General Chat

Lyndi,I hope they said to take them out beforehand. :-D

:-D :-D :-D

I suppose the people concerned were not as unlucky or as embarrased as some poor chap ina resturaunt we were at, having dinner with freinds He swallowed something the wrong way, Started Coughing,someone slapped him on the back and his teeth shot out across the table on to another one, just missing another diners plate.PMSL. but felt sorry for him, :-D :-D

It does also say an alternative is to soak them in a solution. I'd be asking for trouble if I put mine in the microwave, I have a metal frame.

I am much more concerned by Merlin's 'funny' story. My OH is quite often liable to a coughing fit when eating, He has done it ever since I first met him. I shall now have nightmares about that. Many years ago one of our aquaintances lost his full set down the loo when he had his head down it after a good night out.

Ann, my cousin lost his dentures in the Bay of Biscay and he was on his way to Spain on holiday. It wouldn't have been so bad if it had been on the way back.
I would say if the teeth don't fit right, change your dentist. There is no excuse in this day and age for ill fitting dentures.-jl

What he has is an immediate denture. Where the teeth have been taken out will be uneven until gum absorbtion occurs.

Be patient tell him. They sound slightly high, remember the dental technician had to judge the size of the teeth after extraction. To ease the problem the dentist may only have to take a small amount off.

These dentures are to help your husband with eating and for appearance and to keep the shape of the face. Once the absorbtion has happened in 12 - 18 months a new denture is usually required which should be a good fit.

Hope this helps.

Pat :-)

Thank you Pat for an explanation that helps tremendously. Are you a dentist by any chance? :-)

No but 5 years as WRAF dental nurse and I was taught to do some of the process for dentures and to mend dentures by a cold cure method. This was only a tempory measure as it took time to get dentures via our labs but usually lasted until new dentures arrived.

If he can, tell him to wear it as much as possible, not at the moment if they are high as that can be painful. Our jaws put a huge force on our teeth when we eat. Tell him to make it plain to the dentist where it is high etc., as the dentist can't guess his problems with them. It doesn't take much effort to ease a denture usually. Our mouth magnifies things in it so what feels like a huge problem is often quite small.

Hope he gets it sorted on Tuesday

Pat :-)

Thank you Pat, you have put his mind at rest as he thought he was imagining it. He had 4 teeth out centre front and the denture covers those and then there are one each side at the back but with a 'real tooth in between both sides. It is at the front that it seems to be high. He has just come into where I am and said to thank you for comprehensive information.

OH has both top and bottom dentures , he used to use Dentafix to anchor em,

Was told by his dentist if they are a perfect fix then no fixative will be needed . he had both dentures realigned several time to get the best fix and now doest need any fixative to keep em in and no problems for eating etc.

You need to go back to the dentist and get em adjusted till they do fit comfortably

Shirley OH's dentist actually gave him some fixing agent. I don't need it with mine because it clips to my back teeth. I don't have a plastic 'plate' just a metal frame.

Metal frame dentures are made of chrome cobalt and are very good. They are not usually used as an immediate denture as these have to be replaced when the absorbtion has taken place and the new shape has formed.

They are more expensive than normal dentures. Sometimes the persons mouth indicates that metal is required or it can be as a preference of the person or dentist.

Sometimes a person's mouth has a shape, such as a very high and narrow roof of mouth which means pressure is put on a small area and acrylic (not plastic) dentures will continually break, this will be an indication that this type is required.

I have no idea of the costs as the RAF produced them free from their labs when I was a WRAF.

Pat

Can't remember how much mine cost just over a year ago Pat but with 3 teeth it was somewhere around £200. I was originally given it after I'd had the plastic one for 10 years. I went to a new dentist who said with my bite I needed the metal one. I think it cost me less than £20 in 1973. :-D

Oh Ann l'm not a happy bunny !!!!!
just preparing apples for apple sponge and took a bite of the apple and my front lower tooth has come out :-( :-( :-( :-( :-(
Must phone the dentist up on Tuesday

Oh dear Mummo, a 'real' tooth I assume? You might be able to have one on a clip but I bet it feels strange now doesn't it? Years since I actually bit an apple.

Yes Ann a real tooth,
l will see what my dentists says, lol.

Mine just clucks and mutters about 'receding gums'! Well theya re over 71 years old. :-D

Was it the whole tooth with the root or did it break?

Pat

Think it must have been the whole tooth as it was quite long.

You may need x-rays to assess the area. If the area is found to be ok and it's a small tooth and you have teeth that are quite crowded i.e. overlapping, the other teeth can move to fill in the gap. This is similar to what they do to youngsters with braces to pull them into line but they do naturally drift into spaces left. As a teenager I had teeth removed as my mouth would be overcrowded if they were all left. Without any help the teeth just arriving next door slowly drifted into the correct places without braces. Took a while but only a dentist can tell my dentition isn't as it should be.

If it was a complete tooth it will be long with like a groove that indicates the part shown in the mouth and the root. The root should taper to a gentle rounded end.

Pat