I understand the financial impact. Is it possible to get insurance on the dentures so that if they accidentally get lost, or broken, then it doesn't cost as much to get new ones?
How well can she eat the food she likes, without dentures? The reason why I ask is because my Mom was put on a soft food/chopped diet. When that happened, the food doesn't taste as good and in fact, can encourage her to stop eating. However, I have heard of people who have eaten steak strips with just their gums....but the nursing home won't allow that. Everything will be chopped with gravy. They were even hesitant to give my Mom fish that wasn't overcooked for fear that she would choke on the larger pieces.
I have heard, not personally experienced, that lack of dentures will change the structure of the jaw, making it more difficult to chew properly and causing issues for the rest of the teeth.
Just wondering if somehow, there was another solution other than the yes/no denture dilemma.
We are all entitled to 'opinions', but honestly - "Dentures are a basic human need"??? Humans can't live unless their 'basic human needs' are met. So the millions of denture-less people alive today and alive in the past, weren't human??
Oh gosh, I feel for you. My friend’s mom threw her dentures out three times! After the third time, my friend told her mom that she wasn’t going to get anymore dentures for her.
I agree with cwille’s response. Tell her a white lie, saying that she isn’t able to get an appointment anytime soon.
"I'm not sure but I don't think you can get just new lower dentures, because they won't fit together right"
You most certainly can just get new lowers and not uppers as long as the uppers still fit well. There are many people who only have one or the other, the denturist must always take impressions to fit the denture to the existing natural teeth (or existing plate).
But it will be a long process with multiple appointments so you need to decide if the benefits are worth the time, cost and extra stress.
I agree, new dentures, take a long time for people to get re use too. My mom at 85 had a lot of pain and uncomfortable. I suspect if you did get them, she will never where them
My mom broke her bottom dentures, got new lower ones. Went to the hospital a month later and she threw her upper ones away. She had a bad habit of wrapping them in a napkin.
How well can she eat the food she likes, without dentures? The reason why I ask is because my Mom was put on a soft food/chopped diet. When that happened, the food doesn't taste as good and in fact, can encourage her to stop eating. However, I have heard of people who have eaten steak strips with just their gums....but the nursing home won't allow that. Everything will be chopped with gravy. They were even hesitant to give my Mom fish that wasn't overcooked for fear that she would choke on the larger pieces.
I have heard, not personally experienced, that lack of dentures will change the structure of the jaw, making it more difficult to chew properly and causing issues for the rest of the teeth.
Just wondering if somehow, there was another solution other than the yes/no denture dilemma.
I agree with cwille’s response. Tell her a white lie, saying that she isn’t able to get an appointment anytime soon.
You most certainly can just get new lowers and not uppers as long as the uppers still fit well. There are many people who only have one or the other, the denturist must always take impressions to fit the denture to the existing natural teeth (or existing plate).
But it will be a long process with multiple appointments so you need to decide if the benefits are worth the time, cost and extra stress.