Dentures

will I never be able to eat corn on the cob? or do they make a super denture glue that can hold up

get implants you god damn retard

Cook your corn on a slow temperature in the husk. When it's tender, you should be okay. Disclaimer: I have no idea what I'm fucking with. Just my best guess.

anesthesia carries a risk of death, and surgery carries a risk of infection. Why the fuck would you go to mexico

medicaid won't pay for implants, dentures will be free for me

one last bump.
it's really strange eating and trying to take bites using only my left side. I can't imagine what it's going to be like, not having any top teeth for a couple to few weeks

>Superior in every goddamn way to teeth youre a fool if you dont do it too

Nothing is as good as your own teeth, dumbass. That's why root canals are still preferable to extractions.

>dentures will cause bone loss in the jaw
Lack of teeth causes bones loss.

>Implants prevent this.
Only where the implants are. If you got 'all on 4' the rest of your alveolar bone will continue to resorb. Enjoy the gaps between your mucosa and implant-supported denture that will catch food and are a bitch to clean under.

>$3500 and 1 day I love Mexico.

We'll see if you're singing that same tune in 3 years user. Good dental work is not cheap and cheap dental work is not good.

t. Dental Technician specialising in milled zirconium implants, bridges and crowns

.t shill

i bet you're going to try and tell me toothpaste doesnt cause cavities when it obviously does

havent brushed my teeth in 15 years and never had a cavity in my life, toothpaste fucks the PH levels in your mouth and lets plaque grow.

Drink water and swish it around. Thats all you should do.

samefag

actually no

I can at least back up that I brush my teeth maybe once a week if less, have done since I was a kid, and I've never had any cavities or teeth problems in my life (23 years old now). There might be some truth to what you're saying.

Fluoride causes the rot. Mine stopped chipping the second I stopped using toothpaste, now it's a little bit of baking soda once a week and a daily brush with water.

im and i drink TONS of tap water but im sure theres much less flouride than in toothpaste and i also have no flouride stains on my teeth

i really think you need to carefully manage the PH balance in your mouth, warm water cleans your mouth just fine

I’m the guy you’re replying to. I generally don’t use toothpaste, maybe once a month, because it’s abrasive and enamel doesn’t grow back. I do floss regularly though.

wow I was totally sure the dental tech would sperg out on me over my dental hygiene, sweet

Go for dentures, forget the implants.
The glue is better than the powder.
Stay away from hard fruits, bitting into an apple can pull the dentures right out of you mouth.
Had an aunt who never got dentures and could chew steak and eat apples, nuts with just her tough gums.
Blowjobs are simply magnificent when the giver has no teeth.
Good Luck.

Properly made dentures don’t need adhesives. If they start to lose adhesion, take them to a technician and get them re-lined.

I wear dentures. Full upper and lower, and it's fairly recent. I'm 42. (Meth is a hell of a drug).

I had all of my teeth pulled in one sitting and received immediate dentures. You will be on a soft warm foods diet to start. Be ready for a few weeks of mashed potatoes, I found I could do shepherd's pie if I pureed it with an immersion blender. I did a lot of yogurt as well

After a week, they will put a soft liner in, and life gets a little better. You might be able to handle overcooked pasta. After 2 weeks you will be allowed to use an adhesive. I like the glue over the powder. The adhesive will make far more foods doable. I started eating chinese food at this point, but you will want the vegetables to be a little overcooked. Small bites are key.

Every month or so for awhile they will have you come in for a new softliner as your gums heal and the bones remodel to fill the tooth sockets. The full healing process takes 6 months. I'm on month 2 now, and can eat damn near anything, but I still prefer to cut up hard fruits first.

Cleaning is very simple. 5 minutes in efferdent, and a quick scrub with a denture brush. Store them dry. modern dentures with softliners should not sit in water overnight. If you want to brush them, buy a denture paste. Regular toothpaste is too abrasive for them.

If you can afford it, go for a denture plan that includes an entirely new set of dentures after the 6 month healing process. They will fit better if they are built off of an impression of your fully healed bones and gums.

