General Chat

Joanne, thanks again for more sound advice. You're all a lovely bunch mwahhhh!!!!


Daff, then I'll have MORE crows feet! *sigh* lol

OHhhh Alice, that was going to be my next question. I love crunch cereals, and granolas, but I just can't eat them any more. Would I be able to with new teef?

Ooooo I hope so, not everything I CAN eat is particularly healthy lol

Ladies,

You are making me feel a little bit more brave with all your encouragement to TW.

I used to have such a lovely smile until I hit 50 and everything fell apart (there wasn't much there in the first place to miss)! Then the teeth started falling out.

I am quite outgoing but find myself putting my hand over my mouth to try and disguise the fact that teeth are missing. Only makes people look more at your mouth!

My 90 year old peeps have started hiding their dentures from me in case I pinch them!

I'll pluck up the courage in the New Year and go to the dentist. He is only 8 doors away from me. If he mucks up I'll start extracting his wheels and headlights from his flash car which he parks every morning outside my house!

Let me know how you get on TW and I'll bite the bullet!

Good luck.

Aileen xxx

Well, it's just me top set, but I honestly have no problem........

Like you, I'm terrified of dentists and the time is approaching when the bottom set'll have to go too, but...........

Believe me (after a while) , it'll be fine.

Alice

Aileen, I've PM'd you my lovely...

Well, here's to the new teef....cheers! lol

TW - they aren't crow's feet; they are laughter lines LOL

Will you be able to each crunchy food?

Yes, with a bit of practice. I didn't trust my new 'teeth' to begin with. Now I eat celery, apples and granola cereals and crusty bread.

Whole nuts (except peanuts) are a something else. They just roll around my mouth while I try and crunch them up. Oh, well, they're fattening, anyway.

Like others have said, you have absolutely nothing to fear. My dentist is a dour Scotsman but if the treatment is a bit uncomfortable he is kindness itself, Bless him.

Birdi

OH I'm not worried about nuts, I don't eat them anyway....well, not walnuts, brazils hazels and so on that get left lying around at Christmas LOL.

I do eat pistachios and cashews though.....well i did until about a year ago lol.

I used to make my own granola, so I can look forward to that again.


Crusty bread! Wow, not been able to eat that for about three years now, unless it's a day old so I can gnaw through it with a couple of side teeth LOL.

What a mess eh?

I was just the same. Hadn't eaten crusty bread for years.

You have a lot of yummy grub to look forward to.

And a lovely smile.

Birdi

Jean would be interested in this thread - she had this done about 3 years ago. I remember how pleased she was with the way she looked, not just the teeth themselves but the shape of her face changed.
I should really bit the bullet for my top set, I've only got 9 - one is giving me lots of jip, another (one of the front ones grrr) is wandering across the next tooth and looks horrid. It would be lovely to eat properly again but like you I'm terrified of the dentist having had so much trouble in the past.
I hate to say it but I think most of us with horrid teeth are smokers or ex smokers - it does cause your gums to recede :-((
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OMG *goes greyer*

How did it change the shape of her face? Is that a good thing?

After reading these four "pages" I am happy to know I am not alone with a) dread of the dentist, b) gum problems and c) not knowing what to do! My dental phobia began with the school dentist who was a "butcher" (not that he was in those days,maybe!) - no anaesthetic for fillings and for tooth extraction the dreaded gas to knock you out completely! Ugh!

Hah! Lucky you Jan, I didnt' get gas.

I had a rogue tooth came through at the back when I was 10, but it was brittle and broke away in little bits as it came through. But the root was strong and stayed there. When I was 14, it developed an abcess, and my face swelled up, and I was in so much pain. After the penicillin, he decided to take the root out. he didn't cut the gum, he mashed it. I had no gas, just one small injection and I could still feel every single thing. No stitches after either, my poor mouth was a right mess for days, and my face was bruised.

Yet the funny thing is, it's not extractions that worry me, it's that beddy big drill they use for fillings, the one that always smells like burning flesh. *shudders*

Not for me now, no more...ever! I made up my mind 10 years ago to refuse any further fillings, enough was enough.

OMG, Teresa! No wonder you're more than traumatised! Have just been to the dentist myself this week for two fillings on canine teeth that had begun to recede. Not pleasant at all. Just wish all the info on dental hygiene was more well known when I was a kid, then I wouldn't have all the problems I have now.
Good to exchange experiences - glad I'm not the only one who dislikes going to the dentist!

*tuts* at burning flesh. It's burning tooth. Burning gums smell completely different! :)

Joanne x

And that's supposed to make it better Joanne??? PMSL

Teresa, I almost envy you. I did have a lovely dentist for a few years who made everything much nicer and though the one I have now is fine, it's not the same and I've gone back to being terrified. Smoking means I have to go to the hygenist (sp) which is evil. I think it would be wonderful to have a set of new pearly gnashers and never have to worry again.

My dad got a temporary set put in when he was 21 - was supposed to go back and never has and has managed very well for over 50 years;)

Morning Uggers.

Obviously I'd much rather have been able to have a perfect set of nice, even white teeth of my own, but I've never had that in my life lol, but yes, it is a relief in a way that I will have a set of dentures and not have to bother with all the other messing about at the dentists.

You're right, those hygeinist treatments are the most evil, malicious ever, almost a form of dental terrorism! *shudders*

Teresa it was a GOOD thing lol - when you lose teeth you don't realise that your face (well, your cheeks I suppose) start to sink in a bit, for want of a better expression. Having the falsies filled her out again - she always says that when she looks at pix of herself from just before she had 'em, that she looks as if she'd been dug up pmsl

off to the dentist on tuesday morning - cross everything that she doesn't find anything !!

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To pick up this (dreaded) thread again. Would welcome some advice.
After my couple of (supposedly small) fillings on canine teeth because of gums receding: is it normal for a local aneasthetic (sp!) to take over three and a half hours to wear off? Also, since then I seem to have lost my sense of taste! Anyone out there had this problem?

Hi Jan50
It is possible for an anaesthetic to last over three and half hours. Especially if the LA contains adrenaline. It should start to wear off very soon. Because you are still numb, it upsets the taste buds too.

Joanne xx