How long until my upper lip stops looking like a monkey's mouth?

I'm sorry to hear you're going through this,Tracey.I'm Karen, the Fixodent Community Manager, andI urge you to discuss your concerns with your dentist.While some pain is normal, your denture should not be cutting into your gums. This must be miserable, so don't wait it out until your next appointment.Schedule an appointment as soon as you can get in. Your dentist can evaluate the fit of your denture and make the necessary adjustments to alleviate this.Your dentist should alsobe able to shave the border of your denture to improve the look.
Has anyone else experienced any of these issues? Pleaselet us know!
^Karen
(from Karen @ Fixodent)

I agree with Karen but I am inclined to be a little more forceful on the topic.
You must see your dentist immediately to get your denture adjusted so that it does not cut into your lip. Do not accept delay on this topic. If your dentist is not friendly and kindly disposed toward frequent adjustments to your denture as you heal and become accustomed to your denture, you must find another dentist. Absent an adjustment, you will not get relief from the pain and you may develop an ulcer rather than "just" a sore.
It sounds to me like your dentist used too much soft liner in your denture and, as a result, you are experiencing "monkey mouth". This, too, can be fixed. Also, there should not be any gap between your gum and your denture -- not good for the fit -- not good for the comfort -- and not good for eating and drinking between both solids and liquids will find their way into the gap.
Although adjusting to a denture requires time, patience and practice, your current issues are beyond that realm. Please get help and let us know how you do. In the meantime, try a milkshake -- it tastes good and is filling (at least temporarily).
Good luck.
(from IHaveAGreatDentist)

Hi, your dentist should be able to shave some off your denture to stop it from cutting inot your gum. And, dont let him make you feel rushed. He is there to help you. He took your money easy enough didnt he? I found the first 7 to 10 days were the absolute worst. After that seems started to feel better bit by bit. I am heading into week 7. I too have a gap between my denture and gum, and mine is getting smaller. You will find your gums change every night. You wake up in the morning and things have changed. If something hurts go and have your dentist make an adjustment so it stops hurting. Because the pain wont go away without an adjustment It will only get worse.! Patience and persistance will get you thru. Everyday gets better. Take care.

(from mamaj)

Just had mad put in yesterday and i to feel like i look like i have a monkey mouth. hope you had your dentist fix the problem.Hope all is better
Thanks for letting me know i'm not the only one feeling this way.
(from hockey mom)

My dentist says I have a short top lip but tells me how lucky I am to have such beautiful lips. Yeah, I know women pay to have full lips like mine. I would rather not have teeth that look and feel so big! He believes that the bottom teeth are naturally supposed to stick out , lean forward. I have been working with them since I had all my teeth removed in December 2014! Not happy with the look and miserable with the pain!

Hello my name is RJ and I had my 23 teeth pulled over a week and a half period then they told me to let my gums heel then once 4months was up I went in to have them looked at then waited again another 2months then finally had my impressions and all that stuff done and on my last appoinment that I had when they were still adjusting them at least I thought we were still adjusting them I noticed that my face looked different I guess the definition is monkey mouth I wasn`t happy with the way I looked but they went ahead and made the final denture and said come back in a couple days for any adjustments sore spots n stuff and I signed this piece of paper and afterwards I got to thinking that what was that paper all about because I hadn`t agreed on my dentures being good and happy with them to go ahead and make the final denture but they did and now I have been to the dentist 4 different times I have had 1 soft reline that never held went back had a hard reline on the bottom denture and it came back worse it didn`t grab at all nothing felt like it was way to big for my gums so she did a nother soft reline in the bottom denture and I said I needed my top denture relined also because it was starting to fall off easily I have always had to put adhesive on my dentures and I am currently dealing with the soft relines they did for the top and bottom and the top denture is holding a little better at this point in time but I can feel that it`s getting looser by the day and as for the bottoms they fall off again very easily and I have to put adhesive on my bottom and the top if I want to eat something but even if I do put adhesive on my bottom denture it still comes off while eating!! I still eat soft stuff like I did when I was heeling my gums I can`t eat anything solid properly without having issue`s every time I talk to the dentist office they justify everything that I tell them I am tired of being like this I should of went to a denturist but I didn`t know the difference at the time they should of saved a couple teeth on the bottom so my denture could have been secured but that was never mentioned to me that I could do as an option the dentist that pulled my teeth never did an impression they just pulled them all and said come back once they are heeled he ended up leaving to advance his schooling and the new dentist that arrived while I was heeling was fresh out of school without pics of my teeth or nothing so it`s been a huge issue since my question is if I were to tell them I want new dentures done that I am not happy with these will they be covered or do I have to pay for another pair of dentures I am so pissed off I should of done some research before I jumped into this but I didn`t realize what I was getting myself into I want to go to a actual denturist to see what they think of my dentures but I don`t want to loose my warranty please can anybody let me know what I can do, ask for a new pair or fix these ones or what ever other option I could have to deal with these hunks of junk!! 

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RJM, I feel so bad for all you have been through. I realize this was posted 5 months ago and was curious if you ever got your issue’s fixed.? I also am experiencing pain from the dentures cutting into my gums on top of the whole “ monkey mouth” look. It’s depressing yet I’m only 2 in half weeks into it. Hope you got your issues resolved.

I have not. I am slated to get my first hard alignment next week and I'm afraid I'll look worse. Its been 3 months now and I'm miserable. Honestly feel I look like a freak . I look HORRIBLE without them. I also talk for a living and it was ok at first but now it seems no matter what adhesive I use the uppers slip and I can barely speak coherently. I lisp so badly you can not understand me. I might lose my job if this doesn't get better....