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welshdragon1
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During my early childhood memories, of the old school (butcher) dentist, I remember him having to extract some of my back teeth (I can not remember how many) but it was on both sides of my mouth.
I remember him asking me if I wanted the needle or the gas as he pointed towards the gas mask, I though it would make me feel like a fighter pilot & said yes, but as he brought the gas mask closer & closer, the smell made me heave & I was nearly vomiting, so I changed my mind & said I wanted the needle as the smell was making me feel sick, he forced the gas mask on me despite my best efforts to fight him off.
I awoke in the hospital in the next town, after having dissolvable stitches in both sides of my lower gum, which was the downfall & cause of my fear of dentists.
Over the years I have had many an infection, could not properly clean my teeth (tried & tested many a toothbrush, pastes etc) as my gums would always bleed & be sore, I had got so used to the pain that I adopted a high pain threshold, which turned to a discomfort, rather than actual feeling of pain.
Several teeth cracked & broke off, but that did not make me face my fear, my final straw was since being laid off as the firm I worked for went to Belgium, I was & are still looking for new employment, my teeth was in an embarrassing state & I very conscious of the fact that 1st impressions count (Pun may be intended.....lol), & I was also having the dreams, where the rest of my teeth all broke off during my sleep & I chocked on them, after the 10th+ dream, I telephoned quite a few dentists & was told either "We are not taking any more patients on". "We do not deal with NHS patients" & "There is a 6 - 12 month waiting list", the latter being the only one, which is now my dentist.
10 months later (August 2015) I get a call from my dentist, advising that a slot is now available, I make an appointment, goes in to see the very nice oriental dentist, he his very patient & works with you to help you with your fears, as soon as I mentioned the school dentist, he said "I must have about 150+ patients on my books, that have encountered problems with the school dentist", He takes one look & said, there is no easy way to say this, but all you teeth has to come out, I replied "Will that stop the infections", he said "Yes it will, although your gums may take time to heal", I said "That's good as I had geared myself up in the hope they would have to be removed", he said "You will need 3 appointments, 1 for each side & one for the front each being a minimum of 10 days apart", I said ok & made the appointments.
On each appointment, he was very gentle, I didn't even feel the needle go in tbh, by the time he put the needle in the last one of each appointment, the first was numb enough to start work on & extracted the amount required & made impressions per appointment, gave me gauze & sent me on my way, with advice to gargle with salt water & eat plain ice-cream for a few days.
I went in for the prelim dentures in December 2015, he made alterations to then & made them fit, although there was still some swelling, but I also have two bits of bone sticking through my top gum, which prevented me from wearing them, the dentist will sadly not do anything about the bone, although he did say he will see after I have fully healed, so looks like I am lumbered with them.
Here we are in 2016, 7 months later going back & he still refuses to do anything about the bits of bones sticking out, but took some more impressions & I go for three more appointments over the July & August, for Bite, Try & Fit to have my new permanent dentures made up.
Which has brought us to my current dilemma,
The full top set are a little loose & I need Fixodent, to keep them in place but they also have a pinhole in them, that lets the Fixodent through, (if I put in to much) or liquids through to the front of the denture, causing a squishy feeling when I talk, I explained this to the dentist earlier today & he doesn't think it is a problem, but said he could hard reline the top set, but would advise against is as it could go horribly wrong & we would be back to square one needing a new top set, as the top set can not be soft relined.
The full bottom set, needed adjusting as I have two sore spots one on the right side back the other on the front middle, where the gum is joined to the lip & I can not currently eat soup, without it popping off.
He has now made the adjustments & advise I leave bottom set out as much as possibly to help let the sores heal & said, see how it goes, it may be possible that they will have to have a soft reline.
I currently use Fixodent to hold the dentures in as not only are they a loose fit, but I suffer from a dry mouth, that said as many members on here already know the struggle of having to remove the GOOP & how time consuming it is.
I also use Boots, 10 minute soak tablets, to be used in hand hot water, the dentist recommends to use only cold water...., confused, yep I know the feeling.....
I feel it best to leave the dentures in overnight, as 1), longer they are in, it is easier to remove the GOOP, 2) it is easier to fit them back in when cleansed..
I have seen a product called Denture Wipes, mentioned & recommended in the forums for cleaning the GOOP from inside the mouth, sadly I can not find a UK stockist for them.
Here comes some questions, I hope you do not mind.....
TIA
Welshdragon1
I remember him asking me if I wanted the needle or the gas as he pointed towards the gas mask, I though it would make me feel like a fighter pilot & said yes, but as he brought the gas mask closer & closer, the smell made me heave & I was nearly vomiting, so I changed my mind & said I wanted the needle as the smell was making me feel sick, he forced the gas mask on me despite my best efforts to fight him off.
