New False Teeth.

Is it too late to go with implants, OP? Old school dentures are an absolute misery from what I have heard. I understand it's kind of a last resort if you don't have enough bone left for them to anchor the implants.

Sorry you are going through this.

Have you considered enrolling in the Florence Henderson School of Oral Prosthetic Enunciation?

I'd go back to the dentist for a follow-up, OP, tell them you're having some problems, see what they suggest.

Good luck.

I’m going through the same thing OP. Got them a month ago and I hate them. I can’t stop slurring because of the fucking plate on the roof of my mouth. I’ve started leaving them out when I’m home alone. Dentist keeps telling me I’ll adjust but I don’t see that happening. You are not alone.

How old are you people? I'm 56 no dentures. Oh sure I've had a couple root canal procedures. But that's the extent.

You're not alone op, 38% of adults over the age of 50 are dealing with dentures...hang in there.

Dentures are the culmination of a lifetime of neglect of the teeth and gums. You got exactly what you deserved. I am a hygienist, and I truly hope most of my former patients' teeth fall out and flop around on the floor like dying fish. It is not too hard to brush effectively for 4 minutes in the morning and again for 4 minutes in the evening........to floss effectively under the gumline between each and every tooth.....to use a quality fluoride toothpaste, and a quality antibacterial mouthwash........... Oh, but apparently it is.......with most of my patients relying on me to keep their teeth bright with one 45 minute clean every six months (or 12 months for the cheapies)........ Except for a few unfortunate young men with aids or other immune disorders, the above protocol will in 99% of cases prevent the need for dentures. Enjoy the pain and not being able to taste or enjoy any meal again...............

r7, do 38% of people over 50 really have dentures? That sounds really high.

I've had an upper denture for many years and yes you will get use to them, but only if you leave them in. When I first got it, I thought I was going to gag on my tongue, it didn't seem like there was enough room in my mouth for for the denture and my tongue. I use Fixodent to hold the upper plate in and it makes a world of difference to me, much better than other denture pastes, of course the dentists tell me I don't need it but to me it makes a world of difference. The denture paste gives a cushion and then you don't have to reply on just suction to hold the plate in.

[quote] How old are you people? I'm 56 no dentures.

Don't be so judgmental, some people are born with better teeth than others, some parents are more encouraging of good dental practices and some people get their front teeth knocked out like I did.

Can't people live a lifetime of properly brushing/flossing their teeth (along with routine visits to the dentist) to prevent this? In America?

R7 You sounds like a miserable human. I spent 20 years going through painful and expensive procedures trying to save my teeth and finally threw in the towel and got dentures at 64. Have a little compassion you sadistic twat.

[quote] Dentures are the culmination of a lifetime of neglect of the teeth and gums. You got exactly what you deserved.

Fuck YOU R7, you are one fucking asshole, I hope you die a fucking painful death. It will be exactly what you deserved.

[quote] Dentures are the culmination of a lifetime of neglect of the teeth and gums. You got exactly what you deserved. I am a hygienist,

No, you're a stupid, fucking cunt. Now get out of here

Get out cunt

And that nasty attitude is why some people avoid going to the dentist for years r7. Who wants to be scolded, ridiculed and shamed for like that.

enjoy the pain.........enjoy not being able to taste or enjoy food again........enjoy the bones of your face caving in (the facial bones use the tooth root as a structural element for support.....you just removed them).......

signed r7

Well, they do say dentistry attracts sadistic people.

while R7 might be a nasty cunt, she's mostly right... ;)

I am a "he." I am totally right.

R7

Sheesh, r7. Just say what you [italic]really[/italic] mean.

I know folks joke about this but...

Can one learn to give a decent blow job with your dentures in?

Does the person receiving the blow job from an experienced guy with dentures "feel" any difference.

if you had dentures why would you want them in while giving head -- unless your trick doesn't know it?

My grandma's dentures clicked and she sometimes whistled through them. I remember it fondly.

My mother has spent my entire inheritance on keeping her teeth.

R7. Do you enjoy making a living smelling nasty breath from decaying teeth. Couldn’t you work for the post office or something equally worthy of your cunt attitude?

OP, you should avoid the pharmacy at Dollar Tree.

r23, yes I could, but I did not........

R7

r7, I think you hurt OP's fillings.

r26......I was totally trying to........

r7

They constantly advertise ClearChoice, the dental implant chain.

Is something like that a viable alternative?

Implants are super-expensive and you have to have good underlying bone for them to work. And they only last 10 years.

OP, how many teeth are your dentures replacing?

Do you have a denture with discreet metal clips?

Or the ones with pink plastic for the roof of your mouth.

The tooth trolls here need to realize that some people have dentures because they grew up with tricky dental problems in dire places with no decent oral surgeon. Hell, I know people under 60 who grew up without painless dentistry.

