I had a phone call from my mum's care home this morning telling me she had toothache. Mum then told me on the phone that it was her jaw that hurt so I suspected a dental abscess. As DD1 was on her way to visit mum I asked her to investigate and phone me back. DD asked mum to remove her denture (she just has a few teeth missing on the bottom). Mum needed a bit of help and when the denture came out my poor DD thought she had pulled a couple of mum's teeth out with it. This was because the denture hasn't been removed for so long the calcium deposit which had built up underneath actually looked like a couple of teeth which were digging into mum's gum. She must have been in agony for ages. We were worried that she wasn't eating......no bloody wonder!!
The doctor visited and thankfully there is no infection but I'm absolutely furious especially as, when questioned, the carers all said they didn't realise mum had dentures. This is absolute nonsense of course as it's mentioned in her folder.
It seems that just getting by with the bare minimum of care will do now.
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