Tooth or no teeth ?

hawkdon said:
How do other folks handle the dental situation in their own mouth?? For about 3
days I have had teeth in (full dentures) and teeth out. Primarily due to getting a sore
on one gum....and in that 3 days I've come to get annoyed at the old clean them
put glue on them and re-install them. So I am questioning whether I want to put
them in at all .......It isn't like anyone see's me very often, once every 2 weeks my
home care lady to clean the house is here, twice a week the little kid who acts
as my mailboy see's me, otherwise it is delivery folks that mite see me....so why
am I defensive?? Cause it doesn't looke so nice!!! The type of food I eat would
not bother me being toothless. So what do you do?! :D:giggle::devilish:
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If you can take them back to the dentist that had them made, and show him or her the exact spot on the dentures that's hurting you, s/he can have it ground down a bit...or s/he can do it.

But I agree; your gums change shape over the years. The changes are really small, but they make a significant difference in denture-comfort.
 

I couldn't stand all that plastic in my mouth and I had to take them out or use one hand to hold them while I ate or chewed on something. So, since I shy away from the high cost of implants, I am toofless. Few people come over and we rarely go out and for the most part I'm able to gum most of the things I like to eat, with occasional issues when it comes to bacon. Except for a smidge of vanity, toofless is working for me at the moment. :coffee: Don...
 
mrstime said:
Mine look pretty much like my real teeth looked except I had a gap and I liked my gap.
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Same here mrstime !! I had a gap at top front about a quarter inch wide, dentist said cannot put it in falsie or it may break
easily......I don't have any real issues with my dentures, and back
in 93 when I got them they were 800 bucks for the pair....i'm just
tired of them.....like my hair which I have a full head of, I get it
completly burr cut every couple months as i don't like fooling
with it.....!!
 
jujube said:
I have 3 crowns but luckily the rest of them are holding up. There are 3 more that the dentist said were "crazed" and urgently needed crowning. I declined. That was 8 years ago and they're holding just fine.

After a couple of years, he just shut up about them....LOL.

I've tried professional bleaching and at-home bleaching, but my teeth are what they call in the business "senior beige"....yep, that's a real term when they were ordering my crowns. Bleaching just doesn't work. I guess as long as they don't turn "senior black", I'll just have to grin and bear it.....
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Yes. I got the " I'm gonna want to re-crown that tooth." each time I went. He finally gave up.
 
Macfan said:
I couldn't stand all that plastic in my mouth and I had to take them out or use one hand to hold them while I ate or chewed on something
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I can appreciate that would be a problem.

My partial denture is actually metal - dentist said many people are happy with plastic dentures but nobody who gets metal ones ever wants to go back to plastic
They cost bit more but I went with metal from the beginning (had them since 2018) - and it clasps onto my real teeth either side so the plate part doesnt go far back like a full denture, it only covers little bit behind the teeth
 
mrstime said:
This was my second set, no dentist involved. All our denturists do is dentures.
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Yeah. But unfortunately most countries in the world don't have 'denturists' who are specialized in dentures.

I'm living in Europe. No denturists here, only dentists with more or (mostly) less experience in making good fitting dentures.
 
Marcy Sheiner said:
I have a similar story, but mine began at 12 rather than 2, with impacted baby teeth that had to be cut and coaxed down with braces (at 15 wearing braces, I never laughed without covering my hideous mouth, in those days hardly anyone wore braces). After that I lost teeth to root canals, ended up with bridges that separated, spent money I really did not have, endured pain and misery. Was 65 when I chucked the whole thing for full dentures. Hate them too, but happy I no longer have to live in a dentist's chair!
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I'm 65 now and exactly at the same age as you decided to get full dentures.

And I am bloody determined to start the route to complete dentures this September or October.

My uncle's wife waited too long and had to have all of her teeth extracted in her mid 70s.

She never got accustomed to her dentures and could not wear them.

I was in my early 40s as I consulted a good dentist because of my teeth and asked him for dentures.

He answered that he would extract all teeth in my upper jaw in a heartbeat and make me dentures.

He also said that the teeth in my lower jaw are a little better, but in the long run I'd need there dentures too.

Thus he'd have absolutely no problems to extract all teeth in the lower jaw too and give me full dentures if I wanted it.

At that time, nearly 25 years ago, I hesitated and didn't go the route to complete dentures.

Meanwhile I regret it deeply.
 
jujube said:
I have 3 crowns but luckily the rest of them are holding up. There are 3 more that the dentist said were "crazed" and urgently needed crowning. I declined. That was 8 years ago and they're holding just fine.

After a couple of years, he just shut up about them....LOL.

I've tried professional bleaching and at-home bleaching, but my teeth are what they call in the business "senior beige"....yep, that's a real term when they were ordering my crowns. Bleaching just doesn't work. I guess as long as they don't turn "senior black", I'll just have to grin and bear it.....
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It's logical that teeth will crack, craze, and stain after decades of use and daily scrubbing. I'm sure it drives dentists a little crazy, but still, you know pushing crowns is as much about money as aesthetics.

