r/dentures

Hey everyone hope you’re all doing great!!! So I’m home after pre-op and I look like I tried to swallow a bee hive… I had to have some extra work done on my jaw and it sounded like someone cracking walnuts… plus the doc said my left canine was abnormally long, like the longest root he’s ever seen in 20 plus years and for some reason it didn’t want to numb all the way so.. yeah… apparently I had 3 abbesses and 2 infections that I didn’t know about. Wonderful…

My doc was great though, the nursing staff took care of me and now I’m home with my pittie and chicken broth and plan to post a pic with my uppers and lowers in once I don’t look like a who from the grinch 🤣🤣🤣

Thank you guys for all of the support, I never thought losing my teeth would bring me to a community of such good people! Will update soon!!!!

I have a lower overdenture on two implants and I have had issues with them breaking, even while eating soft food . It was sent back to the lab for wire mesh reinforcement. I am always very careful, but I dropped my overdenture today and they went bouncing along the bamboo floor about two feet. Yet, they do not appear damaged. I hope I didn't weaken them too much. I do not see any hairline fractures. Did I get lucky? Or is the denture just waiting to snap at first bite? I am nervous to eat anything at this point.

Does anyone else have issues with the fit of your permanent dentures AFTER you add adhesive?

Anytime I add any type of adhesive my dentures seem to always migrate toward the front of my jawline and they feel super uncomfortable, not in a hurting way but it’s like I’m constantly trying to press them to the roof of my mouth and push them back a little… almost as if they are falling off my jaw.

But if I don’t wear adhesive they fit much better. My dentures actually have enough suction to wear them without adhesive if I don’t plan on eating anything and they won’t pop off, but if I think I’m gonna eat I’ll add adhesive because if I don’t as soon as I bite down they snap off…

Hello friends!

I’m finally starting to slowly eat harder things after my first reline last week! I still have a few sore spots (bone spurs) but they are slowly causing less and less pain.

This week I’ve already noticed that my denture is feeling a lot looser. I know that my gums are healing and shrinking right now but I’m not due for another reline until June. (They said I can go in earlier but I don’t really want to go till late May if possible)

So my question is, can I use cushion grip on top of the reline material if they get too loose? Also can I use adhesives on top of the soft reline material?

Not sure how many relines I get until I get my permanent set so I don’t want to go in too early (plus it’s a long drive to my dentist and I would have to go on my lunch).

Thank you!!

I had all my teeth removed and have temporary dentures till 6 month post op...I got my soft liner monday .. I can’t close my mouth comfortably, they feel loose but there’s a lot of pressure in the back, and the front is pushing my lip out too far... It looks like Im wearing a mouth guard.. My bite doesnt feel right.. I’m also having a strong silicone taste that’s making me nauseous.

I know this is a journey... But this is too much.. I plan on going back on monday.. Any suggestions to make my next better?

To keep this short and simple, my reline on the uppers went well enough they stayed without adhesive (which she said not to use for 3 days) all day. My lowers are more comfortable but I almost feel like it wasn't enough, but i think with adhesive they'll be fine.

However, she did an adjustment on the top palate because it was going far enough back in my mouth to gag me.

She also did the lower, on the inside where my tongue is, because it was digging into the area under my tongue. She thinned out the front of the lower as well but didnt want to take any more off, but i think she focused on the area under the front teeth.

Would thinning out where the canines sit help the insane caveman lip my lower is giving me? It literally looks like I have a couple packets of chewing tobacco in my bottom lip. I don't think she really thinned this area and focused on under the very front "biting" teeth. Have you experienced this with your immediate lower and gotten it fixed, or did you end up having to deal with it for 6 months until you can get permanents?

I think she forgot to buff them(both upper and lower) and they feel jagged and by the end of my work day I was so desperate to take them out I did it immediately in the car. I'm going to try to get back in ASAP, even if the liner material is still curing because it's just unbearable. Does what I'm describing seem like yes she didn't buff them, or could this be some part of the soft reline process? My appointment was supposed to be an hour and was more like 35.

Hello,

My E-Day is Friday. I’m very nervous about it. I am getting temps in as well and don’t really know what to expect. I posted about this a while ago but it’s finally arriving. I guess I’m just articulating how I feel.

I am 2 1/2 years past getting my teeth pulled, complications, and ready to get my first denture!!! Yaaa,Finally!!!!!!!! but i have lacerations in my gums on the right side 3 mm wide, will it all go ok? is there any way to ask for a rush order b/c of lacerations? Thanks