Just turned 50. Although I'm in fantastic shape, my teeth are failing me. Losing the bone that holds the teeth in. Just got an partial upper last year. Although I have all the lower teeth, I have several issues on the lowers. Gum recession, etc., sick of it being a money pit.
Starting to consider saying fuck it and just pull them all. Their going to go eventually anyway. Anybody out there got false teeth. How bad is getting all your lower teeth pulled? Do you get used to a complete rack? Can you chew gum? How much does it cost, etc?
Any info appreciated.
And to you young clowns out there, it's just a matter of time before this happens to you if you don't take ridiculous care of your teeth. My heredity has played a role in this but I believe you have to be relentless in caring for your teeth.
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Just turned 50. Although I'm in fantastic shape, my teeth are failing me. Losing the bone that holds the teeth in. Just got an partial upper last year. Although I have all the lower teeth, I have several issues on the lowers. Gum recession, etc., sick of it being a money pit.
Starting to consider saying fuck it and just pull them all. Their going to go eventually anyway. Anybody out there got false teeth. How bad is getting all your lower teeth pulled? Do you get used to a complete rack? Can you chew gum? How much does it cost, etc?
Any info appreciated.
And to you young clowns out there, it's just a matter of time before this happens to you if you don't take ridiculous care of your teeth. My heredity has played a role in this but I believe you have to be relentless in caring for your teeth.
2 properties, perfect credit, have 1 credit card with nearly all the $13K limit available, Paid the Lexus off 2 months ago. Weathered the recession without losing anything including the house I bought for $321K that probably worth $180ish now. Put a lot down, I ain't going anywhere.
If my teeth would cooperate, my life would be perfect but in this life that's not possible.
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2 properties, perfect credit, have 1 credit card with nearly all the $13K limit available, Paid the Lexus off 2 months ago. Weathered the recession without losing anything including the house I bought for $321K that probably worth $180ish now. Put a lot down, I ain't going anywhere.
If my teeth would cooperate, my life would be perfect but in this life that's not possible.
Root canals & crowns, at least 5 or 6. Just broke the first crown I ever got. It was a root canal/crown job done in 1984. Going Monday to get it surveyed, it's the next to last tooth on the bottom. I've been losing bone between that one and the last one. I'm sure it's not just going to be recrowned and move on, that'd be too easy.
The celebrities have plenty of money and have done plenty of drugs which is horrible on your teeth, especially smoking crack or meth (I've never done either).
My memory is fine, plenty of restless nights though.
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Root canals & crowns, at least 5 or 6. Just broke the first crown I ever got. It was a root canal/crown job done in 1984. Going Monday to get it surveyed, it's the next to last tooth on the bottom. I've been losing bone between that one and the last one. I'm sure it's not just going to be recrowned and move on, that'd be too easy.
The celebrities have plenty of money and have done plenty of drugs which is horrible on your teeth, especially smoking crack or meth (I've never done either).
My memory is fine, plenty of restless nights though.
aint nothing like 5g's per tooth for replacing um. i hear ya....
multiple teeth dont hurt gettin pulled. and not too much after. the drugs after do fine. ask doc not to b stingy. its just the non eating that sucks.
just got an upper tooth done. 2nd implant i got. first one at 16. me 35. im trying to save all mine now before the innevitable. my genetics dont help either.
everyone go to the dentist. they have cute dental hygentists that make it worth it. i like the young boobies rubbing against me and the cleavage getting oh so close to my face....
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aint nothing like 5g's per tooth for replacing um. i hear ya....
multiple teeth dont hurt gettin pulled. and not too much after. the drugs after do fine. ask doc not to b stingy. its just the non eating that sucks.
just got an upper tooth done. 2nd implant i got. first one at 16. me 35. im trying to save all mine now before the innevitable. my genetics dont help either.
everyone go to the dentist. they have cute dental hygentists that make it worth it. i like the young boobies rubbing against me and the cleavage getting oh so close to my face....
This is a really sad thread. I haven't yet experienced the effects of aging and I'm in my early 30's. Most of my piers are gaining weight, looking older and losing hair. I still look 25 for whatever reason.
