Problems with bottom dentures

What kind of costs are involved with 2 implants on bottom ?

What is that going to cost u for that mine is ten grand for four posts at the dental school I can't afford that.

How nice of you to take the time to listen and respond I to am a "new" denture wearer and the bottom is the worse for me it's so embarrassed I xx do use fix dent works great with top unfortunately I have the same nightmare as above ! ; (

The problem with the lower denture is that the lower jaw bone disappears four times faster than the upper. As that bone is reabsorbed by your body the lower denture had less and less top hold on to the best solution is to have a couple of implants installed to retain that bone. I know for most implants seem impossible. The high cost of implants usually includes the crown (fake tooth) on top. Some dentists (like mine) gave me a deal on price. My dentist put in a few implant posts to keep the bone from disappearing. You can then take it a step further and have your denture attached to the implants. That way it won't move. I know it's overwhelming but you want to live your life and be able to eat, talk etc without worry. If you get a dental discount card, it can also take a lot off of the cost of the procedure. Implant surgery was no big deal. I did it with no vaccine and only took ibuprofen for one day. It's a one time thing that will change how you function. Go online and look up cheap implants in the state you live in. If that isn't an option for you, there is a thing that can be installed on your dentures that creates a vacuum type of suction and it can be installed on the dentures you already have. You can Google suction dentures and find a dentist near you who can install the valves. It creates a perfect seal keeping your teeth in place. I hope this information helps. Most people don't know about bone loss and find out after its too late.

I have had up and lower dentures since June 14, 2014...My lower denture is coming loose as well when I chew....other than this they stay put during the day with a good fit.....and the excessive saliva doesn't help...I have to make sure the fixodent is applied good when I have to eat...at home that is fine but in public trying to eat gets a little hectic....I do hope with more adjustments it gets a better fit....

Hi I just got dentures and everyone says I got a nice new smile but how does that help u eat ? Not everyone can afford implants and they know everyone has prob holding bottoms inplace there should be a better glue or something so people not wasting mony on stuff that don't work. I am really smiling behind my fake smile

Ray, I am really sorry for your situation.  I too am going through the same thing.  I am very limited as to what I can eat.  Seems like bottom dentures are set in real tight.  Next thing I know, after like two bites of food (even soft) they work loose.  Place where I got my dentures told me all the usual stuff like eat evenly on both sides, etc.  Needless to say, nothing works.  Luckily I am getting mini implants in March and hopefully can remedy this situation.  Otherwise, I really don't know what to tell you.  Hopefully, someone can give you some helpful information.  I know it's bad and have felt like crying many times. 

Yeah I like Fixodent-it has been a big help on helping me to eat. Except white bread,lol. What sucks is now to eat or to look nice you need dentures so its either pay a boatload or get so poor to get welfare dentures. Dentists have us by the balls on this & it sucks. After ALL these yrs you'f think dentures would be easier to wear-but this way they can make more money by having them not fit right.

my upper denture fits awesome, with just a dab of fixodent i sometimes have trouble getting them to pop out. . the lower, however is loose and i have to use way too much fixodent to get them to stay long enough for me to eat. . when they had the soft liner, they were much better. am i really gonna die if i use too much fixodent? and i have been thinking of getting that soft line stuff from the store cause i cant afford another dental visit atm . . still paying off the care credit from the original process. . any advice?

Yes try secure you have to buy on line.. im using it on my bottoms till implants heal. It work good

Is "Secure" easily removed from around your implants?  Did your dentist tell you how to clean those implants?  Mine did not, and I am worried that I won't keep them properly cleaned.

Wanda

Secure held mine for 6 hours... tough to get off gums and denture. Fixodent for gums works better with the powder afded

Try sea bond it works for me.I also have a vety small jaw bone

It works on the top nut not the bottom.

Sea Bond sucks, the othe adhesives work better

I too can't eat with my lower dentures I go to eat and they flip I'm about ready to keep being toothless that way 8 can talk and eat.

omg  that makes me  afraid  now  getting upper teeth out like 7 of them  hope I ike my denture  are big  bulky  probably  its just my luck they will be awful  my g f  got hers  and there fine     I don't    USA    they care  about the money  no sufficient  in  London  they are  excellent  dentist  and  care about  u

Hi Lisa, check out our calendar of your 1st 30 days with dentures here:  http://www.dentureliving.com/new-to-dentures/calendar.  Be sure to contact your dentist with any concerns.  Hang in there, it will get better!

How long do you have to wait before useing fiodent on lowers

I am a new upper denture wearer.  I have tried all the pastes and denture adhesives available.  First, I wish they didn't discontinue Poligrip powder.  Second, in this day and age, I can't believe they haven't figured out how to make dentures that are softer, more pliable and form to your mouth.  If they were more flexible, the grip would be improved and that would help so many denture wearers.  Until then......we all suffer. 

