Dentures at 28 Years Old 

Got dentures two years ago loving them. No more pain no more sinuses and I smile all the time. I can even eat a apple and corn on the cob❤❤❤😊

I got my dentures a little less than a year ago, at age 35 but I needed dentures much sooner due to many years of bulimia and medications that caused tooth decay. My teeth looked terrible and made my self-esteem so much lower. I wouldn't smile and I was afraid to meet people. I wish I got dentures sooner. I just couldn't afford it. I live on disability and dentures weren't covered at all. I had to pay over $4100 for them. 100% out of pocket. They are beautiful though, works of art really. The teeth are from Germany and have beautiful, subtle texturing on them like real teeth. They are some of the finest prosthetic teeth available. I absolutely love them!! My extractions were terrible. I was awake for it and it was extremely painful and traumatic. I also had to wait 6 months after the extractions until everything was healed and settled so my dentures would fit the best and give me the least problems, but 6 months with NO teeth in my 30's was terribly hard to deal with. It was so embarrassing, and I couldn't eat very much. Which was the worst for me, I love food! I was sinking to levels of desperation such as powdering chips in the Vitamix blender then eating them with a spoon and eating cereal once it had become soggy enough to eat lol! Despite all that, I am so happy I went through with it. No one can tell that my teeth aren't real, and I have the best, whitest smile of anyone I know now. I have gotten my confidence back. I'm ALWAYS smiling now. I even recently went back to school to start working towards my high school diploma. I feel like the world is at my fingertips and having beautiful teeth has helped a lot! I was worried about having to use adhesive but it's not nearly as bad as I thought it would be. It doesn't have a taste really and it doesn't ooze and drip out everywhere. You really just need a pea sized amount on each side. It's actually far less off-putting than toothpaste to me lol. The lower denture was a lot harder to get used to but I'm really starting to be quite comfortable wearing my dentures all day from when I wake up until before bed. They only affected my speech for a few weeks afte getting them. Now I can talk and sing exactly like I used to. Anyone who has been putting it off like I was, go for it! It's one of the best decisions I have ever made as far as improving my quality of life. You deserve it, everyone deserves to smile with confidence and be able to eat properly. Also just think, no more abscesses, cavities, root canals, and chipping, painful, sensitive teeth. No more trips to the dentist for fillings or cleanings. I can bite into ice cream bars now without pain. There are so many up sides to having dentures and the downsides are so miniscule in comparison. Thanks for being so open about it and making this video. I wish dentures could be normalized. So many people go through so much pain with their teeth because of the stigma surrounding needing to wear dentures.

I got them also 20 years ago. Best decision of my life. I lived a very unhealthy lifestyle and ruined my teeth and had pain every day , now I'm good no more pain, I can eat what I want, that alone was a big win for me, not to worry if a teeth may break when I want to eat cereals 😁 Yay for dentures 👍

This was one of the most inspiring and comforting talks I have ever seen. I am not even getting dentures. Man.. I don’t what exactly it was that soothed me and eased my anxiety so very much, but thank you.. just thank you! Blessings. 💜🦋🙋🏾‍♀️

A dentist once told me being susceptible to tooth decay is hereditary as it depends on the number of enzymes you inherited from your parents. Some people produce three enzymes to fight tooth decay and those people rarely have a cavity throughout their lifetime, most people produce two enzymes to fight the decay and will probably die with their own teeth but have several cavities and a lot of dental work throughout their life and maybe even end up with dentures, and then some people only produce one enzyme to fight the decay and that is my case...I kinda knew by my early twenties I would need dentures eventually and hoped to at least reach age 40 which I did and sooner after I indeed did get them. I honestly believe that the dental industry knows that tooth decay is in fact determined by the number of enzymes one produces to fight it, that being 1, 2, or 3, and the number we produce is in fact inherited from the numbers our parents produced...for some people no amount of brushing, cleaning, or fluoride will make much difference in trying to prevent the decay.

this video was really helpful and insightful, thanks a lot! I have teeth issues and I've been weighing my options because I know I'll have to deal with it either way in the future no matter how scared I am about it now lol Please give an update in the future :)

So much pain..with dentures speach also altered.

So many issues how to manage.

I asked my dentist about getting all teeth out and denture replacement - but he told me that i had to stop being heterosexual and couldn't date women anymore. I suspect he was trying to take advantage of me and my mouth, though. 🤔