Does Fluoride really cause rot?

from what I gathered at the dentist. he's going to make me wait one month after the final extraction before being fitted for my top dentures.
his plan was to take out the lone back bottom tooth. but i have 9 others on the bottom that are all next to each other. he originally wanted to put a partial on the bottom. I've already tried to talk him into changing plans and going full set on bottom too.
that month of waiting to get fitted is what I'm almost fearing. I enjoy enough soft enough foods that I should be alright with variety in my diet.
I have crohn's disease and my teeth started failing me not long after I lost almost 100 lbs from the disease. so for almost 20 years I've hated my smile. I can't wait for nice fake teeth

Yeah, I used to have a lot of the same attitudes that the people posting above us had. At 23, my teeth were crazy strong with almost no effort. But not cleaning them takes its toll. Bacteria gets under the gum line and erodes the bone. I had 5 teeth fall out, and several more were failing before I decided to go in and get it dealt with permanently. Periodontitist was the diagnosis. It's bad enough that my upper bones won't support a full set of implants. I'll have to either do bone grafting, ot do front implants with a partial for the rest of the uppers.

Personally, I'd just find someone willing to do them all at once. Preferably a place with a denture lab on site. Immediate dentures are a thing these days. There's no real point to going without teeth for weeks on end.

Pulling them all took about an hour including shooting me up with a local, which was most of the process. Actual extraction was maybe 15 minutes. I'm really glad I did it. Being out in public is much more enjoyable now.

I wish I could have them all yanked at the same time. but I'm on medicaid and they need to do it by their system they got in place. it's a pain in the ass, but worth the price of zero dollars for me.

Makes sense. I have private insurance, and got it done near the end of the year so I could carry some over into next year. My 6 month set will be on that. After hitting the max allowed by my insurance I'm still looking at 5500. Luckily I discovered I had 4k sitting untouched in a Healthcare Savings Account that my employer pays into, so it's not turning out that bad. Ended up financing the remaining 1500. There's actually some forums devoted to denture wearers, that can be found through google. I never posted on any, but reading about people's experiences definitely helped to prepare me for it. Apparently I have a high pain tolerance. I'm still sitting on several weeks of Vicodin that I never really needed.

>mfw I'm 23 and I don't brush
>already had a cavity cleaned and filled at 21
>almost lost that tooth
>still can't get into the habit or regularly brushing
>I even bought fluor free parodontax
>don't want to lose my teeth or put up with the shit that comes with dental problems

it turns you into a soyboy

Regular cleanings are a good thing. Have a hygienist clean your gum line twice a year. The flossing is actually more important than the brushing. Shit I wish I had known. I always just brushed my teeth quickly in the shower every morning. But flossing was a hassle. I also couldn't be bothered to make a detal appointment. 2 cleanings a year have been covered by my insurance for 19 years, and I never used it. I was always too into getting work done.

Regrets, man.

I can't floss well because my teeth are just too close together, I don't have big gaps, I tried interdental brush once and I bled.

That sounds like the beginning of gum disease. Try a water pick

All good advice.

t. Dental tech

What kind of dentures, OP?

You have to be more specific.

It is unusual that you went to a regular dentist to pull out that many teeth.

I thought oral surgeons are what are recommended to see for multuple teeth removal including the ones deep in the back since back teeth grow much more closely to nerves and you don't want to injure or hurt your nerves.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oral_and_maxillofacial_surgery

Yeah, from what I read, it feels like your dentist is making money off of you instead of sending you to somebody more skilled in complex dental problems since that is the job of oral surgeons after all.

Extractions don’t require surgery user, unless the patient has a deformity. Complete extractions ar3 pretty fucking straightforward.

Implant dentures do require a maxillofacial surgeon. Placing an implant even millimetres suboptimally can make the path of insertion impossible.

And for the record, yes, I’ve sat in on surgeries to set up all on fours and so on.

>the difference between making 6 figures and making 7 figures is giving enough of a damn to make sure something is angled right

I hate reality

I'm going to have full dentures on the top and a partial on the bottom. I'm going to try to plead my case at having a complete set on the bottom too. When I told the dentist the three or four reasons tuesday, he said "I don't totally disagree with you. let's get these top taken care of and we'll see what we can do for the bottom after."
they are Medicaid paid dentures
>it feels like your dentist is making money off of you instead of sending you to somebody more skilled in complex dental problems since that is the job of oral surgeons after all.
dentist do fine pulling teeth. you act like all they're good for is drill and fill. the novocaine took more time than the pulling of the four teeth did. he had four teeth out in 6-7 minutes top, while the numbing took at least 10