The words "painless dentistry" sounds like an advertising slogan to me.

No dentist can guarantee their handiwork will be painless.

I mean he didn't get novocaine!

When I had my wisdom teeth out, the combination of laughing has and general anesthesia made me want to do it all over again.

has = gas

OP Here Love you R7 am finding eating and taste is no different, you will be glad to here.

R30 All the teeth gone. No implants, all the pink stuff.

Thanks for all the replies, even R7. I knew you lot would know. X

I know two women around my age (early 60s) who grew up in rural areas who said they didn't even have toothbrushes growing up. They never had toothbrushes until they grew up and left home.

So as my mother would say, if you grew up in a household where your parents made sure you had proper dental care, you should shut up and be glad.

R7. Do your other hobbies include telling smokers they deserve to die from lung cancer?

You are supposed to be wearing a mask, so why do you care? Take them out.

I'm one of the rare folks who actually loves going to the dentist. I've had a few cavities in my life but only starting when I was an adult. I had two root canals and those two eventually needed to be pulled. I opted for implants because I do not want to deal with dentures when I get older. One of the implants went swimingly, the other not so much. I ended up with dry socket when it was "healing" with the stem in and I was in the worst pain of my life for days before they brought me back in, removed the little stem thing and had to redo the bone graft. Then, a few months later, the little stem thing started wiggling and it fell out into my hand on Xmas eve. Had to go back AGAIN and they had to redo the fucking procedure again because the little stem should not have been put in by the idiot dentist. I was so fucking pissed. The whole ordeal lasted a year and cost me over 10 grand...but I would do it all over again because implants are really awesome.

R39 We don't have to wear masks where I am.

Full uppers, partial lower here. It took me a few weeks to speak without lisping. If you are feeling any pain, notice any skin on your gums sloughing off, call your dentist. The mouth needs to adjust, but that doesn't mean you should put up with pain and discomfort.

I have a bipolar family member that has horrible teeth and is going to need dentures soon. He refused to take care of his teeth growing up and my parents spent thousands on braces, root canals, and extractions for him. My parents did care, but his mental illness just made it to where he just didn't care about hygiene.

R40 You're sending mixed messages in your post.

You don't regret losing $10,000?

Furious hygienist R7, let's hope your "reap what you sow" attitude toward your patients pays you back four-fold for being a cunt.

But your a dental hygienist, so we had a pretty good idea already

*you're

[quote] OP Here Love you [R7] am finding eating and taste is no different, you will be glad to here.

Nope. Because the implants, now that they are in and my issues have gone, are awesome. I can't even tell they are there until I am flossing as you have to floss under the implant.

I didn't lose 10 grand. Each implant cost $3500 and then in the course of getting them, there was another issue with an old crown that needed to be replaced on a different tooth. So I paid the money off with no interest with Care Credit. It didn't take too long as I had a lot of money in my savings. But I would absolutely pay to get more implants if I ever need them.

^ here here

I don't know R7. I brushed 2 times a day as they taught me, flossed and I still got 10 cavities in my molars. I have to have 2 removed plus wisdom teeth. It's not all about hygiene because I sure was careful.

Not everyone can afford implants either. Looks like dentistry is another one where the class warfare rubber meets the road.

R7 In what city do you see such patients in the 2020's?: "young men with AIDS"

Can't wait until the Hygienist from Hell gets colon cancer and we can sneer because she/he/it was too lazy to incorporate fiber in her diet. Or maybe a stroke because she's so furious and vengeful...a heart attack might be on the books too for the same reason. Perhaps more likely he/it will be so enraged at his servile job cleaning the mouths of the incompetent brushers he will kill himself? One can hope.

[quote] They constantly advertise ClearChoice, the dental implant chain. Is something like that a viable alternative?

Got $40,000.00? And why couldn't you taste with dentures? Your taste buds are in your tongue not you teeth

R54 Exactly. Think it was just R7 continuing his charm offensive.

ClearChoice dental implants are basically permanent dentures. I was told if you have healthy gums don't go with ClearChoice as they file down your gums. I have dental implant bridges. I did need a bone graft in two areas in order to have the dental implant. By the way, ClearChoice is $52,000+. They are still tweaking my bridges, but for the most part you don't realize they are not your own teeth. I went with a company that only charged $28,000 for 6 dental implant bridges. Implants can last longer than the 10 years someone posted upthread. While I was waiting for the implants to heal I had dentures. Absolutely hated them.

R6 I can't find anything that backs up your claim.

I have a full upper denture bolted to my jaw. It feels fine, but it was expensive ($26k) and it wasn't even the most expensive option. The upper denture is made of acetate, like removable dentures, and has a lifetime of less than 10 years. It's been seven years now, and some of the 'teeth' have started to chip off and require repairs. Other than that, they feel 'natural'. However, the food that gets stuck in that gap between the denture and the gums stinks terribly, even after I brush and then floss and then Water Pik.

