How many of you are in your 20's and have dentures if so do you like them?

(Raises Hand) My pregnancies killed my teeth, along with not taking care of them properly. I still don't to be honest.. something I should work on. I didn't have a single cavity until I had my first child. While pregnant with him I ended up getting loads of cavities. I didn't get them taken care of right away, so they got worse with time. Eventually I went and got them all filled. Then I got pregnant for my twins. Most of the fillings fell out. It looked horrible. My front teeth were half rotted away, from the top down, and from the sides in. I was definitly self concious. I would be afraid to smile, hated having my picture taken, and would often cover my mouth when speaking to someone. Then I got pregnant again. During my pregnancy I took my 3 older kids for a picnic and packed apples. I bit into the apple and one of my front teeth broke off. I went to the dentist the next morning and he had to pull that tooth cuz the root was still there, and the one next to it (not the other front tooth, but to the other side of it) because it was rotted down to a pointy tip and it hurt. He couldn't use novicaine because of the pregnancy, and wouldn't do anything else because of the pregnancy. So I went a few months missing 2 front teeth. Now of course my confidence was even worse! So I went back after my son was born and had 5 more teeth pulled, all top front. It took a few weeks for my dentures to come in, so I had to live with not having any teeth for awhile. It made eating a bit difficult. Now I've been living with partial dentures for over 2 years. I'm 28 years old now. It definitly feels better. I don't worry so much about smiling or speaking to people. I never cover my mouth anymore. I actually show teeth in pictures taken of me. It's a whole lot better than it was. It was definitly worth it. My only problem now is some of the other teeth are starting to rot away. There is one you can see if I smile wide enough, it looks pretty gross. I worry that I'll have to have more teeth pulled, which would mean new dentures, which could mean going toothless for awhile again. I don't really want to go back to that, so I've been putting off a dentist visit. Although I think I should probably make one anyways. I might be able to just get some fillings and be okay for awhile.

I am not in my twenties anymore, but I was about your age when I had to get my dentures. My problem was also genetic. Getting dentures was on of the best things I ever did. Not only did it really improve my appearance and self-esteem, I no longer have those horrible tooth-aches that I used to have. I am a lot healthier too. My advice is to go for it. You won't be sorry if you do.