself a girlfriend in the last 6 months 20 years younger than himself cause he looks very different with nice white teeth

They both work away one week on one off …

 

[Teacher Terry]

Terry, are you saying the top denture will stay in place without implants? I have a tori on the roof of my mouth, thus the reason dentist say implants. I cannot use the full denture. My upper denture needs to be U-shape.

Yes the suction holds my top denture in without polident. I don’t know what a Tori is.

 

[Teacher Terry]

Our neighbour has recently had top and bottom implants , he’s a single man in mid 40’s and we’ve known him about 6 ~ 7 years since he moved into a rental next to us ..he’s since bought the home and we are happy about that , anyway he had teeth but they were black and he was embarrassed about smiling ..so he told us , he withdrew $40.000 from his superannuation to have his teeth fixed , I asked him if he can “feel the implants “ and he said yes especially when it’s cold outside ( We only get down to about 8c in winter here in Australia)

He's such a nice gentle tall man he’s now got himself a girlfriend in the last 6 months 20 years younger than himself cause he looks very different with nice white teeth

They both work away one week on one off …

You can’t feel the implants.

 

[Vicky]

Yes the suction holds my top denture in without polident. I don’t know what a Tori is.

Thanks Terry. A Tori is a bony like structure on the gums. It can be anywhere on the gums. Some people have it on side gums, or lower gums, etc. It is not a common thing.
---Mine is on the roof of my mouth, which means a normal set of dentures will not be suitable for me. Mine is not painful.
---This is why I must have a U-shape denture of some sort.
---I included a pic, which I got from the web. It explains it very well. It is very similar to what I have.

 

[Teacher Terry]

Thanks Terry. A Tori is a bony like structure on the gums. It can be anywhere on the gums. Some people have it on side gums, or lower gums, etc. It is not a common thing.
---Mine is on the roof of my mouth, which means a normal set of dentures will not be suitable for me. Mine is not painful.
---This is why I must have a U-shape denture of some sort.
---I included a pic, which I got from the web. It explains it very well. It is very similar to what I have.


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Then it sounds like you can’t have the top piece of the denture which is what allows the suction to hold it in. A regular denture is u shaped but covers the roof of your mouth.

 

[Victor]

On the funny note... In the last Godzilla movie, the monster gets a dental implant and toothache
Takes only a minute and he's okay. The other monsters laugh! Man uses a helicopter to approach his
Mouth but no reason is given. I told my dentist.

Also....if you unscramble dental spa= spend a lot.
Seriously, do not confuse implants with dentures,that are removeable

 

[Michael Z]

Getting the implanted anchors put in for two of my teeth next Tuesday. Will have to wait 6 months and then I will get the artificial teeth attached. The whole process takes nearly a full year start to finish!