As for r7 FU. I was born with a cleft palate into a family that didn't have money for good dental care, and then I grew up in the Middle East where there wasn't fluoride in the water.

No one has answered my question about dentures and a blow job. Surely someone on DL has given/received a blow job where dentures were involved.

And R21, I assume most folks with dentures would NOT want to tell someone about them during an intimate moment...

I did find this Reddit thread.

The problem R60 is that you don't feel the pressure of your dentures like you would your natural teeth since they are not attached to nerves.

Many, many DLers have dentures.

However, they keep them on their kitchen table with the rest of their junk because meth-heads' gums keep shrinking and they can't get them in their mouths to bitch about them like you are, OP.

So go crank it up and flip some chicken.

R11 sorry for what you're going through. I wish you weren't.

When I went to Costa Rica for root canals and crowns and partials (I avoided dentures by the skin of my teeth lol) I got to talking with another medical tourist in the hotel who was there for implants. He had gotten dentures in the states and couldn't stand them. He looked to be in his early seventies and was halfway through the procedure. He showed me his mouth, unbidden. Anyway, if you can't afford implants in the U.S. there are options. I've had dental drama my entire life and it's horrible.

R64 If you can: How did it work out for you? Successful? Cost?

And how much would it have cost in the US?

R59 OP here. I had a blowjob decades ago from a guy with no teeth...it had great depth, for a blowjob. And i presume if one enjoys fucking a face, it gives greater freedom as no teeth to catch on.

If you're poor, dental care is a luxury. It should not be. Affordable medical care, including dental care, should be givens in our postindustrial society.

Fat chance that'll happen.

BTW: a gummy blowjob free is incredible.

^ delete free

Advertsie you have no teefs and charge 100 bucks for a bj you will be rich in no time.

They're called gummers. Leave your teeth out and you'll become a legend at your local adult bookstore gloryholes. I have perfect teeth and I would love to have to get dentures one day soully for that reason.

Ive got 2 implants and I loathe them. In fact,my upper partial that hooks to one just broke yet again and Im shopping for a new dentist .This is the 7th time in 3 years . Ive had partials since I was 40 (smoker) and they never bothered me until I got those fucking implants 3 years ago. Since then,theyve bothered me constantly. I spent a goddamn fortune for this set of dentures and it totally pisses me off that my last set lasted 12 years and these cost 3 times as much and havent lasted at all well.

I'm confused R71. You said you have implants and dentures. One doesn't usually combine the two.

Right now I’m wearing a temporary partial upper. The dentist put in 2 implants and when I get my new partial denture in 6 mos it will hook onto the implants. I also have the option of getting a bridge that can be cemented to the implants. Total cost: $10,000. It will cost $15,000 if I go with the bridge.

I'd rather wear a partial and buy a car with that kind of money.

[quote] I can't find anything that backs up your claim.

You wouldn't. People don't discuss their failings with census-takers.

Just like we didn't discuss our sex life with census-takers in the 1960s.

I don't like discussing my sex life with census-takers in the 2020s.

What an idiot response R75. If you are going to give statistics cite your source.

OP You need to stick with it!

r7 reminds me of my partner who, by the time I met him, had developed a lifetime of bad oral hygiene habits. Some of this was because he was raised by wolves, sometimes I think that must be literal in his case, he simply has no idea how the basics of the world work sometimes even in his 50s. He was in his 30s when I met him and he wouldn't brush all day sometimes. I didn't think we would stay together because I'd avoid him for days on end and tell him why: his teeth were slimy and he had bad breath.

He has been doing really well with his teeth for a long time, but those first decades of not caring for his teeth are starting to come back to haunt him. His gums have receded and his bad breath has returned, even though the dentist says he has no cavities.

He goes back to the dentist in six months and I'm preparing for the worst.

I lost most of my front teeth after a very bad car accident. I just dreaded the thought of dentures so decided to get implants. I couldn't afford them in the USA so crossed the border from Yuma Arizona and had them done in what is called Molar City. 13 years later and I have no problems with them.

r64 Where in Costa Rica and how much did it cost you?

People go to Mexico for the procedure R81. I've heard good and bad.

When I retire I'll need my small nest egg. I can't spend 50k on teeth! WTH! This is an depressing thread. I wish you all good luck and the best resolution possible to serious dental issues.

Do Biden Harris ever speak about that? Dental costs?

Taking my teeth out at night is very depressing. I’m sure I’ll get used to it but it makes me feel 90 years old (I’m 64).

Why pin this on Biden/Harris R83?

R85 Biden is 78 years old but his teeth are about ten years old.

I don't know about Kamala's choppers.

My poor grandmother had ALL her teeth pulled and got dentures at 16 YEARS OLD!!!

Can you imagine how awful?

