Hi, … --
I do not readily have the audacity to try any new skill, even when I am motivated and determined.
After seeing Dr. Helena Lincoln at Fairy Tale Dental in Winslow a week ago yesterday, I thought about buying denture adhesive for a couple of days before buying some at Walgreens Friday when I went there to get my puff medicine prescription renewed. They only had tubes of cream denture adhesive and not the powder adhesive that Dr. Lincoln recommended. I bought a tube of Super Strong, All-Day Hold Poligrip Denture Adhesive Cream.
I forget if it was Sunday or Monday afternoon that I got around to watching You Tube videos about applying denture adhesive. I could not find even one video that showed how to apply denture adhesive cream to non-metal partial dentures. I did learn from watching videos by ordinary people with them that partial dentures are a hassle—that it is difficult to have not too much and not too little adhesive cream, which too often either oozes out from under the partials or doesn't hold them securely; that partial dentures are often uncomfortable, even painful, to wear and take weeks to get used to [mine aren't uncomfortable, but when the set is in, I'm aware of having a foreign object in my mouth, comparable to sucking on a cough drop]; that some people can get by without any adhesive, though it's hard for me to believe they can eat anything; that a main motive for many people with partial dentures is to be able to show their toothy smiles without embarrassment—which isn't a motive for me since I've always looked goofy when I've tried to smile open-mouthed (Guy probably ridiculed my early attempts) so I only ever smile closed-mouthed; that getting food stuck in partials is an annoyance; and that getting residue of denture adhesive off of your gums after taking out dentures is an annoyance and is best done with Coca-Cola, coconut oil, an ice cube, or any of several other common products.
So then I thought for two or three days about actually doing my best to try applying the adhesive to my partial dentures and got around to doing that a couple of hours or so before my appointment at Fairy Tale Dental yesterday. I didn't apply enough adhesive, and the partial dentures, which I kept in until I got home again later, seemed a bit loose and insecure.
These are the questions that I asked Dr. Lincoln, and her answers:
Would there be harmful consequences to my remaining teeth if I did not wear partial dentures? She was noncommittal about that. She did say that the remaining teeth would move around and lean over, so that in time the partials would no longer fit. (I did see a YouTube video describing harm to and loss of remaining teeth from that cause.)
Could she cite and recommend a video that showed how to apply dental adhesive to non-metal partial dentures? She suggested eagerly that we make a video. In a light-hearted, joking-around tone, we agreed we would. Who knows? Maybe it will happen.
I asked if I could take some time to get used to the partials I have before getting the set for the gap in my upper teeth? That was agreeable to her.
I asked if mini implants are an option to for me to consider, and she agreed that perhaps they are, so I'll research them.
I said I'd like to pay for the work done so far before planning and proceeding with more work providing me with another set of partial dentures, and I asked if she had found out if my insurance would cover any or all of the work done, and she said she has submitted a claim but has not gotten a response yet. She was confident that my situation fits Medicare criteria for being covered, having to do with front teeth versus back teeth, age, income, and so on.
I asked, if the charge to me ended up being high, if I could have a payment plan, and she nodded yes.
She requested that I see her again in the middle of October, and we agreed on a day and time, and she gave me a reminder card.
I left feeling proud of myself that I had tried applying denture adhesive to my partial denture before seeing her and that I had asked my questions and gotten them answered.
My intentions now are to wear my partials for a part of each day, sometimes with and sometimes without adhesive; to continue to experiment with how to apply denture adhesive; and to go online today or soon, probably to Amazon, to buy the Fixodent powder adhesive that Dr. Lincoln recommended and then to practice using it.
Love,
Brian
I do not readily have the audacity to try any new skill, even when I am motivated and determined.
After seeing Dr. Helena Lincoln at Fairy Tale Dental in Winslow a week ago yesterday, I thought about buying denture adhesive for a couple of days before buying some at Walgreens Friday when I went there to get my puff medicine prescription renewed. They only had tubes of cream denture adhesive and not the powder adhesive that Dr. Lincoln recommended. I bought a tube of Super Strong, All-Day Hold Poligrip Denture Adhesive Cream.
I forget if it was Sunday or Monday afternoon that I got around to watching You Tube videos about applying denture adhesive. I could not find even one video that showed how to apply denture adhesive cream to non-metal partial dentures. I did learn from watching videos by ordinary people with them that partial dentures are a hassle—that it is difficult to have not too much and not too little adhesive cream, which too often either oozes out from under the partials or doesn't hold them securely; that partial dentures are often uncomfortable, even painful, to wear and take weeks to get used to [mine aren't uncomfortable, but when the set is in, I'm aware of having a foreign object in my mouth, comparable to sucking on a cough drop]; that some people can get by without any adhesive, though it's hard for me to believe they can eat anything; that a main motive for many people with partial dentures is to be able to show their toothy smiles without embarrassment—which isn't a motive for me since I've always looked goofy when I've tried to smile open-mouthed (Guy probably ridiculed my early attempts) so I only ever smile closed-mouthed; that getting food stuck in partials is an annoyance; and that getting residue of denture adhesive off of your gums after taking out dentures is an annoyance and is best done with Coca-Cola, coconut oil, an ice cube, or any of several other common products.
So then I thought for two or three days about actually doing my best to try applying the adhesive to my partial dentures and got around to doing that a couple of hours or so before my appointment at Fairy Tale Dental yesterday. I didn't apply enough adhesive, and the partial dentures, which I kept in until I got home again later, seemed a bit loose and insecure.
These are the questions that I asked Dr. Lincoln, and her answers:
Would there be harmful consequences to my remaining teeth if I did not wear partial dentures? She was noncommittal about that. She did say that the remaining teeth would move around and lean over, so that in time the partials would no longer fit. (I did see a YouTube video describing harm to and loss of remaining teeth from that cause.)
Could she cite and recommend a video that showed how to apply dental adhesive to non-metal partial dentures? She suggested eagerly that we make a video. In a light-hearted, joking-around tone, we agreed we would. Who knows? Maybe it will happen.
I asked if I could take some time to get used to the partials I have before getting the set for the gap in my upper teeth? That was agreeable to her.
I asked if mini implants are an option to for me to consider, and she agreed that perhaps they are, so I'll research them.
I said I'd like to pay for the work done so far before planning and proceeding with more work providing me with another set of partial dentures, and I asked if she had found out if my insurance would cover any or all of the work done, and she said she has submitted a claim but has not gotten a response yet. She was confident that my situation fits Medicare criteria for being covered, having to do with front teeth versus back teeth, age, income, and so on.
I asked, if the charge to me ended up being high, if I could have a payment plan, and she nodded yes.
She requested that I see her again in the middle of October, and we agreed on a day and time, and she gave me a reminder card.
I left feeling proud of myself that I had tried applying denture adhesive to my partial denture before seeing her and that I had asked my questions and gotten them answered.
My intentions now are to wear my partials for a part of each day, sometimes with and sometimes without adhesive; to continue to experiment with how to apply denture adhesive; and to go online today or soon, probably to Amazon, to buy the Fixodent powder adhesive that Dr. Lincoln recommended and then to practice using it.
Love,
Brian