To those who cannot afford implants, lost teeth are happily replaced by dentures. Thank God for those inventions! You may have prayed aloud or silently.
Before the advent of implants or crowns or any present day modern technological or non-technological solutions to the much regretted loss, everyone rich or poor, whatever status they may be, resort to the only solution available- the dentures(fixed or removable or partially removable) Of course there was and still is the difference of where you may source them from- a reknown dentist or just from the public hospital or even from a quack( I have seen one operating his enterprise at the market place!) For the time being even in the richest country of the world , we have people opting for dentures to be fixed and not all are running to the prosthodontists to have implants. Implants are still very expensive for many, and some people are taking into consideration the fear of sitting at the dentist’s chair for hours and later going for more visits. Someone has just questioned why one should pay for such an ordeal. Some people prefer to forgo the asthetic value and the pride of having close to tnatural functioning teeth.
At the rate of extreme sports growing, many teenagers have lost teeth that are naturally irreplaceable
long before they reach their twenties. Besides that, the diet of youngsters have changed and many lost permanent teeth even during their teenage years. Some of them are already experiencing the discomfort of using dentures, something their elders are going through. This makes them feel ‘old’ in a certain sort of way especially when they may be the brunt of their peers’ jokes. It could be a cause of the drop in self-confidence that may affect in their development.To that effect many people may dream to be able in their later lives to afford implants. The others will have to be contented with dentures. Perhaps we can expect to see a large number people using dentures -if only they were made more attractive instead of something that is embarrassing or ugly. There are some boys who have lost a few teeth but refused to put on dentures and instead they went round looking with gaps in their teeth and looking comical, resembling old men but in young bodies. While they may think it is macho not to be fussy about outward appearances and not whimper over it, these youngsters couldnt get used to eating or speaking with dentures on. They may find themselves speaking like their grandparents, whistling their words through their teeth or speaking as if their mouths are full.
Wearing dentures can be very uncomfortable when you are out at parties or when you travel with friends. Food gets stuck in between the dentures and your gums. It becomes a hassle and you may need to rinse your mouth more often. You can get embarrassed when someone indiscreet expressed shock or surprise that you are using them, whether sincere or not. You start feeling ugly and may lose confidence because thoughts of your friends imagining you without the dentures on. You imagine yourself looking awful with gaps between your set of teeth. There is also the fear of letting your ftiends see your pink ‘flesh coloured’dentures soaked in the chemical solution at night at a slumber party.
If only we can put some fun or glamour to wearing these important ‘accessories’? Maybe make a ‘fashion’ out of wearing them?! Just as you can have contact lenses that are day-wear , week-wear or month-wear, we can have dentures like that too. Perhaps manufacture custom made dentures affordable for the average income earners ? Instead of being pink, and looking like soneone’s flesh soaking in a tumbler, why not have the teeth embedded in clear plastic? Even fancier just have the ‘gums’ in other colours, multicoloured, gold, silver or any funky colours and not try to hide the fact that you are wearing dentures. It should not be something to hide away. Even people with silicone implants flaunt their newly acquired fake bosoms!
Before the advent of implants or crowns or any present day modern technological or non-technological solutions to the much regretted loss, everyone rich or poor, whatever status they may be, resort to the only solution available- the dentures(fixed or removable or partially removable) Of course there was and still is the difference of where you may source them from- a reknown dentist or just from the public hospital or even from a quack( I have seen one operating his enterprise at the market place!) For the time being even in the richest country of the world , we have people opting for dentures to be fixed and not all are running to the prosthodontists to have implants. Implants are still very expensive for many, and some people are taking into consideration the fear of sitting at the dentist’s chair for hours and later going for more visits. Someone has just questioned why one should pay for such an ordeal. Some people prefer to forgo the asthetic value and the pride of having close to tnatural functioning teeth.
At the rate of extreme sports growing, many teenagers have lost teeth that are naturally irreplaceable
long before they reach their twenties. Besides that, the diet of youngsters have changed and many lost permanent teeth even during their teenage years. Some of them are already experiencing the discomfort of using dentures, something their elders are going through. This makes them feel ‘old’ in a certain sort of way especially when they may be the brunt of their peers’ jokes. It could be a cause of the drop in self-confidence that may affect in their development.To that effect many people may dream to be able in their later lives to afford implants. The others will have to be contented with dentures. Perhaps we can expect to see a large number people using dentures -if only they were made more attractive instead of something that is embarrassing or ugly. There are some boys who have lost a few teeth but refused to put on dentures and instead they went round looking with gaps in their teeth and looking comical, resembling old men but in young bodies. While they may think it is macho not to be fussy about outward appearances and not whimper over it, these youngsters couldnt get used to eating or speaking with dentures on. They may find themselves speaking like their grandparents, whistling their words through their teeth or speaking as if their mouths are full.
Wearing dentures can be very uncomfortable when you are out at parties or when you travel with friends. Food gets stuck in between the dentures and your gums. It becomes a hassle and you may need to rinse your mouth more often. You can get embarrassed when someone indiscreet expressed shock or surprise that you are using them, whether sincere or not. You start feeling ugly and may lose confidence because thoughts of your friends imagining you without the dentures on. You imagine yourself looking awful with gaps between your set of teeth. There is also the fear of letting your ftiends see your pink ‘flesh coloured’dentures soaked in the chemical solution at night at a slumber party.
If only we can put some fun or glamour to wearing these important ‘accessories’? Maybe make a ‘fashion’ out of wearing them?! Just as you can have contact lenses that are day-wear , week-wear or month-wear, we can have dentures like that too. Perhaps manufacture custom made dentures affordable for the average income earners ? Instead of being pink, and looking like soneone’s flesh soaking in a tumbler, why not have the teeth embedded in clear plastic? Even fancier just have the ‘gums’ in other colours, multicoloured, gold, silver or any funky colours and not try to hide the fact that you are wearing dentures. It should not be something to hide away. Even people with silicone implants flaunt their newly acquired fake bosoms!
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