I knew a woman that got dentures in her 30's, which was around 1955. Can't imagine what dentures were like than. It is unfortunate how little dental is covered in our health insurance, when it can cause major problems.

When I saw how bad my mom’s teeth as she got older- were I started taking good care of mine. If you have difficulty flossing, get a reach flossed stick with the replaceable head. I spent a whole year- almost every Monday- going to the Tufts Dental school in downtown NYC when I lived I nearby and saved thousands. What contributes greatly to quality that you cannot really change is how much attention your parents spent on your teeth and water quality and nutrition growing up- these two reasons are major contributors.

OP, my mother is going through this process right now. This is the second time she's done it in my lifetime, and from her experiences all I can say is, once you've identified any problems with the fit (a sharp corner that rubs a sore, slippage, etc), don't be afraid to go back to the dentist as many times as you have to to get all of the kinks worked out, because the alternative is not worth it. If your dentist gives you shit about wanting the best fit possible or dismisses your concerns, find another dentist. Don't be passive about any issues, because you're the one who will suffer in the long run.

Sheesh I don't pin this on Biiden. But since he's creating a "socialist" safety net it might be nice if they threw some cash and legislation at dental care! In other rich countries you can get some of it on a national plan.

I have a an upper partial plate that fills in where three teeth are missing. It looks just fine and feels natural, looks natural. Cost $800 The 6 front teeth are mine and very straight and you really cannot tell there is a bridge.

This my second denture - I wore the other one out.

[quote] I wore the other one out.

How long do they last?

It seems implants last 10 years.

Does anyone else just think it would be best if R7 shot themselves in the face?

Do your new teeth look nice OP?

Well. I am a Dentist (retired), and R7 is pretty much correct on all her points.

R95 Yes, they do. They look fabulous.

But when I talk I sound like a retarded 16 year old stripper.

R96 But some how us have lives. And shit happens. And then we change. So, whilst his comments may be full of truth, they may not take into account the life people live.

But at least we are not dental hygienists like that cunt.

I can't believe someone on here is posting about their false teeth. There are some things that you need to keep to yourself. What happened to a little bit of mystery?

^ New here, cunt?

My older brother had to have an upper plate installed after a horrible car accident that knocked out many of his teeth. The day the pulled the remainder of his upper teeth they slapped that denture in right then and told him not to remove it for several days as the gums needed to form to the shape of the plate while healing. The day he took that thing out the first time was a horror. It took him a few weeks but he did finally get used to the thing and had no more problems with it.

I'm 68 and luckily I still have very good teeth. But, if the day comes I need new ones I'll go with implants. A friend has the kind of dentures that attach to magnets imbedded into the jaw bone and there is no plate that covers the roof of the mouth at all. He loves them.

R100 Did your brother end up talking OK?

Magnets have come up a few times now, and also having plates that cover only certain areas. EEEk, I look fine, but sound like a fucking mongol.

I never detected any change in his speech R101. I know he was miserable for a while at the beginning being unable to remove the things while his gums healed. And they had him on strong pain killers. I've heard it's best to allow 30 days for the gums to completely heal and take their new shape if you have to have multiple teeth pulled prior to being fitted for dentures. You just have to be willing to walk around for a while looking looking like a toothless goomer.

I remember when I had a crown installed 40 years ago. Just one tooth and it felt like I had a boulder in my mouth for about a week. I can't imagine what a whole set of dentures would feel like, but I'm sure it's a very strange feeling to have something completely foreign stuck into your mouth. But don't worry, if they were properly made and fit correctly you'll get used to them eventually. I've never met anyone who had dentures who didn't go through an adjustment period.

What saves this from being a completely wretched experience is they look amazing. And they’re made of plastic! Dentist said they should last 10 years.

I've heard the plates that are only a rim around the old tooth line (no magnets) are really bad because they have so little to hang onto. I think those are the cheapest dentures one can buy.

This thread has over 100 posts. How are we going to attract a young and sexy demo with false teeth threads?

Well you’re here, r105. You’re sexy.

R96, I’d hate to see your bedside manner.

There’s a difference between being correct and being a miserable cunt about it.

If someone were to be diagnosed with diabetes, do you think the doctor would be correct in saying, “It’s your fault, you fat fuck. You ate all that sugar, so it serves you right!”

JFC.

[quote] soully for that reason.

Oh, dear.

R10

Sometimes it's genetics. My aunt has an upper plate explaining that her teeth "dissolved as though made of chalk."

Who left the door open and let r1 in here?

Honey, you’re too sweet for Datalounge. After reading your post I had to check the url to make sure I was in the right place.

Guys, once again we ask please close the door behind you. We can’t be letting nice folk all up in here.

r107 I would bet you never have seen the bedside manner of any Dentist.

Signed, r96

52 and I’ve never had a cavity

Really glad to hear they look great OP! That's a bit of good news and how cool is that!

