Have to have 2 teeth out = 10 in 3 yrs... dentures when allergic to metal?

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I have had lots of teeth out with no dentures etc replacing them and my final 2 teeth I use to eat have today been deemed to need removing.
I have to wait a month in pain for that which is fun and I will need dentures afterwards.. implants are not affordable with the amount I would need but I have been reading that partial dentures have metal clasps and I am allergic to nickel so now worried that option is off the table.

As it is I am having to have 2 teeth removed and then wait 3 months before a denture can be fitted so my gums heal.. but I have no back teeth left to eat on after that so will have to eat soup that entire time.

Might be worth checking with your dentist - for some reason I'm sure mine uses chrome or similar for dentures? That's what my MIL has I think and she's sensitive to metals!

I have an upper partial denture. There is no metal, it's a resin/plastic type material. I was also given a temporary denture whilst the gums heal so I had no gaps. They then refit it based on a new mould of your healed gums.

Please speak to your dentist so they can fully explain the process.

Thanks, it is chrome they use but having looked into it chrome contains nickel and that is what I am allergic to. The teeth have to come out regardless but the thought of ending up with no options is rather scary.

Thank you. I saw my dentist today and she specifically said that they won't fit anything until the gums have healed so 3 months have to pass. After these teeth have been removed I am down to 2 molars which are on the top right.

None on the top left, no molars or premolars left on either side at the bottom.

And what did they say when you pointed out that you won't be able to eat for 3 months? If they did an operation like that in hospital you'd see a nutritionist not just be told to hope for the best for 3 months?

I think you need to talk to your dentist properly honestly - it's a specialist situation with your allergy - there must be a mechanism of dealing with it. If in doubt I would ask a friend to come along - it's a lot easier to be pushy on someone elses behalf than your own.

I asked how long I have to wait after extraction to have dentures fitted and I was told 3 months as the gums have to heal before we can do that. I said these are the final teeth I have to eat on so I won't be able to chew in that time, do I just have to manage on soup... yes.

It's an NHS dentist but I said I wanted to go private for dentures to get the best ones I can but my head didn't think to mention the allergy as I'm in a lot of pain with one tooth cracked and the other infected. I have only eaten 1 yogurt over the weekend as I can't eat on them now anyway.

If you're willing to pay privately I'd seek a second opinion asap. I had my first partial denture NHS and they didn't use metal and provided a temporary denture. The only time I was left without anything was 3 days whilst the denture came back from the lab.

That said, I'm a bit confused as to how you've been managing this far without dentures if you've had so many teeth removed. (No judgement I'm the same but had dentures asap)

I've managed by eating only only my right hand side where I have all upper teeth in place and one lower molar and a pre molar on the bottom.. those are the two that have to be pulled.

Just paying privately for the denture is going to be around 3k if I end up with flexible ones so I don't think I can justify going anywhere private for a second opinion.
My dentists do NHS and private so assumed this was how they did it for everyone? I guess not. Temporary denture was never mentioned although looking it up seems you pay the top class for that £300 ish., then for that to be relined £300 again before paying for the final denture.. I'd rather use that £600 toward a decent denture.. we live on one wage.. I can't work or travel due to bladder condition and other health issues.

I would have had dentures sooner if I had lost more but lost 2 5 weeks ago and now waiting for these two to come out and right now that is all I want.. the pain is immense and 4 weeks is ages.

Cobalt chrome dentures are nickel free

Oh really? I’ve been reading up on it and seemed to find that they have nickel in but I could be wrong.

You shouldn't need to wait that long,
I'm having my tops pulled next week, back ones Monday and the fronts on Thursday and I'll come home with my top denture in place. Repeat the process on the bottom 3 weeks later, I'm doing this privately and costing £800 NHS dentist refused to do anything until they all fell out

12 months later will need a new set making which will be around £2k

Fitting dentures immediately after having teeth out is only done if they are front teeth as immediate dentures fit so badly and the gums change shape so much.

You would not fit chrome cobalt dentures on someone who is missing a lot of teeth and who may lose more in the near future as they are difficult to add to and need good teeth for the clasps.

Plastic dentures can be added to easily and stainless steel clasps can be put on to help stability .

Flexible dentures are also not suitable if you may lose teeth in the near future as you cannot add teeth to them .

People can eat perfectly well even with no teeth or dentures , often in older life people don't wear lower teeth as they are difficult to control and just use them as a cosmetic aid.

A chrome cobalt dentures are nickle free but it is always worth checking with the dental lab.

Don’t know why my dentist is so different. Doesn’t seem very fair but there’s no way I’ll manage to find and register with a private dentist and get the teeth out in the next 4 weeks.

Thank you.
I assume no immediate denture then as mine are back teeth.. I have all my front teeth but will have no back ones to eat on at all.

I will certainly be asking them about the metal alloys used as I am very allergic can’t even wear platinum.

I am likely to loose more teeth but anything with metal that is nickel is out of the question.
Felxible ones would be my choice if my teeth were all sound but the rate I’m losing them I need something I can have teeth added to.

3k for a private denture can’t be real. Ring round a few local practices for quotes for private extractions £100-200 per tooth and you’ll be in within the week for the extractions! And they should be able to do a private acrylic denture for £600-£1000 MAX

They charge by the top and bottom.. feline for example is £1400 for a top one and £1400 for a bottom.
chrome are £1300 per top or bottom and acrylic ones £750 per top or bottom.
im in Essex and these prices are cheaper than the other local dentist.

This is accessible from the train station (10 mins walk) and is about half the price if you don't think the NHS is suitable.

https://tavernstreetdentalpractice.co.uk/prices/

I've not been myself but worth a look.

Editing: wondering if maybe you have to have one per side top and bottom? That might explain the cost.

Honestly though I think I would be tempted to go back to the NHS as you have an allergy - they can't treat you with something you're allergic to so will be obliged to look at other options I think.

Thanks that ones a good few hours from me and I can’t travel.. failing bladderminly gives me 20 minutes max.

Im going to need upper partial with 3 teeth on the right.
lower partial with 3 each side too - all back teeth.

im kind of out of options as the teeth have to go. Cracked and painful.
20 years of oestrogen suppressant and cancer drugs for endo means my teeth are effectively 20 yrs past menopause.

its dentures or implants and I don’t have the funds to do that with 9 plus teeth missing.