I'm gonna wish i had succeeded in learning asl- getting dentures monday

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Natural teeth are very bad. I am having 16 teeth extracted and getting immediate dentures.

Learning to talk with dentures is supposed to be an adventure in itself. Most people start out sounding like something betweeen Sylvester the Cat ("Thuffering Thucotash!"), and Tweety Bird ("Thot I taw a Puddy Tat!"), with a little Elmer Fudd ("You wascally wabbit!")thrown on for good measure.

Wish me luck!
 
Ouch. The extractures do not sound fun. I hope they give you lots of pain meds.
 
I'm HoH, and I won't be "mute" but I will have to learn to say certain sounds differently with prosthetic teeth. As a Deaf person with advanced arthritis or some sort of tremor or palsy might have trouble signing.

Of course, being HoH means I speak a little differently anyhow.
 
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pfft... I think 80 and over is old... lol. My parents and aunt are in their mid 70s... pretty active and pretty healthy for the most part. more active than me at the moment lol.
 
I would post a photo but your system isn't designed to resize or reformat photos to post to the forum.
 
flameburns623 said:
I would post a photo but your system isn't designed to resize or reformat photos to post to the forum.
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open in Paint, click resize erase the 100 in first box ( second will change automatically and put 25 then click save.
Then post here.
 
sonocsativo said:
Im almost 50 and still have all my pearlies.:ily:
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Be blessed. There are people who, even in this modern era, begin having tooth decay in their teens and who need dentures in their twenties.

Highly acidic saliva can do it.

Dry mouth can do it.

Diabetes can do it.

Chemotherapy can do it.

Medications for certain serious or chronic conditions can do it.

For me and for many others it is due to a simpler issue: dental "insurance" just does not cover a lot of the cost of major dental care.

Private dental insurance plans are usually dental maintenance plans, which defray the cost of semiannual checkups and of cleanings and minor fillings nicely: but which frequently offer only a salutary discount if a patient needs major dental treatment.

In my case, root canals and caps or crowns were recommended starting when I was 32: but at a cost, even after 15% to 30% insurance coverage of the suggested proceedures, which was beyond what I was able to pay.

My alternative was to extract the infected teeth--something which my insurance plans paid 85% to 100% to do. $25.00 to $55.00 for most tooth extractions, contrasted with $1200.00 to $2300.00 to try to "save' various teeth.

Over time, with my remaining teeth having to take on more and more of the work which the extracted teeth could no longer perform, my smile was wrecked and eating most foods created pain: food were too hot, too cold, too sweet, or too hard.

Believe me: I LOVE my new dentures, even though I have to relearn eating and talking.

Just wish I had been able to devote the time and energy needful to have learned ASL.
 
Not brushing regularly can do it, Unless its a medical condition, people dont brush enough.
 
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