With that said, I'd go with the implants. Fuck it. Why not? Or save some money and bash them shits out with a hammer. It's not like it's going to make a difference in your life either way.
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This is a really sad thread. I haven't yet experienced the effects of aging and I'm in my early 30's. Most of my piers are gaining weight, looking older and losing hair. I still look 25 for whatever reason.
With that said, I'd go with the implants. Fuck it. Why not? Or save some money and bash them shits out with a hammer. It's not like it's going to make a difference in your life either way.
Sorry to bum you out Fish. This is a reality though. My peers are having cancer operations, bad knees, gall bladders removed, Achilles heel surgeries with complications, etc. I consider myself very lucky, haven't had a surgery since tonsils removed when I was 6.
I train at a boxing gym twice a week. I know no one that's 50 and would even consider putting them self through that type of workout.
I refused to floss until about 5 years ago, I would just brush at least twice a day. The problem with this is it's like a cancer, once you start losing bone, it becomes chronic and I have to say nearly impossible to stop because I really amped up the maintenance and it's not helping like I thought it would.
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Sorry to bum you out Fish. This is a reality though. My peers are having cancer operations, bad knees, gall bladders removed, Achilles heel surgeries with complications, etc. I consider myself very lucky, haven't had a surgery since tonsils removed when I was 6.
I train at a boxing gym twice a week. I know no one that's 50 and would even consider putting them self through that type of workout.
I refused to floss until about 5 years ago, I would just brush at least twice a day. The problem with this is it's like a cancer, once you start losing bone, it becomes chronic and I have to say nearly impossible to stop because I really amped up the maintenance and it's not helping like I thought it would.
Got any advice on how to keep healthy teeth? As in, what actions did you take that resulted in the consequences of having dentures today? Thanks, mate.
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Killer,
Got any advice on how to keep healthy teeth? As in, what actions did you take that resulted in the consequences of having dentures today? Thanks, mate.
Killer ,going through pretty much the same thing.(I am 54 and a tonsil operation is all)......couple years ago had laser gum surgery done (which sucks,two visits and no salad or crunchy or fresh food for 2 weeks) Then bottom teeth were splinted together..that split in a spot so next step was $600 for a some type of threaded splint which is holding up well.
All this after repeated sales pitches to just yank them now and get dentures from the same office...Front of the house does regular dentistry,back of house sells implants/dentures...I'm a tweener and they have given up most of the pitches,I just go in for a cleaning every 4 months and everything is ok for now..
Bottom line is I'm getting as much mileage out of these as I can..Imagine if your car mechanic was dental school trained...you have 40k mi on the engine,but he wants to replace it with a new one.
Ask about the splint deal..it was a 30-40 minute procedure and used some type of material made by 3M..Good Luck.
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Killer ,going through pretty much the same thing.(I am 54 and a tonsil operation is all)......couple years ago had laser gum surgery done (which sucks,two visits and no salad or crunchy or fresh food for 2 weeks) Then bottom teeth were splinted together..that split in a spot so next step was $600 for a some type of threaded splint which is holding up well.
All this after repeated sales pitches to just yank them now and get dentures from the same office...Front of the house does regular dentistry,back of house sells implants/dentures...I'm a tweener and they have given up most of the pitches,I just go in for a cleaning every 4 months and everything is ok for now..
Bottom line is I'm getting as much mileage out of these as I can..Imagine if your car mechanic was dental school trained...you have 40k mi on the engine,but he wants to replace it with a new one.
Ask about the splint deal..it was a 30-40 minute procedure and used some type of material made by 3M..Good Luck.
Kk - Here's how I got to where I'm at. Up to about the age of 25 I only brushed in the morning. I then began brushing in the morning and in the evening. I was never a "flosser".
Here's the tip. All the stores sell these things with the handles with the floss on them. It takes 1 minute to do your entire mouth. If I had it to do over again, I'd do that every night in addition to brushing. I'll never know if this would've made a difference, but I went to the dentist for cleanings my entire life. It wasn't like I blew off the dentist.