I awoke in the hospital in the next town, after having dissolvable stitches in both sides of my lower gum, which was the downfall & cause of my fear of dentists.
Over the years I have had many an infection, could not properly clean my teeth (tried & tested many a toothbrush, pastes etc) as my gums would always bleed & be sore, I had got so used to the pain that I adopted a high pain threshold, which turned to a discomfort, rather than actual feeling of pain.
Several teeth cracked & broke off, but that did not make me face my fear, my final straw was since being laid off as the firm I worked for went to Belgium, I was & are still looking for new employment, my teeth was in an embarrassing state & I very conscious of the fact that 1st impressions count (Pun may be intended.....lol), & I was also having the dreams, where the rest of my teeth all broke off during my sleep & I chocked on them, after the 10th+ dream, I telephoned quite a few dentists & was told either "We are not taking any more patients on". "We do not deal with NHS patients" & "There is a 6 - 12 month waiting list", the latter being the only one, which is now my dentist.
10 months later (August 2015) I get a call from my dentist, advising that a slot is now available, I make an appointment, goes in to see the very nice oriental dentist, he his very patient & works with you to help you with your fears, as soon as I mentioned the school dentist, he said "I must have about 150+ patients on my books, that have encountered problems with the school dentist", He takes one look & said, there is no easy way to say this, but all you teeth has to come out, I replied "Will that stop the infections", he said "Yes it will, although your gums may take time to heal", I said "That's good as I had geared myself up in the hope they would have to be removed", he said "You will need 3 appointments, 1 for each side & one for the front each being a minimum of 10 days apart", I said ok & made the appointments.
On each appointment, he was very gentle, I didn't even feel the needle go in tbh, by the time he put the needle in the last one of each appointment, the first was numb enough to start work on & extracted the amount required & made impressions per appointment, gave me gauze & sent me on my way, with advice to gargle with salt water & eat plain ice-cream for a few days.
I went in for the prelim dentures in December 2015, he made alterations to then & made them fit, although there was still some swelling, but I also have two bits of bone sticking through my top gum, which prevented me from wearing them, the dentist will sadly not do anything about the bone, although he did say he will see after I have fully healed, so looks like I am lumbered with them.
Here we are in 2016, 7 months later going back & he still refuses to do anything about the bits of bones sticking out, but took some more impressions & I go for three more appointments over the July & August, for Bite, Try & Fit to have my new permanent dentures made up.
Which has brought us to my current dilemma,
The full top set are a little loose & I need Fixodent, to keep them in place but they also have a pinhole in them, that lets the Fixodent through, (if I put in to much) or liquids through to the front of the denture, causing a squishy feeling when I talk, I explained this to the dentist earlier today & he doesn't think it is a problem, but said he could hard reline the top set, but would advise against is as it could go horribly wrong & we would be back to square one needing a new top set, as the top set can not be soft relined.
The full bottom set, needed adjusting as I have two sore spots one on the right side back the other on the front middle, where the gum is joined to the lip & I can not currently eat soup, without it popping off.
He has now made the adjustments & advise I leave bottom set out as much as possibly to help let the sores heal & said, see how it goes, it may be possible that they will have to have a soft reline.
I currently use Fixodent to hold the dentures in as not only are they a loose fit, but I suffer from a dry mouth, that said as many members on here already know the struggle of having to remove the GOOP & how time consuming it is.
I also use Boots, 10 minute soak tablets, to be used in hand hot water, the dentist recommends to use only cold water...., confused, yep I know the feeling.....
I feel it best to leave the dentures in overnight, as 1), longer they are in, it is easier to remove the GOOP, 2) it is easier to fit them back in when cleansed..
I have seen a product called Denture Wipes, mentioned & recommended in the forums for cleaning the GOOP from inside the mouth, sadly I can not find a UK stockist for them.
Here comes some questions, I hope you do not mind.....
- What are the Fors & against, for leaving dentures in overnight, even if a good brushing / mouthwash rinse was taken place
- What cleansing tablets do you find best
- Can the upper Dentures be soft realigned
- Could a soft realign on the bottom dentures be a permanent fix or would that have to be a hard realign
- What have you found best to help remove the GOOP from inside the mouth
- Have you managed to locate a UK stockist for the Denture Wipes or a similar product, that works
- What product would you recommend to help, ease the sore spots
- How easy is it to get back to normal(ish) eating with the dentures
- Does it take long for speech to return to normal, is there any technique to master
TIA
Welshdragon1