I did a bit of research and apparently it will take a couple of weeks for you to speak again normally. Your mouth is a different shape and you have to practice your speech to get the "slush" sound gone and produce the ssssss sound correctly. One site suggested reading a book out loud and listening carefully to yourself and trying over and over until your get the right shape of mouth/teeth to produce the sss sound. As others have said - don't be afraid to go back to the dentist as many times as it is needed to get everything fitted properly. That should be included in the cost right? I have a dentist friend who tells his patients not to take the temp bridges out for 3 - 5 days at the beginning after the teeth are removed so that the gums can begin to reform to the shape of the bridge so that is probably the case with the new teeth.

LOL @ R110. I thought the same thing when I read R1's post. "Is it too late to go with implants, OP?" Um. Yes - OP's teeth are all gone sweetie.

Incidentally - all dental hygienists are nasty cunts exactly like R7. It's part of the job requirement. They are always that vocal too.

We may have ruled 1/6th of the world but we had rotten teeth.

Leaving all else aside, R111, dentists are indeed professionals in the traditional and stricter meaning of that word, but they, like physicians, lawyers, professors, architects, engineers, etc. do not rank an uppercase treatment. You're just a "dentist."

I wish I could’ve helped you, OP, but I washed out.

Both the dentist and the dental hygienist posting in this thread are complete assholes and seem to be completely oblivious to the fact because they are so far up their own asses.

There is no comma R108. If you are going to correct people you can at least get your fucking comment correct.

I hope R7's hospice nurse refuses his every request.

r118, with interjections there is always a comma

Dental implants should last 20 years or more. They say a bridge should last 5-15 years and yet mine last over 35 years. The only reason I don't have it now is I went with implants.

Babe Paley had dentures, even as a very young woman.

There is no comma R120.

40K for impants? ARE YOU KIDDING? Try 100K-150K, and insurance doesn't pay a dime.

$150K R124?

That's seriously ridiculous.

The only way it would cost that much R124 is if you do every tooth.

To the posters who asked about Costa Rica, the cost i was quoted in the U.S. was around 28k. I paid 10K in CR. I had several root canals (a few of those were redone on previous root canals because the dentists in the U.S. were fucking incompetent--that's for you R7) and crowned the rest because I knew they were gonna go anyway. The root canal work was "beautiful" according to an oral surgeon here in the States. I knew she was good, but I lost her business card dammit. So I got about 3 root canals,10 crowns and 2 partials which are on the side and hook on to my teeth. I have enough front teeth where I don't have to wear the partials all the time if I'm just doing errands or around my family and don't smile like a goon. I got all this work in 2011 and I've had a few small cavities around the gumline since then which I had filled.

Though they have made advances in the technology, crowns are not ideal since NO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU BRUSH AND FLOSS R7 if they don't fit perfectly decay will get in there. My Costa Rican crowns lasted except for one which I knew was poorly fitted (trapped food particles) but I had to get on a plane.

Conclusion: The dentist I went to is retired but I would not hesitate to travel for medical procedures again. (Thailand is good too.). Give yourself enough time to fix anything that is not completely to your liking.

We have regular television ads here in God's Waiting Room featuring testimonials from denture clients on how their lives have changed entirely for the better!

You'll adjust to them. It takes time. Even with implants it can take some getting used to.

Going to a foreign country for dental only is cost effective if you live very close, like the Mexican border. Places like Slovakia, Costa Rica and Thailand offer cheaper dentistry but you'll have to either live their or fly back and forth which negates any savings, unless you happen to be going for a vacation anyway.

It's funny how they replace a woman's breast which has not useful function, whilst not teeth which have a function.

[quote] you'll have to either live their

Oh, dear!

The on;y reason it cost $2000 or more for one tooth replacement is pure greed. Insurance won't touch dental because of the outrageous cost. Washington should step in and regulate.

r10 I had a lot of cavities as a teenager. I have been good about brushing and flossing ever since. Problem is that a cavity needs to be re-drilled and repaired every 5-10 years. And each time, more tooth is removed. So you can only do that about 3x before you then need a crown, assuming there's no need for an implant. So dental problems at any point early in life lead to lots of additional work later and each time, it gets more extreme.

I had a lot of cavities as a kid R133 no matter how often I brushed and flossed. Not once did I need to have those teeth "re-drilled and repaired."

R130 Obviously you factor in the price of travel. Why do you think medical tourism is a thing if people don't save money? As I said, Costa Rica cost 10K for the work. It was 2k for travel. I live in northern California. So that's 12k compared to 28k (which the dentist said was a low estimate, more like 30k depending on if I needed more root canals). Root canal in Costa Rica =$200, in U.S. = $1800.

I considered Thailand too and it wasn't much more. There is no way you won't save a shitload of money unless you travel like a king.

