4 days in with immediate dentures and having a very hard time...

[Gagcas]

hi everyone. i really hope i have this in the right spot as this is my first time posting. and i apologize now for the long one. i had this all typed out yest and hit preview post and poof...i lost it all LOL.

i just want to say a month ago i made the decision to have all remaining teeth extracted and immediate dentures put in. yup, it was that quick from consult with my dentist, and Eday. they said the 16th and i was like oh crap. well at least i wont gain "holiday weight" LMAO. now i wish i would have had them wait till after the holidays. i have been reading this site for the last couple weeks and i just want to say that you all helped me SOOOO much and eased a lot of my fears from the get go. couldn't have asked for a better site....so a big THANK YOU to you all. we finally got insurance good enough to cover it all and i wasn't looking back.

i am a 40 year old married mom of 2 kids. i had a dentist decide to root canal ALL my back teeth a few years ago...why he would do that i have no clue and i was to young really to understand..um no you really shouldn't do that. now all i had left were my front teeth, and those were crumbling and fast. so made the decision and stuck to it.

i had my extractions done this past Wednesday, dec 16th. it is now the 19th, and i feel as though i am regretting it. any help would greatly be appreciated. i went through surgery with conscious sedation and really didn't have a prob with that at all. in fact the dentist said i actually fell asleep and was snoring for most of the hour long appt. they gave me a pill to take the night before, and a pill to take an hour before appt and those really didn't do a darn thing. i was a nervous wreck. dentist actually came out to waiting room to check on me cause he could see i was so nerved up. proly why they just let me sleep thru it instead of being conscious but zoned. went home and slept most of the afternoon. apparently i had a hard time with what ever they put in IV because i threw up 5 times between then and 6 am the following morning. couldn't keep anything down at all. went for 24 hour check up and he took them out and omg the pain. sanded a few spots down and popped them back in...here is where my probs begin

*i am more swollen now then i was after surgery and my chin started going numb yest. is this normal? its making my jaw stiff and i cant get it to go away?

*i am now aloud to take them out(especially to sleep and let gums heal) but i can NOT take them out and if i do get the guts to do it...putting them back in is just as bad. it hurts to the point that it drops me to the floor and i have to do the "Lamaze" breathing to ease myself. it seems there is a spot on top plate that is almost "hooked" and it goes into this spot on my gums where it almost "pops" into place. that spot makes me afraid to even attempt to take the out. if i ever get the nads to take them out i am half tempted to take my hubby's dremmel tool to it. could this be because im still swollen. will the swelling go down if i leave them in there, and then take them out cause swelling is down? i would have thought that would have started to decrease by now but i guess not? and it seems like the part that goes from gums to under nose is too tall in the effect i can feel it cutting into the upper part of my gum where it connects to my face. and i look like a monkey right there. all pushed out. im like where on earth is my lip....

*my bottom plate seems to have these "wings" as i call them on the inside under where my tongue sits. these in turn rub against my tongue when i move it and now tongue is horribly sore. feels swollen and almost like a swollen throat feels. id like to take the dremmel to those too LOL.

*how long till its safe to do a good swish with the salt water, and not worry about dry socket or dislodging a clot. i haven't had a tooth pulled in years and dont really know for sure. my bottoms have stitches along the front(as there was a little bone decay i believe he said and needed more working on), and tops have a couple stitches along where eye teeth were. he didnt put a lot of them up there casue he wanted to hgold the shape of gum more to make denture fit better. i am supposed to be taking them out, cleaning them, and swishing with salt water but because of the pain, and cant get them out...ive been kind of swishing the water behind denture pates so it at least gets to the gums a little.

* i have another appt dec 28th because of the holiday being on the day of when my next would have been, but i think i need to get in the beginning of this coming week. i dont know if i cant go a whole week over the holidays no less, being like this. he said to call if i have any issues, but to know i will have "some"issues. almost like if its a big issue call, but if its small we can take care of it the 28th...but my god what is small and what isnt...UGH!!!

thank you all SO much for reading and offering any advice you can for a newbie. i know the road is gonna be a long one...but this is discouraging

 

[Sevena]

It's pretty common for immediates to make you miserable at first. Mine certainly did!

These sound like really big issues you're having - and definitely worth a call. The best thing to do is to get all the bits of the dentures that are causing you pain trimmed and smoothed over. It's also good to have an appointment soon after just to check the healing anyway. I wouldn't feel any guilt about "bothering" the dentist - no one should be expected to be in pain!

You should be safe from dry socket by now. I would stop worrying about that specific.

It's normal to feel discouraged. It's a really difficult period anyway, there's so much to adjust to, and while you're still healing as well. But they can repeatedly trim and resize the dentures until they are comfortable for you. And eventually you'll get your permanent ones, and they will be perfectly made for your mouth.

So my advice is, call the dentist and hang in there! And vent here as much as you like

 

[Gagcas]

Thank u sooo much. I plan on calling first thing Monday morning. I don't think I should be this afraid to take them out

 

[Bjw]

I just had my impressions made last week. I have to go to an oral surgeon to have all of my uppers removed and have an immediate denture put in. I did really well with the impressions; didn't even gag. I'm absolutely HORRIFIED of the extractions and the immediate denture. But... I cannot walk around with no teeth. Panic has set in and I have nightmares about having Chicklets for teeth or teeth that are too small or large for me. I have to take 4mg of Ativan a day and 10mg ambien at night just to sleep. Sorry for the rambling but I'm hoping to have ANY positive advice. Thanks!

 

[Gagcas]

Hi BJW. I totally know what u are going through. Are they doing any type of sedation or just novicain

 

[Sevena]

Hey bjw! The best thing to do if you do end up hating the immediates is to go back to the dentist and get them to make them better for you. You can't be expected to walk around with something that looks really bad.

My immediates were atrocious at first - though I have a tiny mouth and it's awkwardly shaped too. They were too big for me, and the worst ever colour. Well, the dentist took them off me for a couple of days and had the lab set the teeth up higher, trim them so they were smaller, and paint over the colour so it looked much better.

However, not everyone needs to do this! Don't assume the worst. Yours might be fine. Just know that if they're not fine, you have options. Communication is always best, so talk to your dentist. Don't be too shy to ask. It's your well-being on the line.