Hi.
Sorry to hear that you have these problems.
This sounds like a bad job by the technician who made the dentures.
1. The gum area should not be like you said it should be able to
extend it so that the lip hides the top part of the gum area.
2. That your back teeth do not meet the dentist should have corrected
that the day you got them fitted. At least he/she must do it the next
time you have an appointment. This is standard procedure.

I have not had partials as I had all my teeth removed but the
principal is the same.

Hope you will be all right. There should be no reason for not feeling
good having a partial. Some time to get used to it you must calculate
with.
Kind regards
Jason



--- In Denture_Dentures@yahoogroups.com, "Shirley" <gram2_8@y...>
wrote:
> I just had my four top front teeth pulled on Thursday and now have
a
> partial denture. My two biggest problems are:
>
> 1)My back teeth are not meeting together, thus, I can not chew. I
> have been eating pudding, yogurt and such, waiting for the dentist
> office to open Monday morning.
>
> 2)One of my main reasons for getting this done was to be able to
> smile again. But the "gum" part of the denture between my lip and
> nose is so short that if I smile too big I am baring all! Granted,
I
> was used to hiding bad teeth but I don't want to hide my new smile.
> Is it possible to get that part of the denture lengthened a little
> so it is not so obvious?
>
> Any advice is appreciated.