I once read that the popularity of bottled water is having an affect because no one drinks tap water not just because of the taste but many people are avoiding flouride altogether and teeth are returning to pre WWII cavity levels

One thing I got was good teeth.

Bad stomach, bad skin and bad nerves. But GOOD TEETH!

I'm fairly sure Biden has All-on-Four teeth. No way those are his original teeth plus he sometimes lisps and whistles. They look great though. Unfortunately they cost about 50k in the USA. The Swiss invented them BTW.

This photo is Joe Biden in 1968. The teeth are definitely different.

Dont be ashamed of dentures, be like the denture lady be free. Check out her transformation though it's fantastic.

You bring up a good point R140 about people being ashamed of having dentures. It would be helpful for those that need dentures to have some celebrities admit they have dentures. I know that would never happen, but how else can people get away from the stigma of wearing dentures. Also would be nice if the cost of implants went down.

Those aren't dentures though. They're Four-on-One which cost a fortune.

R142 those are snap in dentures at R140's link.

What they don't tell you about the All-on-four is you have to have them removed yearly for cleaning of your gums and the "denture." I have heard that can cost up to $1,000.

Hope is south of the border.

Hope is south of the border.

Until you get a bad infection and die from Mexican dentistry

OP, when you your denshures shtart shlippin' 'n slidin' just pull out a flask and say "I really should cut down! Oh well!"

Go fuck yourself R147. This mocking is outrageous and shows what a fucking asshole you are.

Have you considered speaking in a different language?

R47 = IQ low 80s at best and has never been funny.

Excuse me. R147. That's the dreadfully unfunny troll.

[quote] people being ashamed of having dentures.… how else can people get away from the stigma of wearing dentures.

You're right R141.

No one will admit to it. I think the stigma of having dentures is similar to the stigma against wearing glasses, or the stigma of wearing a hair piece or of having a surname like Ralph Lipschitz, Reginald Dwight, Robert Zimmerman or Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz.

r147 -

Minus 1 point for not signing it with the correct name...

I have implants in the top of my mouth. What really bothers me is that dentists & hygenists & even people who are not in the dental field but are looking at a CT of my chest ir necj that happens to show my upper jaw all ask me “Why do you have so many implants? What happened?”

Having asked my friends who have dentures, they NEVER get asked why. How come it’s subject to inquiry when someone has implants, but not when someone has dentures? Wtf?

[quote] ir necj

“Or neck”…….sorry, a rerun of Friends came on tv and it reminded me I kept seeing a guy who looked like Matthew Perry (the current, seedy version) today and I got distracted.

Any DLers with snap-ins?

Maybe becasue there were alternatives R154. Why do 12 or more implants when you can do implant supported bridges?

I mean, how many people look like Matthew Perry? He’s seedy and drugged out, but he’s obviously rich. Its strange. You don’t see many gray, mangy people sitting smoking in Lowe’s parking lot in really expensive clothes. But I just looked at a 2020 picture of Perry and the guy I saw today wasn’t as fat & sloppy looking and had an expensive haircut.

What they are not going to tell you. If you have healthy gums do not go with the All-on-four. You can get bone grafts to make up for your lose of bone. Most dentist today can do dental implants with bridges. It will look more naturally since you are keeping the gums and feel more naturally than dentures or all-on-four. It will also cost you approximately $20,000+ less than an all-on-four.

^^ what? Not true that a mouth full of implants is less expensive.

Learn to read R160. I said implants with bridges. You do know what a bridge is?

Younger gays:

Are you reading this?

Floss and brush every evening!

R161. Explain yourself. How many implants to do the upper teeth? All of them. All-on-four requires only four for the entire mouth.

R162 You can't tell people to be sensible. They are too busy enjoying life.

I wish I knew what I know now.

Your ignorance on this topic is noted R163. A bridge supported implant for full mouth requires 12 implants. All-on-four is an acrylic "denture" that is affixed to the jaw. An implant supported dental bridge will always look more natural than an all-on-four.

Cunt at r165. Why would I know this information? You're the toothless wonder, not I.

You're a fucking idiot R166.

You're a fucking idiot R166. You are a brainless wonder.

[quote] Why do 12 or more implants when you can do implant supported bridges?

Because they were done at different times over the years. You can’t put in a bridge if the teeth on either side of the one you are replacing are fine. And if a tooth needs to come out, you’re not going to pay to make a bridge when you’ve already paid to have the teeth on either side implanted already at a cost of thousands.

Girls, girls!

We are not talking about an individual tooth R169.

Christ 12 implants provide a lot if pain and suffering when one can get the job done on 4.

All of this sounds so horrifying to me. I have always had good teeth but recently had to have a root canal because I cracked a tooth without realizing it and the root got infected and abscessed. The dentist thinks it was due to clenching or grinding during the pandemic because there are some other teeth with signs of damage but not severe. I'm getting a mouth guard to wear at night. I want to avoid some of the horrors I read about on this thread.

r172 The same thing happened to me this summer, I was just in today with the dentist to get fitted for a crown to go over the root-canal tooth. I was clenching so hard that I cracked my tooth and then it got infected, I clench very badly at night for some reason and it's really escalated with Covid. I got a night guard, it really is a must if you grind or clench.