James-No question the dentists are in it for the mula. I bet I have 20-30K invested in my mouth already with the root canals, crowns & deep cleanings/scalings that cost $200 a quad. I got the "laser" gum pitch a few years ago for the cool price of $3500. It reduces your gum line 2-3 mm which makes the pockets shorter, making cleaning easier, which I believe pretty much deforms you. Fuck that.
I've never heard of the "splint" process. I'll inquire about it tomorrow. What's the cost to have them all yanked and replaced with dentures? I have no idea? If I had to put a mileage on my teeth, I'd same I'm at 100K.
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Kk - Here's how I got to where I'm at. Up to about the age of 25 I only brushed in the morning. I then began brushing in the morning and in the evening. I was never a "flosser".
Here's the tip. All the stores sell these things with the handles with the floss on them. It takes 1 minute to do your entire mouth. If I had it to do over again, I'd do that every night in addition to brushing. I'll never know if this would've made a difference, but I went to the dentist for cleanings my entire life. It wasn't like I blew off the dentist.
James-No question the dentists are in it for the mula. I bet I have 20-30K invested in my mouth already with the root canals, crowns & deep cleanings/scalings that cost $200 a quad. I got the "laser" gum pitch a few years ago for the cool price of $3500. It reduces your gum line 2-3 mm which makes the pockets shorter, making cleaning easier, which I believe pretty much deforms you. Fuck that.
I've never heard of the "splint" process. I'll inquire about it tomorrow. What's the cost to have them all yanked and replaced with dentures? I have no idea? If I had to put a mileage on my teeth, I'd same I'm at 100K.
I wasn't a mouthwash person until probably 5 years or so ago. Now I do what I'm supposed to do but once the ball starts rolling to dental problems it doesn't stop.
When I was a child I remember going to the dentist on Saturdays, now most of the mofo's don't even work on Friday.
I'm a million per cent sure their all about the $$$$$$, just like everybody you have to deal with that's in between you and something you want to buy.
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I wasn't a mouthwash person until probably 5 years or so ago. Now I do what I'm supposed to do but once the ball starts rolling to dental problems it doesn't stop.
When I was a child I remember going to the dentist on Saturdays, now most of the mofo's don't even work on Friday.
I'm a million per cent sure their all about the $$$$$$, just like everybody you have to deal with that's in between you and something you want to buy.
At the end of 2010 I broke the next to last crown upper left, it couldn't be repaired, the option was to pull it and get an implant or pull it and the one behind it (due to bone loss on the last one a bridge was out of the question) and get a partial. I opted for the partial because I was missing 2 on the upper right in the back.
I get the 2 teeth pulled by a dentist that after 5 mins max of hitting me with the Novocain begins to pull the teeth. I try to stop him and tell him I'm not numb yet. He has none of it, maybe he had a tee time and starts pulling away "there's one", then goes after the other and leaves. He pulled my teeth like I owed him money. I asked him if he got his start working for a bookie?
Now I need to get last tooth on each side with crowns that will let the partial attach too (this is a normal thing). I get the crowns then the partial (which isn't really bad). The whole thing take 3 months+. I do have dental insurance and I pay whatever they ask me to pay.
Now the best part. A month or 3 after we're all done I get a call from the dentist's billing dept. They say my insurance company won't cover one of the crowns because the existing crown wasn't old enough. wtf, they approved the partial, it needs to attach to different style crowns. I reluctantly agree to pay the $390. I pay it off $100 or $50 at a time.
I lose a crown last week. I call the office, the same bitch that surprised me answers the phone, I tell her I need an appointment and she tells me they wrote off $360. I said I paid it, she says that that charge was from the other crown that was done at the other office (they have 2 offices). I go wild on her Friday afternoon (over the phone). Then he calls me back and apologizes for upsetting me and that she inherited a mess and she's going to investigate this entire thing.
I just did the banking research on how much I paid to have 2 teeth pulled, 2 crowns and the partial. How's $1263 grab you? I HAVE FUCKING DECENT INSURANCE! If memory serves me correctly they said the partial was $500. I can't wait to go in there tomorrow, I might start pulling some teeth myself.