Thanks for trying Fixodent, Gillaire and I certainly understand your concern about eating out.  Over time, your gums will shrink and change, causing your dentures to become loose.  Check with your dentist to see if an adjustment or a reline will help.  Also, if you're new to dentures, it can take time for the muscles of your lips, cheeks & tongue to "learn" to hold your lower denture in place.  If you have other questions, feel free to let me know.  Hang in there, it will get better!

yes all that is true ,and i think your and my dintist should of told me and you about all the ups and downs of the Lower dentures BUT THE DENTISTS THESE DAYS TREAT PEOPLE LIKE A NUMBER JUST ANOTHER DOLLAR SIGN TO THEM .I WISH YOU THE BEST

I hear you have tried thermometer plastics every brand on shelf and waterproof on line. I am luck if holds for 4 hours drinking is okay but cannot eat. I have to take out bottoms to eat then go to bathroom to re-insert kinda hate the bottom choice

i take my bottom ones out to eat its only a partial denture but nothing will hold it in place awful i dont eat all day till i come home from work then i take them out and eat .

I have had full upper and lower for 1 year. Tried everything including adjustments and adhesives. Prior to removal of my teeth, my dentist assured me that if they are properly adjusted they will not flop around. (As I had been warned by others of this common problem). Then 6 months after having all my teeth pulled, and about 9 adjustments she changed her story to: "no patient of ours has ever needed so many adjustments, you are going to have to understand that bottom dentures flop. There is no way they can't. Everytime you move your mouth they are going to pop up. You need to learn how to control them." My response is: Which one is it, I need to learn how to control them, or they are automatically going to pop up every time I move my mouth? My advice would be (if it isn't to late). Look into these things that slip over your unattractive teeth like a retainer with pearly whites that snugly slip over your teeth covering the flaws. Unless you are having pain from decay. If you are, then try only having the painful ones removed as they occur. My point, basically is that dentures have proven to be strictly for cosmetic benefits (atleast in my experience) . Don't take any advice pertaining to dentures from anyone who hasn't experienced the challenges and emotional stress of being a denture wearer themselves.

So very true ; until you have to deal with this problem yourself no one knows how deeply embarrassing it is ; humiliating and forget about self esteem I can't go out for fear of what can happen ; no one knows like ive said how it feels until it happens to them

I had temporary dentures put in in August, 2014.  I have had numerous adjustments done.  Every time I eat anything the bottom denture pops up.  I want to be able to eat a hamburger or something similar, but am unable to.  The bottom denture popped up when I was eating ice cream!  I have tried every which way to control my cheeks, lips, and tongue to avoid this, also to no avail.  I am suppose to get mini implants on the bottom when I get my permanent dentures.  I am with Ms. Mathias, I would never have gotten the bottom denture if I would have known about this!

One thing I've learned and I hate to say am fanatical about lately.  When I'm going to be somewhere in public where I have to eat.  It must be soft.  And nothing too hot.  Soup would be great but melts the goop off right away.  Steak....not in a restaurant but I will eat it at home with small bites.  Sandwich, not in public. I've learned baked potato and chicken are the safest. 

Before going into a restaurant I do a little tongue test.  If it is sort of loose I free it up, order and go to the ladies room and reapply the goop.  I'm back to Polident now which is thicker and less ooz.  SMALL bites of food don't free up the denture.  Putting too much in my mouth will.  I can eat a hamburger but it has to be cut in half so I can get the little pointed end in.  Small bites.

Don't drink hot liquid during the meal as it will free up the goo.  When I'm done eating and if I feel I need a reglue off I go to the ladies room again.  The darn tubes say use once a day. Yup, if you never eat!!!!

I have a very small mouth to start out with so I have very little room for food and teeth to work together.  chewing has to be deliberate so as not to loosen the denture.

It is very embarrassing.  And none of us would have had our teeth pulled if it wasn't necessary.  I have to remind myself of the pain I used to be in before.  Not that life is easy now but unfortunately its just the way it is.  If you take them out because they are a pain to deal with you will never get use to them. You have to make yourself leave them in.  I was taking them out at night.  Such a relief. And truly you should to let your gums breathe.  But then I was having more trouble during the day.  So now I do it every other night and it seems better.

Think Positive!!!!!
You can do it!!!!
(there really isn't much choice :( )
It was just one year ago I was gold my bottom teeth had to be pulled.  It was 3 months before it was done.  I had time to prepare mentally.  And I went up and down the roller coaster and elevator and everything else in between.  But until you can accept that life has changed, your new choppers won't accept you.

