Thoughts on dentures or partials?

Wish i had an answer as im not far behind you in the bad teeth dept. Needed braces and never got them as a kid. I have a nervous tick of grinding them. Many have been pulled and as i type have two more needing extraction one ASAP and hurting. My mom had full mouth dentures but refused to wear them...why i dont know. I think of the pureed food she would eat in the home prior to her passing last year and as unappetizing as they looked it seems im not far behind now.

Ive thought of full mouth of implants but the cost is nuts. If i had better credit (minimal credit history) id consider financing.

Ms. buZZsaw (she has major dental issues as well) texted me the other night asking dinner plans and i joked pureed pizza? A couple blenders is cheaper than dental implants. Good thing i like yogurt, applesauce and soup!

Let us know how you make out.

 

No braces

well not on my teeth …

 

Back in the 70's or 80's, can't remember exactly when, my dad had impressions taken and dentures made, then went in for dental surgery to have all his teeth pulled and the new dentures put in. Went to sleep with teeth and woke up with teeth. I don't remember him having a lot of problems with them.

 

Give me some time…
Daughter tried to jumpstart car and hooked up jumper cables backwards

 

So they told me way back when it is pretty major surgery. Have to break lower jaw on both sides and remove a chunk. Teeth come out through the side. That pretty much made me tell them absolutely not happening. A couple times I’ve had some pretty good infections in them but last time was in 1995. I’ve just left them alone.

 

For me pulling wisdom teeth at 22 saved my teeth,
Crowding solved as teeth shifted back giving over teeth room

most teeth have 2 nerves

I had 4 or 5 per molar
Doctor was like of course;
you have double nerves
Don’t go numb easily
Immune to nitrous
And relax pill has no effect on you either

 

I had my top wisdom teeth taken out in my later 20's. Held off on my lowers as that would require surgery because of nerves being too close and wrapped (any false moves had the potential to paralyze my jaw on that side). In my early 30's couldn't stand the constant pain any more and had the surgery. They had to put me fully under to ensure I didn't move.

Helped with overcrowding of teeth somewhat. I have a really small mouth - in my teens I had to have 4 teeth dug (1 in each quadrant) out to make room. Even with a total of 8 teeth gone, my teeth are overlapped and crooked. But, they don't cause any issues so I'm good.

 

bogieb ; I mean this in a kind way; you could never been a big mouth like me.

At 17 I was 5’6” and 140 #; hadn’t grown yet but teeth had.

 

wildwest talked to the wife; she said
Try to keep as many of your original teeth as you can;
she said Top dentures are easier to get used to. Top part of jaw doesn’t move.
Partials are good and bad.. easier to get used to but they hook to another tooth. Statistically that tooth that it’s hooked too has double rate of future problems.
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