Hang in there it isn't to bad. Are you having upper and lower done at the same
time? Let me tell you how it worked for me. I am 44 years old but after not
having good dental care as a child my teeth as an adult were a wreck. I work in
a professional environment and I wanted to have a nice smile. So I decided to
take they plunge and get them pulled out and dentures put in. I went in
November of 2005 and had around 22 teeth pulled at the same time. It was not
painful they had me pretty numb but it was not pleasant either. Anyway I had
temporary dentures put in place the same day and they sent me home for the
healing process. (6 months) during this time people go back and have their
temporary dentures adjusted for fit, etc. I just used adhesive and stuck it
out. The temporary dentures do not fit well because your gums are healing and
it takes a while. I was almost worrying if I did the right thing when I had the
temporary dentures in. But I will have to tell you the day
I got my permanent dentures was a really good day. They fit so so much better.
I went back in for the permenent ones at my 6 month mark and things have been
great since then. I can eat almost anything I want. I tend to still use a little
bit of denture adhesive because I don't like them to move at all. I don't think
anyone here at my new office knows that these are not my real teeth. I think
they all think I just have nice teeth which is just awesome. So when you get
over the adjustment you won't even have to tell people you have them and they
won't be able to tell by looking at you. So don't get to down. It does take time
to get used to dentures but there are days now when I even forget that they are
there. They are a part of me now.

There are a lot of people on this list so feel free to ask us questions and we
will try to respond.

Elizabeth

springluv25 <springluv25@...> wrote:
I am a 25 year old girl who is about to get dentures. I am happy and
depressed at the same time. My teeth have no emamel on them, and they
are all rotting. I know that I need dentures, but I am embarrassed at
the same time. I just want some support in this to know that I will
have a life, after. I know this sounds stupid but any support will
help.






Elizabeth Willis

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