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[JohnnyEst1974]

Hello, my name is John, I'm 39 from St Helens, my wife of 23 years recently walked out on me and my 3 children (18,15 & 8), I've also recently been given a partial denture but was convinced I was getting a bridge because the cap I had fitted kept coming out, I'm depressed enough with everything going on and this adds more fuel, I'm worried I'll never regain any sort of confidence and I have only one question, can the top of my plate be cut away so it's basically a row of a few teeth that I can use adhesive to keep in place and obviously be able to talk again correctly and regain a small bit of dignity.

 

[JohnnyEst1974]

Hello, my name is John, I'm 39 from St Helens, my wife of 23 years recently walked out on me and my 3 children (18,15 & 8), I've also recently been given a partial denture but was convinced I was getting a bridge because the cap I had fitted kept coming out, I'm depressed enough with everything going on and this adds more fuel, I'm worried I'll never regain any sort of confidence and I have only one question, can the top of my plate be cut away so it's basically a row of a few teeth that I can use adhesive to keep in place and obviously be able to talk again correctly and regain a small bit of dignity.

Nevermind, maybe nobody uses this site anymore

 

[biffo1963]

And yet at least a dozen threads were posted on on 4/7 - hardly an inactive forum ! Anyway you need to give yourself time to adjust to that partial, it's a bit of a learning curve when you first get one but you do get used to it. I'm not a dentist but I think if you cut away too much of the plate you'd find that you couldn't get an adhesive strong enough to hold the remnants still. Can I ask how many teeth you have on the plate and why your dentist went for that rather than a bridge ?

 

[JohnnyEst1974]

And yet at least a dozen threads were posted on on 4/7 - hardly an inactive forum ! Anyway you need to give yourself time to adjust to that partial, it's a bit of a learning curve when you first get one but you do get used to it. I'm not a dentist but I think if you cut away too much of the plate you'd find that you couldn't get an adhesive strong enough to hold the remnants still. Can I ask how many teeth you have on the plate and why your dentist went for that rather than a bridge ?

Thanks for your reply, there is 4 teeth on the palate, the main front one plus back ones that I wasn't really bothered about, that's why I was upset about the bridge, it was something I was convinced i was getting.

 

[Spike 1969]

Hi there

Sorry to hear you are having problems; I'm no expert on plates so not much use on that one but if you were expecting a bridge and your dentist has changed their mind it would be worth asking why you cannot have a bridge; with modern dentistry there are normally several options open to you such as Bridge, Implants, dentures its certainly worth a call and/or visit as these things are a joint decision between yourself and your dentist.

Hope you get sorted soon.

Kind Regards

 

[JohnnyEst1974]

Hi there

Sorry to hear you are having problems; I'm no expert on plates so not much use on that one but if you were expecting a bridge and your dentist has changed their mind it would be worth asking why you cannot have a bridge; with modern dentistry there are normally several options open to you such as Bridge, Implants, dentures its certainly worth a call and/or visit as these things are a joint decision between yourself and your dentist.

Hope you get sorted soon.

Kind Regards

She only kept going on about what her dentist do and don't on the NHS. I'm still not happy with it, I'm sick of gagging, I'm 39 and feel like in 79 with dentures, they are something I simply can't carry on with and with being a single parent only working 20 hours, private work is out the question.

 

[Deejay]

Sorry nobody answered your question sometimes people just don't have the answers and the dentists pop on and it's in their free time and not actually signed to this site so not always there all the time and like me just pick out one or two to answer a night sometimes I come on and find 80 unread posts I don't have enough hours in the day so I often pick out titles that say dentures in them rather than reading all the way through each one to see if I can share my experience, .
Sorry to hear you are going through a tough time, re the gagging sometimes the dentist can trim away some of the palate plate so it doesn't go as far back and that can help with the gagging so I have read in other posts. The speech does come back though, I have a full upper and wondered if I had to relearn some of my words /letters but it just goes back to normal of its own accord and you also hear it differently to others as you sort of hear it from inside too. What I thought was bad speech others didn't hear any difference. It does take a bit of getting used to but will come right in the end, wishing you well
D.J

 

[Dr. Daniel]

Hi,

I can't give you any practical advice without examining you. As biffo1963 said, it takes a few weeks to get used to a new denture. I suggest you wait at least a month. If after a month you can not ware the denture without using an adhesive (otherwise it falls or creates gagging) that means that the denture is not good enough.
In the meanwhile, try to have it in your mouth as much as possible (not while sleeping though).
All the best