I had a great periodontist, but I moved and got a bad dentist. He said that I needed teeth pulled and dentures. The dentures that he made didn't fit my mouth at all and food would get stuck underneath the plate, sometimes nearly choking me. I called my old periodontist, and he said that my mouth is not shaped correctly for dentures. He said the dentist should have seen that and never tried to give me dentures.

The dentures were made by his son, who was not licensed as a dentist. He was a first-year dental student. They refused to return my money ( on top of my having to spend $30,000 to correct their mistake), so I spread the word around town about what that dentist and his son did to me, and put him out of business. It's a small town and word travels fast. That was the end of the son's (he was so arrogant and rude) dentistry career, too. They didn't last a year after I turned him and his father in to the state medical and dental board.

I spent about $35,000 for a full upper plate of implants. That was about 20 years ago, and I'm in the process of trying to find a good dentist to replace them.

My neighbor went to a dental school for her implants, and they look great.

I know a guy who had cosmetic dentistry to widen his smile. He has a narrow palate so originally one could see voids on either side of his smile. The work made a significant difference. Implants with wider teeth attached to them. We joke that he now has Rocio Jurado's beautiful smile..

You sound like a wuss R172. The implants are not painful. There is a big difference between all-on-four and bridges. There is also greater stability having more implants. If people can afford it go with the bridges instead of the all-on-four, they will feel and act more like real teeth.

I think r155/r158 is adorable.

R176 palatal expansion is not, strictly speaking, a cosmetic procedure. I’m currently recovering from the procedure, which requires surgery before the expansion for adults and then braces. for the first time in my life I can breathe well through my nose. My crossbite was also wearing down my tooth enamel and causing bone loss and gum recession. It’s nice having a wider smile and more prominent cheekbones, but that’s not why I decided to do it, and insurance would not have paid for the surgery were it purely cosmetic in nature.

I bought these locally and they've been great. Highly recommend you all buy them.

This kid's teeth look healthy. They certainly look natural with obvious canines.

Whereas it's certain that Cole Connors and Joe Biden have dentures if not veneers.

OP Here. Thanks for the posts. Am getting used to them. Am keeping them in as much as possible and getting advice from friends. Mostly seems you just have to fucking get used to them. And if you can afford them...implants.

R147 Ha, good advice.

No shweat, shweety! Wash only tryin' to ashsisht you!

R7, I can well agree that 38% of Americans over 50 have dentures and /or veneers.

Good to hear that you are getting used to them OP. Do you mind if I ask how much it all cost?

R181 is he still around? He's so cute. I like his shag do.

Some people just have bad teeth no matter what they do. I know a prosthodontist that has terrible teeth and said he would be getting implants. BTW, his father was a dentist.

Dentists earn $1000 per hour so a popular dentist can get $40,000 per week.

I just looked up what they make in my area R188 and it was between $110,000 and $230,000 a year. Where did you get your number from?

R189 I just guessed at that weekly rate based on the $2000 I gave him yesterday our two hours together as he gave me a dental post and a temporary crown.

So the dentist has to share that $1000 per hour with the dental assistant and the receptionist. And I guess they have 'down time' when there's no customers.

Thanks for your honest R190

*honesty

Losing my teeth has become a recurring nightmare for me. But it's not symbolic—I am literally scared I'll lose them because of the expense.

About a decade ago, I had to get a crown because a molar cracked from stress grinding. I had good dental insurance—and it still cost $800 out of pocket! For one crown.

I use a Water-Pik and enamel strengthening toothpaste and mouthwash almost compulsively.

[quote] a molar cracked

A horizontal crack can be repaired with a post and crown.

But a vertical crack down to the roots means DISASTER!

I had nightmares of loosing my teeth R193. The nightmares turned into reality.

[quote] I had nightmares of loosing my teeth

I had nightmares of poor grammar.

You sound like a miserable person R196. Were you bullied as a young kid? Are you still bullied because you are a miserable piece of shit? BTW, there is no comma after Oh.

Do you need the waaaahmbulance, r197.

So butt hurt over people (yup, not just one person) correcting your grammar, on which you clearly have a tenuous grasp.

Oh, and by the way, an interjection always gets a comma. I wouldn’t expect someone who doesn’t know the difference between lose and loose to know that.

“It was a typo…” in 3, 2, 1.

A psychiatrist would have a fun time with you. You are a typical miserable person that no one wants to hang out with.

you can also rinse with hydrogen peroxide.

Hydrogen peroxide is bad for the enamel and roots R200, especially if used over a long time.

