Can't get used to a denture

No hints I'm afraid ExDancer but I'll be interested to see if anyone comes on with helpful suggestions as Mr. S. had a new, small and I have to say rather expensive one fitted a week and half ago, and is still finding it very uncomfortable.

He went back with it last Friday but is still struggling so has to swap between the new one and the original.

I think he sounds a bad Dentist ! I have a partial lower denture and I was given several appointments till it sat comfortably, the lower denture is harder to get used to ! I’m 84 and feel that I wouldn’t want a gap either !

Try some fixodent to hold them more securely, it works for me.

Usually these are not made by the dentist but by a prosthodontist or dental technician who specialises in making these.

This should not be happening and, in other purchases, you should get a refund or a replacement as they are not fit for purpose.

Stand your ground, ExDancer

ExDancer
The trouble is there is very little profit for anyone involved in making an nhs plate. This is because they just don’t get enough money from the government.
The making of an nhs plate and a private plate are worlds apart.

ExDancer, I think I'd rather tolerate a gap than a denture. I'd just have to have an implant instead.

If my dentist said that something wasn't possible - I'd be out shopping around to find someone else - who said yes.

They are horrible. Ive got one tooth backed by plastic. I hate it but its my front tooth and its embarrasing to go with none. I constantly retch when fit it in my mouth. The glue tastes of strawberry which does not mix well with savoury food. This thing is the bane of my life, i have a horror of dentures. I retch if i see my mothers.
The glue wont come off when i finally get the b...... out at night, i scrub my upper mouth to scrape the glue off but it never come off. It must go down my throat. I cry sometimes. This is the worst thing ever. I cant afford implants and cant have a crown. When they made me bite the plastic i really thought i was going to choke. Im anxious at the best of time but dentures are the worst.

Ethelwashere1
If you just have one tooth on a denture can you have a bridge which is a tooth suspended between the two teeth either side. I lost a tooth in a car accident about 20 years ago and have a cantilever bridge which is just permanently attached to my canine tooth. Nothing to make you gag and no plastic involved. It's porcelain on a titanium back.

MerylStreep

ExDancer
The trouble is there is very little profit for anyone involved in making an nhs plate. This is because they just don’t get enough money from the government.
The making of an nhs plate and a private plate are worlds apart.

So true. I battled with a NHS denture for years. It never fitted properly and I had to use dental adhesive to keep it in place. I eventually went private to a dental technician and what a difference that made. Four appointments where he used all manner of high tech equipment to ensure they fitted properly. 2 years on they are still marvellous. They stay in by suction, which they are supposed to do. Money well spent just for the sheer comfort.

When I had to have a new upper denture, NHS, my dentist spent ages fitting it properly, shaving bits of when it was too tight, and making sure it was comfortable before I left. You need to go back and get your dentist to check it for you. That’s what my dentist said to do if the denture started causing problems.

My denture fixative is tasteless and comes off easily if you rinse your mouth in warm water. I also use only a tiny amount. Fixodent.

Poligrip Max does a good job and is tasteless and colourless.

I have a false single front tooth which I hate, so have decided to SKI (spend kids' inheritance) and go for an implant. I am part way through the process and look forward to a proper tooth by March. The cost is not much more than a denture or bridge.

I had a partial front denture which I really didn’t like - I tried. I was referred to another dentist who specialises in implants and I was thrilled when he said my jaw bone density could cope with an implant. Takes months altogether but I’m pleased I spent kids inheritance. I have two new front teeth.

Stiff after sitting. I’m 62 and am finding I am quite stiff after I have been sitting for a bit. Any tips please on anything I can take ?