I stood in front of a mirror once and stuck a little flashlight in my mouth. bit down on it and turned it on. Almost every tooth looked like a tiny downtown roadmap. Long as I didn't see any little lakes or canyons, I called it good.
 
Murrmurr said:
It's logical that teeth will crack, craze, and stain after decades of use and daily scrubbing. I'm sure it drives dentists a little crazy, but still, you know pushing crowns is as much about money as aesthetics.

I stood in front of a mirror once and stuck a little flashlight in my mouth. bit down on it and turned it on. Almost every tooth looked like a tiny downtown roadmap. Long as I didn't see any little lakes or canyons, I called it good.
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It may sound strange, but in former times I did look upon it the same way.

I could bite with my teeth until shortly quite well and didn't give much how they looked, but if I look closely on them in the mirror or even better I take a pic with my mobile and look upon it, I don't like them anymore at all.
 
George1959 said:
It may sound strange, but in former times I did look upon it the same way.

I could bite with my teeth until shortly quite well and didn't give much how they looked, but if I look closely on them in the mirror or even better I take a pic with my mobile and look upon it, I don't like them anymore at all.
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There's not much one can do about it, though...not without spending an arm and a leg. It's kind of a shame that developed countries are so hung up on perfect teeth, but charge exorbitant amounts to make them look that way.

Teeth get old, they wear out, they fall out. Like hair, you know? I'm disappointed I went bald, but that's just how it went.
 
IrishEyes said:
I hate dentures, I have bone disease so I can't do implants which I sure wish I could.
I equate the feeling of dentures with taking a plastic tub that frosting comes in and shoving it in your mouth.
Your mouth is so insensitive to touch, texture ad so hard to remove food stuck on them .
I will use mine when people come over, out in public, all that social stuff but it's like a bra for a woman, when I am home
off they go. My mother was such a vain woman she even slept with hers in...how did she stand that?
hawk, life is short, be comfortable and save the wear and tear on the dentures as a plus.
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Just curious, but were you tested for having an implant? I have 1 implant, but wasn’t tested before it was inserted, or screwed into the bone. I have had it for about 5 years now with no effects. It was either an implant or a partial and I didn’t like the idea of having to contend using a partial. All of my other teeth are natural, except I also have 2 root canals with 2 caps.
 
911 said:
Just curious, but were you tested for having an implant? I have 1 implant, but wasn’t tested before it was inserted, or screwed into the bone. I have had it for about 5 years now with no effects. It was either an implant or a partial and I didn’t like the idea of having to contend using a partial. All of my other teeth are natural, except I also have 2 root canals with 2 caps.
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I have had yearly bone density tests for some time. They have slowed the decline down with infusions I get. I was advised against implants due to the swiss-cheese effect happening in my jaw bone. I get my dentures updated as often as insurance allows so I usually have a bit over a year where they are not fitting as they should.
 
The only dental insurance I have is through my advantage plan, which ony paid $20 toward my routine visit (cleaning). I go every 6 months, and they continue paying only $20 each time, even though the charge is $116.00.

One lower tooth near the front became loose and had to be extracted 3 months ago. I forget what I paid for the extraction - I just remember the advantage plan paid nothing. Then the dentist made a nesbit (partial) to snap in where the missing tooth was, and that cost me $1200.00, and the insurance paid nothing on that either.

I hope I don't lose any more teeth. I have no idea what it would cost to extract all teeth and get full dentures, but it would be a lot. AI said the average cost for full dentures in Texas ranges from $2000 to $6000. A "range" like that is so big, it's sort of meaningless.
 
I've had 3 of my wisdom teeth removed which leaves me with 29 originals one of which is capped because I broke part of it off chomping down on a popcorn kernal. I have zero fillings.
 
I had a beautiful set of teeth, both upper and lower teeth on which my old dentist gave a compliment. However, started in my late 40's or early in my 50's. My teeth started to crumble, one tooth at the time which continued to my twilight year.

Looking back my younger years, I was very careless eating habit, plus 'breast feed' to two babies which I believe to contribute to have been loosing teeth.

Over the years, I believe I spent close to $8,000 or more, started decayed teeth, extraction, root-canal, bridge, partial denture(just two or three at the time) and now almost 'full denture' except 3 remaining teeth.
Like the others, I do not like to wear denture, but I accept the current teeth-situation, almost 'full denture' with just 3 remaining good teeth.
 
I had all my teeth removed a decade ago through alcoholism, bulimia, bad eating habits/hygiene
I had dentures made at a cost of $1700. Hated them, the glue thing never worked. I kept retching.
Decided I did not need them.
With most of my food I cut into small, manageable pieces. ie; salad ingredients are all cut finely, lettuce especially.
Funny story. The first time I made spaghetti Bolognaise after deciding not to wear dentures, I choked badly.
First mouthful started to go down but I realised this was going to be bad. I had to pull the spaghetti out of my throat which must have looked weird to anyone who might have seen it.
 

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