So depressed about my teeth and now denture

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My teeth have been a nightmare for years for many reasons. I finally did something about it and had to have two extractions and one is near the front at the top so the dentist recommended a denture on a plate thing.

I have been so depressed and embarrassed about the whole thing that I don't really think about it much and just go from appointment to appointment and try to forget it between appointments. Today I had the extraction and denture fitted and I hate it. I feel like I have ruined my life and, even though my teeth were appalling, they still aren't great and this has made it worse. I'm a teacher and absolutely dreading having to go back to work now - thank god I did it in the holiday but that won't last for ever and I don't even want to talk to my own teens now, never mind any others.

It has given me a lisp and, finally doing some research, it seems it will affect my ability to taste food too. I had no idea this would happen, which is stupid, obviously. I'm also worried about getting it in and out and just wish I had looked into it and maybe saved for an implant. I've spent a lot of money to be in pain when I wasn't before (I do know I would have been at some point though) and feel a total idiot and failure for allowing this to happen.

Just venting because there is no solution.

From experience, you do get used to it. To stop the lisp, practice talking in front of a mirror.

I’ve lost six teeth through gum disease, latterly some towards the front. I have a partial denture with three ‘teeth’ It looks quite natural and no- body has noticed or said anything and it certainly is better to have no pain, recurrent abscesses and probably a bit of bad breath.

Mine is plastic and quite fragile - already broken once in the first six months so make sure it is loosened all the way around before hooking out from the back!

Metal ones are more expensive, stronger, can be a better fit and you might be able to get one after a few months if your gums don’t shrink. Or if you don’t have gum disease maybe an implant is still an option or a bridge perhaps if you can’t get on with the partial denture.

I wish I didn’t have fake teeth either but I have managed to get used to it and I have a public facing job too. All the best.

i have a wee flexible partial denture which replaces a molar and pre-molar on the lower right - it might be that you can “upgrade” to something similar when your gums settle. It doesn’t have a plate.

I’d had the gap for ages because it wasn’t visible and initially the denture was uncomfortable and impacted my speech. I’m a lecturer so I get it! I read stories to my cat and also went back to the dentist a few days later who filed a bit down to make it fit better. Within a week all was well and I don’t even notice it now. I think I paid about £400 privately for mine.

Can you look into an implant?

I had a pre-molar done a few years ago (tooth was irreparably damaged in a riding accident, had to be extracted but was in my smile line, so I wanted it to look natural.

Admittedly, they're not cheap - I think mine cost about £2.5k - but I had a good payment plan over about 24 months and it was affordable.

Keep saying six thousand, six hundred and sixty six in front of a mirror, the lisp will be gone in a couple of days

Don't worry about dentures! Loads of people have them and just don't mention them. I am quite open so when I start moaning on about my teeth lots of other people talk about the implants and dentures they have but you would never know if they hadn't told me. I was eating a sticky bun and the denture got stuck into the icing and I had to try and click it back in while eating yesterday so watch out for that at work! Hahaha!

I have one in the front and hated it at first, now I'm so used to it it's fine now.

I lost a tooth a year ago, also at the top near the front. In a teacher too and I used to have to secretly take the plate out for phonics. After about six weeks I just stopped putting it in for school.

I've got an implant now but the whole process took nearly a full year and ithwas very expensive.

There is a place in Brighton that is supposed to be good and is much cheaper l

Honestly, don't panic, this isn't as bad as you think.

No reason why your sense of taste will be affected and your speech will return to normal soon you just need to practice.

Millions of people have plates and get on fine, you just don't notice.

No one ever notices my denture unless I point it out, but my dentist bangs on about implants at every opportunity. Mine is both second incisors, I don't still have a plate, I have a bridge due to my bite making my plate very fragile. My sister has a plate on her first incisor and it is brilliant, you can't tell unless she removes it and she decided not to bother with an implant or bridge because she didn't see the point.

When I got my plate I discovered quite a few people had one that I didn't know about. They told me to reassure me because I was worried.

Dealing with teeth can be really unsettling (there is a reason teeth falling out is a common bad dream).

But your post is full of very harsh self-chat and disaster thinking.

I feel like I have ruined my life is an example. This is not a helpful way to think, although I appreciate thoughts are not directly under control I would try to replace this thought with 'I am finding it hard to adjust to the dentures' for now and take it easy on yourself.

Have you thought about smile in a day treatment? Perfect new teeth, no plate and lasts a lifetime. Best thing I’ve ever done!

Research getting a denture. Maybe get a credit card and pay for it bit by bit.

I am one year with a partial denture for 2 front teeth and still hate it. Cant wait to get home to take it off , i would rather live with my tooth infection that have denture

What is it?

Four or six implants are inserted per jaw, then a titanium bridge is screwed onto the implants. Totally secure, natural feeling teeth with a secure bite. There is literally nothing I can’t eat.

My mum said giving up on her teeth and gettigg bf falsies was the best decision she ever made and she wished she'd done it a lot sooner.

She said hers were just painful, ugly agony and now they're not.

Sorry you're feeling rough. Hopefully things will improve as you get used to the.

The lisp will soon pass

How much did they cost?