This media star recommends Hydrogen peroxide

He's an Optometrist R202. I'll take my info from a dentist when it concerns the teeth.

A friend who has perfect teeth, uses baking soda, she puts a little on the toothbrush every night. Her teeth is white.

It must be creepy having something fake in your body 16 hours a day.

Well, what's your time limit for that huge butt plug of yours?

I didn't think they even did old fashioned removable dentures anymore due to the massive bone loss one incurs when teeth are pulled. Implants prevent that.

OP here. R205 Has been two weeks now, and I just feel you have to get the fuck over it, mentally, because it is so fucking bizarre and hard to ignore. So is becoming mind over matter.

R207 Implants are for the rich...so suppose that makes me poor. It cost 4 and a half grand all up for extraction and the dentures, which was affordable. And they do look great. But to be honest, if I did have the money, would have gone with implants. But I am embracing them.

Thanks for the update R208/OP. Glad to hear everything is settling down.

How are you finding eating with the new teeth? Any things you can't eat or any trouble so far?

R209 Good question. I had heard about how people lost weight, and sometimes got ill from not getting back to solids after getting dentures. So, from the start I have been making sure to eat hard stuff to get used to it from the start. Has been fine except for when I did not chew a cracker enough and it got stuck in my throat. Almost chundered. But don't think you can spew with the falsies in.

Also, collection of spittle, phlegm at the back of the throat. Hard to swallow, and it collects and feels very strange.

Had sex. Sucking cock with dentures, you create alot more dribble. Like buckets...

[quote] I'm sure it's a very strange feeling to have something completely foreign stuck into your mouth.

No, not at all!

I hate these ugly things. They're really bad ecologically.

But I just wish I had them decades ago because it was agonising manipulating loose floss with my two big hands around the crevices in my normal size mouth.

I'm sure my lack of manipulating skills created cavities.

R7 is a charlatan, it's no dental hygienist. I can only read it when someone references the post because I marked F/F in other threads.

You are a SJW, R213.

I hate going to dentists.

I walk in and the receptionist asks 'How are you today?'.

I reply that 'I'm fine' whereas I really want to say 'I hate this place, I hate dentists, I hate pain, I hate you and I hate the fact I'll be paying lots of money to you to inflict pain upon me!'.

Have you not heard of Novocain, dear?

Ive got to get new upper and lower partials and have to have 7 teeth extracted .$8500 . Ive spent enough on my fucking teeth over the years to buy a house. If Id have known then what I know now,Id have yanked them all the first go around and had plates. Its a racket .

I have spent a fortune too over the years but I think I would have moved into implants when I needed my first crown or root canal and therefore skip the dentures.

Not everyone can afford implants R218 and as we all know insurance pays very little.

I get my implants done outside of the USA. They are about half the price.

[quote] If Id have known then what I know now

I suspect most of would echo your sentiments, whether it was our reluctance to chase a particular man or our reluctance to floss our teeth.

Dentist Reform!

My dentist claims there is no pain after the implant procedure starts. Is this bullshit they say because they won't hand out opioids? They say tylenol (which can kill your liver) or Aleve (which can burn a hole in your stomach) is enough.

I had implants R223 and never experienced pain. They gave me some pain medication, but I never took it because I didn't need it.

You must be special, R224, or insensitive.

Jesus R225, no one is allow to give their experience. R223 is claiming the dentist was lying and I was just saying I didn't experience any pain. Take a chill pill.

Has anyone tried a Denturist for false Teeth . All states do not have Denturists. I am in WA state. I had one top plate that broke, but ir had been 10 years. Went to another denturist (same state and closer to the suburb I live in. Cost $800 for a top plate. When I am around the house I don;t usually put it in.

[quote] I don't usually put it in.

Do you put it in when you're eating? I'm told we use the 8 front teeth to tear the food but we need all the other teeth to grind the food properly.

[quote] I don't usually put it in.

So you’re a bottom then?

Not wearing it R227 too often will change your face, especially around the lips and jaw.

[quote] Has been two weeks now, and I just feel you have to get the fuck over it, mentally, because it is so fucking bizarre and hard to ignore. So is becoming mind over matter.

I have a complete upper denture and it’s fine. Looks good, chews well, i just hate reapplying the Fixodent. Sometimes I can go the day without needing to.

BTW: totally my fault; bad habits, but it’s cost me many thousands of dollars, so I feel I’ve ‘paid’ plenty. I got to NYU Dental School, which does good work, but everything takes forever.

R231. Are you comfortable to laugh normally, etc? Or does the plate inhibit?

How old are you, R231?

I'm so thankful and grateful to our Democratic governor John Bel Edwards in Louisiana who is one of the few southern governors who rolled out Medicaid. Having advanced HIV I lost most of my molars due to dry mouth and needed partials. I could not have afforded them without the Medicaid. I dont even want to know the cost.