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<blockquote data-quote="Estherfromjerusalem" data-source="post: 380282" data-attributes="member: 77"><p>Lisa, I completely understand your feelings about having dentures. I can tell you that I have been through some lousy experiences with my teeth. I had loads of crowns and bridges, but since they were fixtures and couldn't come out, I was fine with that. And then one day all the upper ones started wobbling, and when I went to the dentist he told me that my jawbone had collapsed and that I had no choice but to have all the teeth out and to have a complete top denture. I was so depressed, but since I trusted him completely, I just went along with it. </p><p></p><p>It's not like it used to be with our parents, or with the jokes one sees. One doesn't take them out and put them in a glass at night. They stay in your mouth 24 hours a day, and you just go the washroom after meals and rinse it and put it straight back in your mouth, and once a day you take it out and give it a good brushing (and your mouth a good brushing as well), and that's it. You sleep with it, and believe me, after a very short time indeed you don't even notice you have it. Today the only teeth I have are seven teeth in the bottom front of my mouth, and the rest is a bottom denture, and a complete top denture. My dentist is amazing (and not the cheapest), the metal part of the denture is titanium, the actual teeth are porcelain like good crowns, and it looks so natural, a bit crooked and not shining white. As close to my own teeth as possible. I am very very happy now with the way I look. And I can eat.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand -- I absolutely HATE the THOUGHT that I have false teeth. I absolutely deserve my teeth problems. I never looked after my teeth, didn't brush my teeth during pregnancies (it made me vomit) and looking after myself is not one of my top priorities, so I deserve this. My sisters have crowns and implants and I don't know what, and their teeth look decent. I am very aware of other people's teeth these days. The THOUGHT of me having dentures I find so very disturbing and upsetting. But the actual physical coping with it is fine. Modern science is wonderful and these days they do everything to make people feel good about themselves, feel comfortable.</p><p></p><p>I think your mother is really m arvellous to do this for you. It must be very upsetting for her as a mother to see you having these dreadful teeth problems. Try as much as you can to accept her gift graciously. Forgive me for expressing an opinion, I know that that sort of thing is so very delicate. But as a mother to very grown children (my oldest is now almost 42, and is herself a new grandmother), I can tell you that something like that with one of my children would really upset me and make me want to help if I possibly could.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, you've made the appointment now, and I wish you the very best of luck and look forward to reading how you are getting on with your new teeth.</p><p></p><p>Love, Esther</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Estherfromjerusalem, post: 380282, member: 77"] Lisa, I completely understand your feelings about having dentures. I can tell you that I have been through some lousy experiences with my teeth. I had loads of crowns and bridges, but since they were fixtures and couldn't come out, I was fine with that. And then one day all the upper ones started wobbling, and when I went to the dentist he told me that my jawbone had collapsed and that I had no choice but to have all the teeth out and to have a complete top denture. I was so depressed, but since I trusted him completely, I just went along with it. It's not like it used to be with our parents, or with the jokes one sees. One doesn't take them out and put them in a glass at night. They stay in your mouth 24 hours a day, and you just go the washroom after meals and rinse it and put it straight back in your mouth, and once a day you take it out and give it a good brushing (and your mouth a good brushing as well), and that's it. You sleep with it, and believe me, after a very short time indeed you don't even notice you have it. Today the only teeth I have are seven teeth in the bottom front of my mouth, and the rest is a bottom denture, and a complete top denture. My dentist is amazing (and not the cheapest), the metal part of the denture is titanium, the actual teeth are porcelain like good crowns, and it looks so natural, a bit crooked and not shining white. As close to my own teeth as possible. I am very very happy now with the way I look. And I can eat. On the other hand -- I absolutely HATE the THOUGHT that I have false teeth. I absolutely deserve my teeth problems. I never looked after my teeth, didn't brush my teeth during pregnancies (it made me vomit) and looking after myself is not one of my top priorities, so I deserve this. My sisters have crowns and implants and I don't know what, and their teeth look decent. I am very aware of other people's teeth these days. The THOUGHT of me having dentures I find so very disturbing and upsetting. But the actual physical coping with it is fine. Modern science is wonderful and these days they do everything to make people feel good about themselves, feel comfortable. I think your mother is really m arvellous to do this for you. It must be very upsetting for her as a mother to see you having these dreadful teeth problems. Try as much as you can to accept her gift graciously. Forgive me for expressing an opinion, I know that that sort of thing is so very delicate. But as a mother to very grown children (my oldest is now almost 42, and is herself a new grandmother), I can tell you that something like that with one of my children would really upset me and make me want to help if I possibly could. Anyway, you've made the appointment now, and I wish you the very best of luck and look forward to reading how you are getting on with your new teeth. Love, Esther [/QUOTE]
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