This is my second round with getting dentures. I got my first partial set in 2022. I tried for a long time to make them work for me, but in the end gave up, aside from when I had to go out, which is not often. Eventually, as of this past winter, I could not even get them into my mouth. I now have a new dentist and have very mixed feelings about him. Over the past six weeks I’ve had all except three on the bottom, extracted, with severe healing issues. I don’t know why dentists have always convinced me to keep teeth, especially now when I see overwhelming information about people having all their teeth taken out at once and getting implants on the day of. Implants don’t seem to be an option for me at this stage regardless. But now I wonder why I am hanging onto the last three teeth and not going for a full bottom denture at the same time as getting my full uppers. My dentist has told me that one of the remaining three is likely to have to come out in the next couple of years anyway. I am on ODSP and CDCP, and I’m not sure, but if something goes wrong over the next couple of years and I do need to get rid of all three, I will not be eligible for another set for several more years beyond.
So, I would like to hear from others who have experienced going one route over another, that is, did you decide to keep a few and get partial or did you get them yanked and get full? My dentist is extremely resistant to pulling, and I had to really insist on him taking the last upper tooth two weeks ago. But those remaining three bottom ones are painfully poking into my top gums and I can’t imagine that eating without any teeth at all will be all that more troublesome than it has been.