Monday, May 17, 2010

Dental qustion - Partial or crowns or what?

hi - A while back I got very ill, and all my teeth either got very decayed or busted all apart, apparently my adrenals quit working for a few years (I have a family history of adrenal insufficiency) and so it looks like I'm not trying to take care of things, but I am, I brush several times a day - and for a while they were going to give up and pull all my teeth, but about a month ago or so my adrenals started to work again (Thank God) - I'm not at 100% yet, (more like 50% to 60 function) - but my teeth don't look so great. I really do want my teeth to look nice, but I'm not sure what's best - He's pulled 7 already and there's about 2-3 more that have to be pulled, and he's done stainless steel crowns on several (I honestly don't know why he hasn't done the other types of crowns - I'm assuming it was because of money (I'm on disability)) The problem is my lower jaw doesnt' quite hit right and on the lower side there isn't necessarily anything for him to anchor the partial to

Dental qustion - Partial or crowns or what?
The hard thing is when your are on goverment health coverage there are only a few things yor dentist can do for you that he will actually get partially paid for. The bad part for you is there is wonderful things in dentistry right now to make your mouth look like a movie star! the problem with that is it would cost thousands. So your best optioins now are to temporaily seal them up with stainless steel crowns or pull them. then you really won't ever be able to have a partial, your only option at that point, if you want a full mouth of teeth so your bite is correct, is to pull them all and get dentures. If your dentist feels like you have enough teeth for a partial I would go wiwth that. if not I wold not pull them al out. I would fix the ones that are able to be saved and eat the best you can. until you get to a point where you cant eat. at that point get dentures. With dentures people do ok with upper dentures with the exception that they do fall and they can reduce your ability to taste as well. Lower ones slip all over the place. good luck I hope this helps.


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