The moral of the story - TAKE FUCKING BETTER CARE OF YOUR TEETH BECAUSE THIEVES EXIST THAT WILL BEAT YOU LIKE A CAT IN A BAG.
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In addition - this is almost the best part.
At the end of 2010 I broke the next to last crown upper left, it couldn't be repaired, the option was to pull it and get an implant or pull it and the one behind it (due to bone loss on the last one a bridge was out of the question) and get a partial. I opted for the partial because I was missing 2 on the upper right in the back.
I get the 2 teeth pulled by a dentist that after 5 mins max of hitting me with the Novocain begins to pull the teeth. I try to stop him and tell him I'm not numb yet. He has none of it, maybe he had a tee time and starts pulling away "there's one", then goes after the other and leaves. He pulled my teeth like I owed him money. I asked him if he got his start working for a bookie?
Now I need to get last tooth on each side with crowns that will let the partial attach too (this is a normal thing). I get the crowns then the partial (which isn't really bad). The whole thing take 3 months+. I do have dental insurance and I pay whatever they ask me to pay.
Now the best part. A month or 3 after we're all done I get a call from the dentist's billing dept. They say my insurance company won't cover one of the crowns because the existing crown wasn't old enough. wtf, they approved the partial, it needs to attach to different style crowns. I reluctantly agree to pay the $390. I pay it off $100 or $50 at a time.
I lose a crown last week. I call the office, the same bitch that surprised me answers the phone, I tell her I need an appointment and she tells me they wrote off $360. I said I paid it, she says that that charge was from the other crown that was done at the other office (they have 2 offices). I go wild on her Friday afternoon (over the phone). Then he calls me back and apologizes for upsetting me and that she inherited a mess and she's going to investigate this entire thing.
I just did the banking research on how much I paid to have 2 teeth pulled, 2 crowns and the partial. How's $1263 grab you? I HAVE FUCKING DECENT INSURANCE! If memory serves me correctly they said the partial was $500. I can't wait to go in there tomorrow, I might start pulling some teeth myself.
The moral of the story - TAKE FUCKING BETTER CARE OF YOUR TEETH BECAUSE THIEVES EXIST THAT WILL BEAT YOU LIKE A CAT IN A BAG.
killer: Most people have difficulty with their lowers. They are on the bottom and it stands to reason they will be more uncomfortable. I won't even wear mine any more. I don't need them to smile and nobody but me knows when they are out. Looking into some permanent lowers, it's expensive, but I might end up going that route.
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killer: Most people have difficulty with their lowers. They are on the bottom and it stands to reason they will be more uncomfortable. I won't even wear mine any more. I don't need them to smile and nobody but me knows when they are out. Looking into some permanent lowers, it's expensive, but I might end up going that route.
Got any advice on how to keep healthy teeth? As in, what actions did you take that resulted in the consequences of having dentures today? Thanks, mate.
this is easy. dont fuck up after you get off your parents ins when college ends or that age of 23ish and stop going to the dentist.
to have the best chance of having good healthy teeth and more importantly gums, you gotta have your check ups and cleanings twice a yr. and floss multiple times a wk minimum. thats it. you shud b good enless genetics come into play like myself.
i got the dollars saved for implants im waiting for if the time is needed. that better be it for a long time. im trying to hold off these damn receeding gums...
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Quote Originally Posted by KktdocT:
Killer,
Got any advice on how to keep healthy teeth? As in, what actions did you take that resulted in the consequences of having dentures today? Thanks, mate.
this is easy. dont fuck up after you get off your parents ins when college ends or that age of 23ish and stop going to the dentist.
to have the best chance of having good healthy teeth and more importantly gums, you gotta have your check ups and cleanings twice a yr. and floss multiple times a wk minimum. thats it. you shud b good enless genetics come into play like myself.
i got the dollars saved for implants im waiting for if the time is needed. that better be it for a long time. im trying to hold off these damn receeding gums...
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