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some advice please on dentures

  • 15-08-2019 6:57pm
    #1
    nick 56
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭


    I am a 69 year old male, thanks to a motorbike accident years ago plus poor brushing i have only 6 teeth left . they are all on the lower jaw. One broke off 2 days ago level with the gum line -- arg . the dentist said it was caused by the metal denture.

    He asked whether i was in pain and i was not so he said leave it and get the denture extended. he did not want to extract it as it would loosen the tooth beside it.

    Now 5 days later it hurts and i am fed up. I want to get them all out and get a lower denture. i feel it is time.

    so who do i go to? is it a dentist or dental surgeon and if the latter do i ask the dentist for a referral.

    thanks Nick


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  • #2
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,538 ✭✭✭btkm8unsl0w5r4


    Dentist = Dental Surgeon

    An Oral Surgeon is a dentist who has extra training as a surgical specialist.

    Your general dentist will advise if you need to see a specialist.


  • #3
    Fishorsealant
    Registered Users Posts: 258 ✭✭Fishorsealant


    First thing is first, go get the painful tooth sorted.. Circumstances have changed now that it is hurting you.

    There is a big difference going from something like a metal partial denture to a lower full denture. Consider carefully! The upper full dentures often are much much more retentive than the lower ones.


  • #4
    nick 56
    Registered Users Posts: 164 ✭✭nick 56


    Thanks i took both your points on board (pun) got the stump out. and on your advice and the dentist am keeping the remaining teeth.

    thanks...Nick


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