I got dentures made a few weeks ago. The dentist took an impression but I did not have enough teeth left for her to really gauge what my teeth should look like. Like I said, it's been three weeks. I put them in and they don't fit my gums, for one thing, the roof is too low (I can't eat anything with them in). The teeth are also generally too big for my face. I've got small features and when I have them in, it looks like I'm wearing someone else's teeth. They don't look natural in that respect. I can't talk while I wear it and the front teeth hang so low I can barely poke the tip of my tongue past them. I asked my dentist about this and she said I'm still adjusting. Everyone else I've known who has gotten dentures didn't have all these problems (well, the no-talking thing went away after a week or so for them) and my friends and family have attested to them looking far too big for my face. I paid $600 for these dentures and I asked my dentist about maybe getting new ones, something with smaller teeth that might fit better. (I also had my pallatal tori removed, which she did not account for) She says in order to do this, I'm going to have to pay another $600. Is this right? If she didn't get them right in the first place, why should I have to pay for a second? I'm told to wear them as much as possible, and I'll get used to them. I do, but I have to eat and drink without them in or I don't eat or drink, so I have to take them out for these occasions at least (plus cleaning and bedtime). But when I put them back in, for about an hour they hurt. Not like sore spots, those all seem to be taken care of, but like, they don't fit me right, like they're someone else's. These are temps to wear until I get my dental implants next year. I don't want to go an entire year like this.
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When you have dentures made, it always takes time for your mouth to adjust to them. And if you had tori removed, then your mouth will definitely take time to heal, and for the tissues to shrink back and the bone to remodel itself, etc. So there will be some time where they don't feel right. If it's gone on for a while, and if you're going to have implants made next year, instead of paying for a new set, another option might be to get the dentures relined - since your mouth is changing while it's healing from the extracted teeth and from the removed tori, it's probably only natural that the denture won't feel right, so relining should help them fit better. Did your dentist do a try-in in wax while she was making the denture? That's like the final inspection or trial, when you can see the teeth that will be used for the denture sitting in place, and voice any concerns you have about them or anything else, before it's sent to the lab to be processed. If you were ok with them then, but you don't like them now, unfortunately there's not much the dentist can do except to remake them at your cost.
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