Badly Fitting Dentures

motivated

I have the top 4 on a denture and within a week of having them fitted I used Polygrip flavour free adhesive. It was really just for my own peace of mind. I was petrified of them flying out at a most inconvenient time . I found it a Godsend. It keeps my denture firmly in place and very comfortable.
Good luck

Dizzy_Ditzy

boozercruiser wrote: »

Thank you Dizzy.
No Dizzy I haven't.
And I would have thought having only recently having dentures fitted, I should not need that.
Perhaps after a couple of years or more.

After extraction your gums shrink. Your dentures were moulded when you still had teeth so would have been based on your gum shape at the time. If your current set are your first since extraction then they will be a temporary set, with a plan for you to go back in a few months for a new mould to be taken. My understanding is that gum shrinkage happens at different rates/speeds for different people.

Polygrip max costs about £4 per tube and will help you massively

Red-Squirrel_2

brook2jack wrote: »

Actually you have said you are having treatment for gum disease , periodontal treatment is treatment for gum disease and it is band two.

brook2jack I'm not the OP but wanted to say thanks for your non-judgmental approach to helping him on the thread. Definitely what I would hope for from a HCP.

boozercruiser

Red-Squirrel wrote: »

brook2jack I'm not the OP but wanted to say thanks for your non-judgmental approach to helping him on the thread. Definitely what I would hope for from a HCP.

And being the op, I would totally agree with those sentiments Red Squirrel.

boozercruiser

brook2jack wrote: »

Actually you have said you are having treatment for gum disease , periodontal treatment is treatment for gum disease and it is band two.

I was trying to quote from the rather faint and poorly written words that were on the 'Care and assessment treatment required' treatment plan written by my dentist.
That is not to say this is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.;)

I didn't say that personally.

PS.
Just saying like:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6583581/Costly-scale-polish-service-dentist-unnecessary-good-teeth.html

For years, dentists have insisted that a traditional scale and polish is an essential part of proper oral hygiene.

But the often costly service may be unnecessary for those with good teeth after evidence found it makes ‘no difference’ to dental health.

The professional clean involves scraping to remove deposits of plaque and a polish to make the teeth smooth. Many patients are offered the treatment during a check-up once their teeth have been examined.

Now a review of evidence has found that for most adults with healthy teeth who regularly visit the dentist, the treatment makes ‘little or no difference’ to certain indicators of dental health such as the early stages of gum disease. There may also be ‘little or no difference’ in plaque levels over two years.

brook2jack

If a treatment plan you quoted says TBI and periodontal treatment as you said yours did , (tbi tooth brush instruction , periodontal treatment is treatment of gum disease ) and the vast majority of your postings have been about the cost of scaling or dentures for teeth you have had out either you have gum disease or you are not quoting your treatment plan.

As said several times before the major factor in how healthy your gums and mouth are is not the one hour a year you may spend in the dentists chair but what you do with your oral care and diet in 8759 hours in the rest of the year. All a dentist /hygienist does is try to give you the information to make changes in your oral care to improve your health and remove calculus/plaque to give you a "blank sheet" to start again.

If you carry on in the same way within 24 to 48 hours the calculus starts to reform and you are back to square one.

boozercruiser

brook2jack wrote: »

If a treatment plan you quoted says TBI and periodontal treatment as you said yours did , (tbi tooth brush instruction , periodontal treatment is treatment of gum disease ) and the vast majority of your postings have been about the cost of scaling or dentures for teeth you have had out either you have gum disease or you are not quoting your treatment plan.

As said several times before the major factor in how healthy your gums and mouth are is not the one hour a year you may spend in the dentists chair but what you do with your oral care and diet in 8759 hours in the rest of the year. All a dentist /hygienist does is try to give you the information to make changes in your oral care to improve your health and remove calculus/plaque to give you a "blank sheet" to start again.

If you carry on in the same way within 24 to 48 hours the calculus starts to reform and you are back to square one.

Thanks for that information Brook.
I feel I am starting to go around in circles now, and possibly boring the toothbrush off everybody.
I shall take on board all you say, though obviously there is an amount of begging to differ going on.
I appreciate your valued input and thank you for your patience towards me without getting your hair off. :eek: :beer: