> From: "cutler033" <cutler@...>
> Speaking of advice, if you don't want to admit to having dentures
> simply saying "I had my teeth fixed" is as accurate a statement as
> any. Please be patient with your new teeth. Adjusting takes time
> and patience. Good luck.

It's nice of Cutler to be hanging out answering people who show up. I'll
agree with him that http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dentureadventures
or
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/denturewearersanon
are very helpful.

I do tell people who don't need to know that I "had a lot of dental work
done, which involved weekly visits to the dentist for more than 9 months" I
give out more, or less, of this information when it comes up (for example, I
am a pronunciation teacher, so I can explain that I had to change my way to
make a "th" and, basically, learn to do it all over again, when the gap
between my front teeth was fixed) People don't need to know the extent of
the dental work I had done. Most would be bored and even become hostile (it
has happened)
Many people just run up to me and say I look happier (duh! I smile now)
Margaret