How did you cope with your Denture? This is my biggest problem now!

Hi salonga! Oh! You are not alone my dear friend! I had full upper dentures and have had them since well I can't remember when I got them, but it has been a very long time now! I even just got a new set that is supposed to fit better and I still hate them and can't get used to them! I hate them and no matter how I try I can't eat with them and they do feel like you have a mouth guard! It is the most miserable feeling! My dentist keeps telling me I will get used to them, but he doesn't have to wear them! I keep telling him he doesn't know how they feel because he has his own teeth! I have cried so much and I take mine out the minute I come in the house and refuse to eat with them in because since mine are on the top they cover the palate which is where the taste buds are and I can't taste my food! So, you should be glad that you don't have them on the top! My girlfriend has the bottom ones too and she hates them too and takes them out the minute she gets home! I don't think that there is anyone that ever really gets used to having them! I'm so sorry Salonga!

I was a dental assistant for many years and assisted often with denture adjustments. Did you recently have the teeth extracted in order to get the denture? If this is true, you may have to go back and get a "reline" after things have healed up. This would help it to fit more securely. Also, upper dentures are much easier to get used to since there is more "suction" to hold it in (all the surface space of the palate). A lower denture may require denture adhesive. Have you tried that at all? If you have just had the extractions, the dentist may want you to wait before using it though. If you have sore spots, you should also see your dentist for adjustments.

hi salonga,i have not had a whole lot of artificial dentures but yes i do have one artificial teeth and it did feel horrible for about a week ,after then i began getting used to it.i felt as i had some foreign body in my mouth.i used to chew on clove or a coriander leaf to avoid the foreign feeling.

oh, how sad. i can't imagine myself feeling like a boxer in the ring with a mouthpiece. sorry my friend. i am lucky, that even if i lost some teeth, i can still go on without a denture, as most of those extracted were the molars so they won't be visible.

Hi my friend, I have no dentures yet but I will still participate in this discussion. I have some friends who have the same problem with you but they were able to get used to it in a few weeks or even months. It takes time to get used to it. But you would be able to overcome the feeling. Sorry my friend, You have no other choice now but to accept it and to cope with it. am sure you will be fine in a few months. .

This is certainly not an unusual feeling after receiving a lower denture. Whereas an upper denture is relatively easy to accomodate with (having a decent fit, and a obvious esthetic appeal). The lower denture takes a lot longer to get used to. For one thing, if you've been without teeth for many years, your lower jaw-bone (mandible) probably has resorbed, preventing an equally decent fit as the upper denture. My recommendation would be wear it every day, and to visit your dentist to adjust any areas on the denture that have created sore-spots in your mouth. It may take up to 6 weeks of wearing the lower denture before you really feel used to it. In the case that it simply doesn't fit, the denture may need to be relined.