I will add that the soft relign was awesome too, for the first day.  I had a hard relign after 6 months and it was so much better.  Not perfect but better. 

Hang in there!

cjs, thank you for your comments.  I have been trying to leave my dentures in and taking them out to clean them and putting them back in.  Still not working.  All I can do is hang in there, don't really have a choice.  At least you have been able to eat a hamburger.  I have to get the little sliders and cut in half and then cut the halves into three parts and chew really slow.  I have just opted for soft food like mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, etc.   I keep trying and keep getting really discouraged.  I keep hoping when I get my permanent dentures and mini implants, it will be better.  I am usually a very positive person and will continue to be as long as I am not eating  haha.

I got mine in September, yes it does get better. You learn how to hold them in, fixodent does help, keep going back to your dentist for adjustments. I still have to keep going back, my gums are still changing. I was depressed in the beginning too, now my confidence is coming back and I'm pain free. Hang in there.

Thanks for the positive comment. It's nice to hear something positive about bottom dentures for a change.

I'd like to say thanks too. I have my new bottoms for 4 weeks now. They look great and I have a wonderful smile. Eating is a nightmare. I finally figured out how to chew and the dentist did a reline with a soft material to make them more comfortable in the office. Nice. Felt great for a few hours 3 days ago. Now I feel like I'm back to square one and can't chew at all. I think there should be some kind of learning to chew video out there!!!!

The pain gets better, but then it can frustrate u when your denturist will not listen when you are telling them where it hurts

It will get better as time goes bye,I got mine 5 months ago and the top stay's in good ,now the Lower ones are a majer problem it's just taking longer than i was told my dentest is like a used car dealer LOL hang in there it will get better : )

In this very short comment, you have said TWICE that you aren't sure, whatever that is??!! Why are you not:
1. Asking the questions to the dentist?
2. Using the internet to educate yourself; knowledge IS power!!

Hope and luck ain't gonna do it alone. They need your help! Stop being a passive bystander in your own life!!

That's not very fair to say because I was in the exact same position. I asked many times & they just brushed me off on Everything. It's like taking a Spanish class without being told what the words mean. IT was TERRIBLE & FRUSTRATING. But, I did come across a denture site that helped me & the women would keep everyone updated. I had NO clue!

I agree!! That is not nice at all!!! I think people on here want advice and compassion, not criticism! There is no reason to use cruel words, especially to someone you don't know! Good luck Cathie Walthall-Powell. I hope everything turns out good for you! :-)

Thank you! We all need a place to vent, converse get advice etc. This should be the place !!

We get a few "I love my soapbox" type here, I hate that when people ASSume that because they know jack shit everyone does. Newsflash websites/you tube only can help so much. It must be nice to be "heard" by a Dr./any medical types without worrying you sound like a doofus.

No, and I'll eat glass before I will ever try it! I demand proper fitting dentures, and will fight till I get them!! As should you!!

I can never understand the temporary dentures, but anyway.  Yup they do feel like a wade of who knows what in there.  I found once my gums healed and I could use the adhesive it was much better.  Not that I'm enjoying the adhesive mind you but I try not to think about what is.  I have to apply adhesive WAY too much or mine float around my mouth.  It isn't a quick heal and process, unfortunately.  But think positive.  The last thing I wanted to do was have my teeth pulled.  I was a religious dentist goer and took good care of my teeth.  Unfortunately the genes did me in.  My teeth were actually rotting from the inside out.  Although I would like "real" teeth, I know I am much more comfortable now and not in pain.  I guess I chose to find some type of silver lining in the dark storm in my mouth.  Good luck!

Yeah good luck!! I had my teeth extracted June 3rd, and Temps., straight in. Top fitted OK; bottom fits where it grips, NOWHERE. You are describing my bottom D. I also got Paresthesia on lower left side of face which did not help, stupid dentist!! I asked for, and was given, my money back for the temps.

I went to a Dental Lab, as a friend of mine did. Four weeks & 8 appointments later, I try on the finished product (last Wednesday). Bottoms fit well, tops had a TWISTED palette, and would not fit any which way!! Quite comical the way the DC tried to get them settled; round hole, square peg??

He is giving me expensive individual teeth (did I mention they didn't look a bit like my own teeth?), and the palette will be made from expensive extra tough, extra light acrylic. All FREE, I just pay what i was originally paying for Temps.

