| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 4:57:30 PM |
^^ full dentures: hundreds of dollars
full implants: thousands
If the person has had there teeth gone for a number of years, there can be a lot of bone loss. Then they will have to do bone grafts and maybe soft tissue grafts as well. It can run as high as $80,000 if the damage is bad enough to replace all of the teeth. Greed on the part of dentists is why a lot of people still have dentures. Do a search and you will see how little they pay for the materials they use. Dentures really should be a thing of the past. Insurance should cover the implants. They call it exprimental, but the truth is dental implants in one form or another have been around for thousands of years. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 4:58:05 PM | If you feel that way, never marry a woman with dentures because she will have to take them out at night. - bcsofnc57
Not always, bcsofnc57. My mother sleeps with hers in & soaks them while she is taking her shower. Her & my step-
dad have been married 25 years & she told me he has never seen her with her teeth out. I thought that was SO funny!
I often take mine out at home, I have not been able to adjust to eating with them either. I can manage sald & pasta,
if they are glued in, but they aren't as comfortable that way, unfortunately. I went back to my denturist 3 times for
re-fitting. He told me that some people just can't adjust. It really isn't that big a deal, it only stops me from eating most
nuts & tortilla chips.
Some people are uptight about denture, as they believe that only bad hygene can account for this, not true at all. I
lost all my top teeth, when I was 43. I have a fear on needles & an even worse fear of dentists, so I have to be knocked
out for dental work. The hospital at UBC in Vancouver, has a waiting list of more than a year for dental surgery. So it can
sometimes be a problem getting work done & minor problems, become worse over that time. Also, due to some absurd
goverment rules, I lost my dental coverage for nearly 3 years.
I am surprised that having bottom teeth out, would be so noticable. It looks very noticable when people remove their
upper dentures. If this is really such a problem, you should try & explain it to him, gently. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 5:10:32 PM | breath.... msg 40
full dentures: hundreds of dollars
full implants: thousands
so pay the thousands of dollars.
if you don't have it in savings then don't buy the new car, new boat, new house, new furniture.
make the sacrifice. having teeth are worth it. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 5:16:39 PM |
so pay the thousands of dollars.
I'm sure everyone has a spare 8 to 20 thousand dollars laying around, if not go ask the neighbor, they probably have spare change laying on their dresser. pffft
I had a friend that just had it done and with the grafting and implants it was 47 thousand. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 5:43:28 PM | not only was he smart to have his implants put in, he was smart with his investments and money to have that much. that's one of the things you have to do when you plan out your life. take into consideration that you're going to need a lot of money.
if you don't make a lot, then sacrifice the material things. where's the rocket science needed for that plan??? | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 5:57:44 PM | ^^ who said he had that much money to do it, tomic bomb? For all we know he went into debt.
You can take everything into consideration all you want.. but guess what? Life can throw a major curve ball at you, no matter how carefully you invest and plan.
Get real. Especially in these days.
"Sacrifice the material things", you say?
Well some people think that $22,000 for bottom teeth IS a material thing!
I checked out the price for dental implants, (non complicated).. bottom only.
Wish you luck, OP. You say there are other things beginning to bother you about him, so I guess you've moved on by now.
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 6:38:10 PM | not only was he smart to have his implants put in, he was smart with his investments and money to have that much. that's one of the things you have to do when you plan out your life. take into consideration that you're going to need a lot of money.
if you don't make a lot, then sacrifice the material things. where's the rocket science needed for that plan???
You've got to be kidding me! Plan out your life?  And how many people do you know who planned out their life and it ended up exactly as they planned it? lol
Not everyone..and I'll make that not most people ever have that kind of money just laying around to use for something of that nature to impress other people and it has nothing to do with being a smart investor. Surprise complications hit all of us at one time or another and any number of unfortunate unexpected things could wipe someone out. For most people there's never enough money to fall back on in life.
If the dentures do the job at a fraction of the cost and it doesn't bother the person, nor does it bother their partner..they'd be a fool to fork over that sum of money when so many other things in this world hold a much higher priority and one never knows what lies in the road ahead.
You're talking cars and other luxury items for people to give up but what about those living in the common world who have other obligations or others depending on them? To spend that money on oneself instead of the so called materialistic things which are necessities to most, would be totally irresponsible. Helping their child get braces or go through college, fixing the washer or dryer that's busted, putting meals on the table or replacing the tires that are long overdo...are priorities to families and that's where most people are at. Implants are a luxury!
You talk rocket science.....I call it reality. Then again I guess it all depends where we place our priorities and where our values and obligations lie. Most people who are able to fork out that kind of money on themselves can do so only because they are their own top priority and don't have anyone else whom they're responsible for or they're extremely wealthy and it matters not what they spend their money on. The average person however would have a struggle coming up with that type of money regardless of what they "gave up".
