Posted by alexandra_k on February 21, 2005, at 15:24:00
In reply to Re: Getting Older, my father, posted by Susan47 on February 21, 2005, at 12:35:12
> but I think when they're not in, when there're no teeth there, your mouth the lips they kind of cave in, don't they?
Only when you take them out. So tell him he is NEVER to do that in front of you - okay?????
>Dentures never look real, either, do they? Do they make them now so they look more natural?
Sometimes they look fake because they look just too damn good to be real. But nah, they make em pretty good.
I say this because I knew a guy who got em when he was 27. His teeth were really really bad and when he was in jail for a year the government decided that it was cheaper to rip em out and give him dentures than to fix em up properly. The hardest time was when he just got them. They really do have to fit right. Make sure they get all the fragments of old tooth out. Sometimes he didn't wear them (we used to call him 'gummy') but he didn't look that bad. It takes a while for your gums to harden so that they are comfortable. Bit of a pain in the *ss. But nah, they look okay. Nice, perfect teeth.
Is it just that it is a sign that he is getting older Susan? Is that what is so hard?
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