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Hole in MY palate up to sinuses?!?!

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My Eday is a week from tomorrow and I'm so freaked out

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extractions...two years later

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drea replied to K8's discussion 'Hole in MY palate up to sinuses?!?!'

Kate this is NOT OKAY! You have an oral fistula and this needs to be seen right away There should be NO holes in your palate at all!

7 hours ago

drea replied to Ally's discussion 'My Eday is a week from tomorrow and I'm so freaked out'

I wouldn't feel ashamed at having dentures. Plenty of rich people have dentures too. It is unfortunate that there is a stigma attached to dentures. I have been lucky and have received so much positive support about getting dentures - but people knew…

November 25

drea replied to Leyton71's discussion 'extractions...two years later'

If anyone ever tries that crap with you again - draw yourself up in a dignified manner and say, "No one has EVER been so rude as to actually say something like that to my face" and give them a look. They'll back down. Hopefully your partner is supp…

November 25

drea replied to Sharon Mallah's discussion '3rd day with new dentures'

You will be just fine - and yes - enjoy those mashed potatoes! Don't forget your salt water rinses after every thing you eat though! Rinse, rinse rinse! If it makes you feel better I have a full upper and am looking at a big lower partial next year…

November 25

drea replied to beckiegan's discussion 'please help me'

Hey there Becky: Don't get too put off by the therapy thing - it's typical American type thinking - I don't think she intended any cheek. But typically, Americans are 'positive' so if one appears extremeley upset - they think something else must be…

November 25

drea replied to Dawn's discussion 'Is this usual?...I feel disreguarded in process'

Hey - for the immediate I had one imp;ression made and that was it. I go to a very good prosthodontist and he made a very pretty denture. The new teeth looked a bit smaller than what I had but they look really nice. However - we both did the colour…

November 25

drea replied to April's discussion 'On-site lab?'

I too, go to a prosthodontist. His lab is not onsite - although they do have a mini lab for emergency repair work. Hard re-lines are done 'in chair' in his office. It takes about 6 weeks to make the permanent denture - they have a LOT of measuring…

October 28

drea replied to April's discussion 'OS or no OS?'

I went to an oral surgeon. They are far more suited to the work of extractions and alveoplasty (shaping the jawbone) than a regular dentist. Sometimes molars are very difficult to remove - they had to cut my right upper molars out - for sample. Gene…

October 28

drea commented on Hope's blog post 'Well it's been 8 months'

Hope - The below post post is an example of why people don't post here with problems. Your point that not everyone is always happy happy happy with their dentures - temp or final was completely missed. I only check this site now because I'm concern…

October 23

drea replied to Ally's discussion 'Went to the Prothso this morning for impressions and have a question'

I go to a prosthodontist and did not get a wax try in for the immediate. They look great. I was told there will be tons of tryins for the finals.

October 19

drea replied to summer's discussion 'still not well'

Summer - I have been thinking and worrying about you. Glad to hear from you but not glad that you are in such pain. Like gothwithdentures - I've never heard of so many things at once - no wait - I lie - my Dad, after WWII, was in hospital with pneu…

October 19

drea replied to Sharie's discussion 'Taste at top of mouth'

Hey Karen - actually, food will always get up there - you will always have to do a quick rinse to get the whatever out of there - coffee and stuff - you could just drink water and it'll flush out. But anything else - the quick rinse. I just confirm…

October 2

drea replied to Sharon's discussion 'How many teeth did you have pulled at once ?'

I had 7 upper teeth pulled - 4 of which were under a fixed bridge. The removal of the bridge, teeth and the alveoplasty took a total of 1.5 hours. The bridge was a bitch to get off - she finally had to cut the thing off! However - I have to say - th…

September 28

drea replied to ramp rat "RR"'s discussion 'Two Weeks final impressions and Perms'

Good luck with everything - sounds like you're doing really well! D.

September 28

drea replied to Stacy Collins's discussion 'sutures came out'

I didn't have bone grafts because I have a regular denture - but I had to pull out lots of sutures myself here and there - I didn't tug them out - they literally just easily pulled out - they were ready to go. The ones that resisted - I didn't touch…

September 28

drea replied to Ally's discussion 'How Did You Go Through This Without Exploding'

Yeh the anxiety is awful. Sometimes I cried a bit - I would take long walks down by the river (I'm near the Hudson River) - I'd knit a lot - I'd go to the Buddhist Temple - if you are a person of faith - I would encourage you to visit your church, t…

September 25

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At 10:58pm on July 1, 2009, Lisa Loux said…: Hi Drea,

Thank you for your concern , thats very sweet.
I am still hanging in there , trying to learn patience. I'm still not satisfied with my appearance yet but look somewhat better than what I did . On Friday it will be 3 weeks.
The flange is still bugging me but the Dr. says I have to give some time to heal and the gums to resorb. I just hope I eventually get back to what my face and bone structure looked like pre-surgery.
I'll take some pics tomorrow and post. I know I'm probably my own worst critic ;)

You and the group are such an amazing support system and I thank you very much Drea! Hope all is well for you on your end.

Have a good nite *
Lisa