If my significant other asked me if he should pay a thousand dollars for dentures or 50,000 for implants I'd beg him to do the dentures, promise to love him regardless and ask him to help some starving child or help someone who needs a transplant to live. Of course if he made big bucks and that amount was a drop in the bucket and all his obligations were met then I'd say go ahead....but don't forget to say thanks for your life by helping someone who really needs it as well.
Oh yeah...and if you're using that kind of money on yourself, don't forget to put the same amount on the side for the rest of the family who may have your genes and need the same thing done in the future!
No problem though....we can give up.........................hmmmmmmm, the yacht and the trip to Tahiti! lol Oh wait..better yet.......your tenth motorcycle, any new golf clubs for the next ten years and your season passes to all future sporting events for the rest of your life. Yeah..that should do it! It'll be popcorn and the small TV for you! ; )
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/27/2008 6:39:31 PM | | I was being sarcastic...........yes he was fortunate to have the money as dentists want it up front and we are talking about a man is his late 50's. I'm glad you have a job where you could afford to save and have extra money tomic. Some people just get by paying a motgage and raising kids, which by the way I notice you dont have so dont judge how someone should save that is not in your shoes. GEEZ | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 4:19:26 PM | Personally, despite my initial impression of someone showing up without teeth, due to whatever unfortunate incident caused the problem, I think there is a difference between a person with a disability who is upfront and presents it quickly, in an above board fashion, (as in on the phone or certainly during the first meeting), and a person who drags it out and isn't up front about whatever the problem is. I have a great deal more respect for the person who is honest and above board, who gives me the chance to sit back and determine whether or not I can deal with whatever the problem may be.
I don't feel that this has happened in this particular case the OP has confided to all of us. I feel that the OP was somewhat misled and now is finding it difficult to deal with this individual's "disability," and to my mind any kind of potentially disfiguring issue, or health issue that is out of the norm, is something that could be considered a disability.
I have dated people with disabilities and had no problem doing so. I have had a serious attempt at a long term relationship with one who was greatly disabled. This person was very honest about the disability, however, right up front. I respected that and I think that perhaps the OP may have felt differently than she does now if she had been confronted with this issue well in advance, instead of further into the relationship. The man the OP was seeing still wasn't upfront by the second week. The OP had to guess what was going on as this apparently hasn't even been discussed in an upfront way. I think this has caused the angst and is a definite turn off for the OP. I realize it's hard to get really frank about things that embarrass us, that are health issues, but it really is best to just present whatever it is quickly and get it out of the way.
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 4:54:31 PM | | rofl .i could hardly believe i was reading this ...it was just like reading about myself ......a date with a guy off here .....alarm bells ...this fella has false teeth !!!!!!! no 2nd date :( might be described as shallow , but just how i feel......no offence meant to ' denture wearing ' ppl ..just not my cuppa xxxxx | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 5:11:11 PM | Hey, no worries, could be worse, what if they were wood. Or what if he was using chicklets in place of dentures! lol They'd get all soft and oogie after a while | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 5:20:03 PM | | Does happen these days and may be quite individual. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 6:11:42 PM | I would think it MIGHT be a problem...if he/she took them out of their mouth and like, did "Mr. Ed" impersonations with them...
"W-I-I-I-LLLLBURRRRRR!" | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 7:03:12 PM |
I'm sure everyone has a spare 8 to 20 thousand dollars laying around, if not go ask the neighbor, they probably have spare change laying on their dresser. pffft
I had a friend that just had it done and with the grafting and implants it was 47 thousand.
Of course we do, I think I have at least $20,000 in quarters in the right pocket of my jeans right now!!! lmfao
To the person who says just get implants. NEWS FLASH: Most people can't afford dental implants. Dental implants are more expensive than a new car. I can't remotely afford dental implants or a new car. The car I am driving now has a kbb value of $388.
Yes I know some people leave dentures in all of the time, but most dentist will tell you to leave them out for at least 8 hours a day. Studies have shown that wearing them 24/7 for whatever reason speeds up bone loss. Enough bone loss and you won't even be able to wear the dentures. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 8:52:24 PM | I don't think of it as being shallow. I would have a problem if a man I dated had false teeth and did not wear his bottom ones. I could not look past this. I would wonder if he left them somewhere or maybe loaned them to a friend or something. Or prehaps he could not afford to get his uppers and lowers at the same time. There are a lot of possibilities here.