He won't see me till August for impressions, and says I'll be getting them made quick!! LOL, what a joke; he says its to let my gums shrink more. I feel totally despondent! Totally f*cked! And totally p*ssed off! I have no social life; I can barely talk to anyone, and for that reason avoid eye contact. I have not worked, as I talk for a living, but can hardly speak for fear of the bloody things flying out!! The top D. is now loose as well, due to shrinkage!! I eat, sleep and dance (I wish) in the top D. Now it's almost as hazardous as the bottom! I despair!! :-((((((

Hello, to everyone who say that they dentures are falling out, moving as you eat, drink, speak...these are all the fears and I haven't even got my extractions yet , but I need them because my real teeth are worth two cents! But on the positive note; I've heard that with the sea bond and fixodent it works as a good lock hold together... I no it a lot of adhesive at one time but has anyone tried it???

They don't stayvin because they don't fit!! They have been poorly made! You are being set up for screws/implants/revenue stream!!
Complain till they FIX THEM!!!

Great answer, I'm sure some feel that medcaid dentures should be crappy but they should try & fit you right & not make you wait 6 months for a reline.

Some dentures don't stay in due to bone loss. If there is not enough of a ridge for them to grasp onto, you may need implants for them to stay in. I had mine all take on May 15th. No temporary anything. They have had the soft reline and the top stays in perfect. At 3 months I get 2 implants on the bottom where I had major bone loss. I
I think it all boils down to the quality and patience of your dentist.

I get my tweth relined in about a week or so.I have two sore spots that won't heal.I tried hot salt water.that don't work.still don't know what to do.I am six monrhs our but my bottom teeth out for a year now..any ideas would be great.

Nothing holds my lower teeth in.I use sea bond on the top with poligrip

HI Sharon. Thank you for the heads up on the stabil-dent. I looked at the website and it really doesn't seem to explain what it is and how it works.. I have been having the same issues as many of the folk here have with trying to take a bite and the denture flipping out of place.. with the food. Disgusting and embarrassing to say the least.

Could you explain what they actually are. Or how they work? I am not familiar with a stabilizer.

I have only had my lower partial for a few weeks and can't even wear them because they fit so badly. It almost feels like they are uneven cause the one side seems to fit and set really nicely But the other side cuts into my lower mouth making an open sore. I have went back 3 times already and am going back again Monday. Hoping they can fix the problem so that I can wear them.. This has been my worst nightmare having to go without lower front teeth.

I am hoping if the adjustments don't work maybe this could be a fix that will work for me.

Thank-you in advance for any further explanation you can share.

-Becky

Becky ~ sorry to hear about the problems you are having with your lower denture. I am having the exact same problem. I have had mine for almost a month now. I use adhesive on both the top and bottom. They both stay in ok, still a little sore, until I try to eat something harder than a baked potato. After a few bites, the lower become so loose I have to take them out to finish eating. I am going back for a second reline this Tuesday ~ hope it helps alot.

I was happy when I saw the comment from Sharon about stabil-dent. Upon further investigation, however, I am not so sure. I personally emailed the company to ask for some literature and/or more details about the product. I haven't heard one word from them. Several of us have tried to find information and have not succeeded.

All I am saying is be careful before you spend $79 on something that might not be for real. I find it odd that no one has contacted me with the info I requested. If I do hear back or find something substantial, I will post it hear. Anyway, good luck to you ~ talk to everyone soon.

Thanks Tammy, I am so glad I found this website.. I don't know anyone who has dentures/partials (that I know of anyway) This whole process has been really traumatic for me. Even worse than any of those milestone birthdays that some people have problems with. It seems really sad that so many people are having the same issues with the lowers and that something can't be done or invented that is not so high cost as an alternative to the expensive implants.

I plan on keeping at this trying to get them right cause the choice of going toothless is out of the question.

I have just started trying out adhesives but the choices confuse me. So I chose one and so far it doesn't do any better when I eat. 2 bites and I am right where I was only worse since one side sticks and the other doesn't grrrr.

I am not a hater but I am really hating this.. ;) at least I am not alone. .

I am very curious as to why you would be shocked ~ I would never consider spending $79 on anything without checking it out thoroughly. I didn't say anything negative about you personally ~ I simply stated that I was still waiting on the information that I requested and find it odd that there is so little information about something that could help solve a problem that so many people have.

I would sincerely hope that no one would spend that amount of money without investigating the product thoroughly. I am looking forward to receiving the information ~ It would be awesome to find something to solve a very irritating problem that I ~ and so many thousands (probably millions) of people struggle with.

Hi again everyone! I am seeing a ton of posts on Stabildent on this forum so I will post a different thread but please check out the site again as we have updated video's and lots of information. www.stabildent.com It truly is a solution for loose lower dentures. Best!

I couldn't find a website, only company profile, driving directions, facebook page. Nothing that explains what it is or how to use it.

It. Is under StableDent, I hope you got it!