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Offline pkveazey

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Full Dentures
« on: February 17, 2025, 11:08:17 AM »
I think the crash is just around the corner. I did some thinking about how and what I could eat. A couple of years ago, some kind of acid formed in my mouth and ate all but 4 of my teeth off at the gum line. Nope, it was not hydrochloric acid from my stomach. It tasted more like a mixture of vinegar and sulfuric acid. Anyway, I decided that I'd get a full set of dentures before the crash so, as a Prepper, I could eat whatever I could find. I went to the Dental Clinic, and they did some kind of scan rather than doing an impression. Oh, Hell no!!! It's going to cost $6,250 and they will remove the 4 remaining teeth and also all the roots below the gum line. Then put temporary dentures in until my gums heal. Then they will remove the temps and replace them with my permanent dentures. They got me to pay $2,000 up front and hope my insurance covers the rest. If they don't, then I'll have to eat the rest. Life's a bitch and then you die. :faint:
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #1 on: February 17, 2025, 11:14:03 AM »
Interesting PKv. Good luck.  :thumbsUp: :cheers:
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #2 on: February 17, 2025, 11:15:50 AM »
For those of us in the upper levels of seniority, teeth can be a serious issue.  Some years ago I had a conversation with an elderly gent who spent $40,000, as I recall, on full implants.  He said that it changed his life.

My wife had a single implant last year.  Cost $3,600.  Money well spent PKV.

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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #3 on: February 17, 2025, 11:49:25 AM »
Quote from: zanedclark on February 17, 2025, 11:15:50 AM
For those of us in the upper levels of seniority, teeth can be a serious issue.  Some years ago I had a conversation with an elderly gent who spent $40,000, as I recall, on full implants.  He said that it changed his life.

My wife had a single implant last year.  Cost $3,600.  Money well spent PKV.

zane

I know a guy who had 100% replacement with implants due to diabetes issues. He is very happy with them. IIRC he traded construction work for the replacement, around 20K
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2025, 12:52:13 PM »
I had to have a crown put on a tooth.  Dentist did that scan/sonar/video measuring thing.

I told him afterward it was the most unpleasant thing I have ever let a dentist do in my mouth.

Real bich of it was I needed a second crown.  No improvement of procedure.

No pain so thats not a factor, but it was almost like him trying to wiggle a softball around on my teeth and tongue.

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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #5 on: February 18, 2025, 09:16:03 AM »
Interesting topic. Last month I chatted with a woman in the eye doctor's waiting room in her 40's that had just finished the process of having all of her teeth removed and replaced with implants. She said it took about a year to let the swelling reduce, etc. after her removal process. She said it cost about $40,000 but was worth every penny to her. From my perspective, her new teeth looked good. I would not have known if she had not brought up the subject. Apparently, she had a lifelong problem with bad teeth and implants were the result.
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #6 on: February 18, 2025, 10:51:45 AM »
If I could get coverage/funding/lottery money I would do about 8 implants as soon as the dentist could start things happening.

My dad had one done about 20+ or so years back at a facility in El Salvador.  He was with my sister and her hubby (state dept) at the embassy there.  They had a local dentist who went home after graduating from a state university dental school in the U.S.

He charged about $3-500 (IIRC) to put it in.  His first visit home he saw a friend DMD and had it checked.  He was told it was an excellent job and UVA dentist he consulted could do no better.

But for the political issues I would consider going there when mine are too far gone to keep.

See below if you are considering it.

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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #7 on: February 18, 2025, 12:21:47 PM »
This topic makes my stomach churn...I have always had a fear of the dental chair, thankfully, I've never had to have any work other than fillings in my elementary school days. If I were considering implants, I would research the material the implants are made out of, avoiding those blended with aluminum and nickel. I know someone with implants and they have worked well for her, hoping you have the same great results. As for the rest of us, keep the toothbrush/dental floss in your stack and BOB's. Also good to have clove essential oil in case of dental emergencies.
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #8 on: February 18, 2025, 03:01:46 PM »
We have various tooth extraction tools in our medical kits.  An infected tooth can kill, just like a bullet.  Dead is dead.
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #9 on: February 24, 2025, 11:43:51 AM »
OK, it's the 24th of February and tomorrow is my dental appointment. They will be pulling everything out and giving me my temporary dentures. Hmmmm..... I've got a feeling that I'm not going to feel like participating in the Tuesday night ERIN NET. If I'm not there, then you'll know that I'm balled up in a knot on the floor, wincing in pain after the Novocain wears off. I told my Doctor about the upcoming Dental work and he gave me a prescription for pain just in case the Dental Clinic doesn't.
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #10 on: February 24, 2025, 03:30:00 PM »
No problem PKv. God Bless.  :thumbsUp: :cheers:
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #11 on: February 25, 2025, 08:14:28 AM »
PKv - Hope it is not as bad as you think, and as it sounds! And, yes, God bless! You've got this!
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #12 on: February 26, 2025, 11:41:30 AM »
Pkv, it's now the 26th.  Hope all went well, and presumably you lived though it.  Please advise.

Your procedure is looking like what will soon be done to my lower jaw.  Hate that idea.

Be sure to teach your kids, grandkids and ggks-- at least twice a day.

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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #13 on: February 27, 2025, 01:27:59 PM »
Well, here's my latest update. My upper plate is not very painful, but it really feels weird. I'm using it because it makes me look handsome. :lmfao: However, the lower plate is killing me. I am going to just not use it until Tuesday when I go back for a checkup. Hopefully, the Dentist will be able to modify the lower plate, so it doesn't hurt and allows me to eat without it bouncing around like monkey on a trampoline. There is one side effect that I did not expect. Until I get used to these plates, it makes me talk funny. It's like a have a minor speech impediment. It's like trying to talk while I have a mouth full of marbles. :facepalm: I'll keep y'all posted as things progress.
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #14 on: February 28, 2025, 10:47:58 AM »
I remember a Pastor from my youth with dentures.  During sermons his dentures caused him to have an interesting whistle. 

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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #15 on: March 01, 2025, 08:42:37 PM »
Thx for the update PKv.  :thumbsUp: You take care.  :cheers:
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Re: Full Dentures
« Reply #16 on: March 04, 2025, 01:36:53 PM »
Today, they modified both plates and the uppers are a bit better feeling. The lowers had to be really worked on to be usable at all. They modded the lowers enough so that I could at least wear them but they bounce all around. They gave me some denture adhesive to help stop the flopping. I hope to catch y'all on the ERIN net tonight.
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