I had a friend once that dated a man who had false teeth and he actually took them out and placed them on the table when they went out to eat. He told her the teeth hurt his gums when he ate. That is the moment I would have ran to the bathroom and NOT returned! | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/28/2008 9:18:43 PM | so follow your gut feeling!
dont be with him, cause right now its the bottom teeth... later all of them, later you will notice more imperfections... stop wasting your time. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/29/2008 1:50:38 AM | i find this very interesting that there are so many righteous people here. i doubt that each of them have NO physical preferences. or would not care if their new mate had ED or whatever, after all that is a disability also!!! it's the person, right??? not what they have or don't have????
the OP was honest. she asked a question and got her head blown off by some of the righteous ones.
i have a disabilty and i accept that it does not sit with a whole lot of men. by the same token, teeth are important to me. if someone i cared about could not afford teeth, i'd either help them get the teeth (as i've done before and not "just" for men i was interested in) or i'd get them to the local dental college for assistance. if they could care less, then fine. but teeth are still important to me.
if i were coupled and my mate had his teeth totally knocked out and were irreplaceable, would i leave him? of course not. would i find that attractive? no. would it pain me on his behalf? yes. would i sleep with him? probably if we got that far, it would be that kind of love. but, i would still find him less physically attractive. that is HONEST. who is to say that women are NOT visual. we focus on different things and of course find the best parts in someone. but everyone has their deal breakers. for some, it's teeth. give the OP a break. look inside yourself at your own deal breakers!!!!
some want thin, some want no drama, some want an active sex life, some want a political or religous type or an age or an education level or someone very active... whatever... that is what makes the world go round.
OP it bothers you. either focus on his eyes, or forgive yourself. you cannot force attraction and not all friends have to be intimate friends. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/29/2008 2:42:11 AM | | My dad had 90% of his teeth pulled, got nice dentures and he never wore 'em..... and so he's been toothless a year now. At first it was kind of gross and funny but ya get used to it. Honestly, i'd rather date someone with their teeth pulled then their real teeth in there all rotted away.......at least it's gums and not decay. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 5/29/2008 4:19:34 PM | Wow! I am shocked at how many shallow women there are in this thread. OK, I do agree, that a guy should wear his dentures when out in public with you. That's just being in good taste. And the guy that took them out and laid them on the table to eat! WAY BAD! NOT COOL!
But what if this happened you. I met a lady on-line just over two years ago. We hit it off instantly and talked on the phone for hours upon hours. We lived 1,200 miles apart. Six days after meeting her, all of the sudden, no answer on her phone, no answer to e-mails, no response to instant messages...nothing...Made me wonder. Then two days later, I get a phone call, and a young lady said she hoped I was the Jim she was looking for. Telling me that she was this lady's daughter, I said yes, I am the right Jim. She then explained that her mom was in a near fatal car accident and it was touch and go for a few days.
She pulled through with only a badly broken jaw, cracked ribs, leg injury and nerve damage that has yet to be found, that causes some problems still.
Well her mouth had to be wired shut in hopes of saving her teeth...along with some very expensive implants that were already there. when released from the hospital, she would not allow me to come see her. Warned me if I showed up, it would be over ( and don't forget, we had just met. It was over 30 days before I heard her voice again when they removed the wires. Unfortunately, they could not save the teeth. Not sure how many were lost, but it was most of them upper and lower.
Did that stop my feelings for her? HELL NO! It did delay her wanting to meet because she was so hung up about it. But three months later, we met. She looked beautiful!Ten months ago she moved here.
I never once considered her teeth! How shallow would that have been? And yes, on rare occasions I did see her without the teeth in. Did that change my feelings for her? HELL NO!
Unfortunately, it did not work out and she has moved back north. (I'm in Florida )
Gee, now I wonder?....Is it because I have to wear an upper denture? Not likely
False teeth, false eye lashes, false boobs...what's the difference? | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 6/1/2008 12:05:40 AM | | Canadianbeef, he lost most of his teeth in a bad car crash. And honey loose the insulting attitude toward me. It's rude! | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 6/4/2008 8:43:47 AM | bcsofnc57 msg 64.....
To the person who says just get implants. NEWS FLASH: Most people can't afford dental implants. Dental implants are more expensive than a new car. I can't remotely afford dental implants or a new car. The car I am driving now has a kbb value of $388.
then i would say don't expect a hunky dream guy emailing your profile any time soon sweetheart. whew!!!!! your financial condition is part of your social attractiveness.
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 6/4/2008 9:58:50 AM |
Canadianbeef, he lost most of his teeth in a bad car crash. And honey loose the insulting attitude toward me. It's rude!
1missblueeyes did you say insulting? It's more then that! It is insensitive and out of order!
There are times and places to make jokes. This shows lack of character and good taste to say the least. I don't understand where people do this kind of thing in all forums. It's a shame they have such low values of care for their fellow man. | |
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| False Teeth ........
Posted: 6/4/2008 10:01:10 AM | | No I would not date someone with false teeth! If they were an older man over 50 then sure. Only if they keep them in when they are supposed to. | |
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