does anyone here have false teeth?  If so, how do you deal with them?
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Practice, practice, practice.  It takes time.  If you sat down at a piano for the first time, you would not be playing classical music in a day.  While I can not comment on the quality of your dentures, I can only hope that they are "just right" and that this is a matter of getting used to dentures.\n\nDentures are not a replacement for teeth.  They are simply better than not HAVING teeth.  They do take some patience on your part.  You will have to start out with chewing smaller bites and trying to distribute the food a little to the left and a little to the right at the same time.  You HAVE lost the taste of your food, because you have a lot of insulation in your mouth now.  You probably taste half denture and half food.  After a while, your sense of taste will return somewhat, but that too is an adjustment on your part.\n\nI know that this is not very encouraging, but thousands of new denture wearers make the adjustments.  If it takes a month or two, you will look back in a few years and say that it was hardly any time at all.  It's just difficult to accept that while you are learning to use dentures for the first time.
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Mine's messed up like that just from the orthodontist. It's been popping ever since I had to wear "the spring" on one side (which attached the top back tooth to the bottom) in 8th grade. My orthodontist told me "that happens sometimes" and didn't do anything about it. So yes, I totally know how you feel. It sucks when it cracks and pops (or gets kinda stuck), but you do start to get used to it after a while. But unfortunately, I haven't found anything that really helps! Other than the fact that  it has gotten less annoying (it's been what, five years or so?). Well, good luck, and hope it stops bothering you!
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ew...first, maintain proper oral hygiene...use some mouthwash to keep germs etc away from the site.  Also, they make non prescription pain medication for them..i think Ambisol (sp) is one of them, give it a shot.
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Find a really good dentist! I was so scared of the dentist before i didn't go to the dentist for 8 years till one day  i had a toochache so i went in and the dentist didn't even touch me and i was already cryng like a baby on chair lol. My dentist is so nice, he knows how to work with with dental phobia when i went back again he gave me some pills to relax that helped. I don't need to take them anymore, but still everytime i go i have butterflies at the stomach but the minute i sat at the chair i feel fine and lauch at my dentist who is joking around! So ask friends or family ro really good dentist, i am sure they know that's how i find mine! good luck
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Amy. . . I know just how you feel.  I had a root canal that wasn't capped, crooked teeth, I hate the taste of toothpaste (so I didn't brush), a shallow gag reflex (flossing was out), and I just simply HATE the smell of a dentists office.  Bad teeth also run in my family.\n\nWell, it all caught up with me.  My mouth was worse than what you are describing.  I swallowed my pride (which was the only thing I could swallow without chewing) and walked into a dentist.  I told him my story and my phobia of dentists.\n\nHe was really good, prescribed some codine to take before I went in, was very carefull and allowed me to use the walkman.  Unfortunately for me, it was to late.  I ended up having to have all my upper teeth pulled and now wear dentures.  I am only 40 years old.\n\nBesides, dentists are professionals, and I am sure that they have seen the worste.  You may feel bad for not doing this sooner, but they will understand.\n\nPlease, don't end up like me.  You only get this one set of teeth and they need to be taken care of.  Trust me, if you do this, and have the work done, you will feel much better about yourself and will find that you smile more, have a better outlook on life and you will be able to eat properly.  I still have some difficulty chewing and am not able to enjoy things like corn-on-the-cob, or eat hard bread sandwiches (and I really love french bread for sandwiches).
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Biofilm\nIf you are not true to your teeth they will be false to you.
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no, but you can get "invisalign"... it is a clear retainer looking thing that you cant notice... i swear... they are a little more expensive though..
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No I have not,but my partner was attacked 3 years ago.He had the top half of his teeth knocked out.He chews on one side.He is getting dental reconstruction in the new year.It was really sad,his white shirt was covered in blood,an unprovoked attack.He came to with his teeth on the ground.He can't eat peanuts and is looking forward to eating them again.
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O.k. everything that you have wrong,even over bite can be fixed with braces and your teeth ain,t that bad,they just need to be pushed together more and braces will take care of both this problems!Hollywood
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I'm a dentist.\n\nNo, we are not con men.  You are just a very untrusting patient and a cheapskate who doesn't want to pay for necessary work.  Gold fillings, caps, and "all sorts of stuff" exist because people need them.\n\nThe problem with many patients we see is that they seem to think that they are perfectly capable of diagnosing their dental needs, and that when we dentists make a diagnosis different than their own we are trying to "upsell".\n\nWe, as dentists, put up with patient ignorance and stupidity more than any other type of doctor.  We spend more time with you than your primary care physician does.  We listen to your useless, meaningless descriptions of "how much my tooth has been hurting" more than any other kind of doctor, and you patients put the kinds of unrealistic expectations on us that you wouldn't dare put on your physician.\n\nYou really don't understand what it is we do.  We take your diseased mouth and fix it so that you can eat normally instead of gumming your food, or worse, dying.  That little cavity we diagnosed and treated would have progressed into an abscess that could kill you.  Trust me, I've seen many patients admitted into hospitals for infections so extensive that they had to be intubated in order to protect the airway.  And when a tooth is sensitive after we place a filling in it, you blame us as if we damaged a pefectly healthy tooth.\n\nThere are thousands of fillings out there, placed by me, that are chomping down on food in thousands of peoples' mouths.  Few if any of these patients give a second thought about the fact that they've got dental work in there.  But if it wasn't there, they'd certainly miss it.  What we do is truly amazing, yet unappreciated.\n\nOur job is exceedingly difficult.  It's why dentists are more prone to suicide.  A recent study showed that 68% of dentists wish they were in another profession.  We stick with it out of a sense of obligation to our patients.  Despite the fact that you drive us nuts and often treat us like sh*t, we are concerned for your health.\n\nMake no mistake about it, though, we record our treatment recommendations as well as the fact you ignored them.
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Yes and No.  I've been afraid of doctors and dentists (never hospitals) but after I went to the doctor and found out everything was fine, I'm not afraid of them anymore.\n\nAs for dentists, I think I'll always be afraid of dentists.  I had to have almost every baby tooth taken out by a dentist (teeth were too strong to come out) and now all I can think about is that evil grinding sound and *cringes* all the tools and stuff.\n\nDefinately going to need a therapist now (if I didn't already) :)
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sounds pretty bad. dont clench ur teeth :)
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You probably don't have a problem.  My son's teeth are the same way.  A good cleaning and scaling should do the trick!  This is virtually painless.  They will take x-rays to be sure everything is okay.   I go every 6 months to avoid the build-up of plaque on the teeth and floss every day.  You have nothing to fear!!
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don't get dentures.....get veneers....they drill down your teeth and then replace them with new and straight white teeth
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kids are studpid... so, it's not wrong to lie to them... too young to understand lies... i tell my kids the tooth fairey will take away teeth from their mouths  \nwhile they sleep if they don't brush and floss each night before going to bed... seems to work... dumb kids
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Go to your local drugstore and buy a night guard.  You will boild it so that it conforms to your mounth.  It sounds uncomfortable and obstrusive, but it really isnt, and you'll barley notice it during the night.  This will stopp grinding from damaging your teeth.
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i had the same thing my teeth were not that bad but i got them any ways. i didnt think that i need them but now that they are off my teeth look so straight!!! before they put your braces on the take picts and they get your teeth really clean. when they put them on they dont hurt but the next day they are pretty sore. good luck