Best option for dentures your opinions please

I know their a lot of good knowledge on here,I could use some.About to get parcels upper and lower, what to look for ,want quality but don't want to brake the bank.what have you learned in your experience any information please
Ralph

Try to get a metal frame set if you can. I"ve had both and the metal frame takes up much less space inside your mouth.

Hi Ralph,

No matter what you get it'll take some gettin used to. I wasn't thrilled at all about having mine yanked and getting a mouthfull of plastic but my "originals" were killing me. Bad teeth will slowly poison you and it's bad on all your organs. Now that's not to say you shouldn't keep as many as you can. Best to hang onto any good ones with good gum condition around them. But if the ones you're leaving in aren't in good shape you'll be spending money on them again somewhere down the road.

In my situation... Although I still had most of my teeth... My gums were receded so far that most of them were loose and some I yanked out myself. I got used to having pain somewhere in my mouth pretty much all the time. When you bite down and a tooth goes crooked on you it's a real eye opener. For me... the less expensive way to go in the long run was removing 'em all.

Ivoclar teeth are top shelf and light. They're supposed to wear for a real long time. Ceramic teeth are heavy but will last forever so long as you don't drop them on something hard. The Ivoclar teeth have some Kevlar foo foo in them?

Your best bet is to ask folks in your area about who they went to etc. and how they feel it went. One thing I can tell you for certain is I wouldn't get a full rack of bolt down teeth. If you want nice hassle free teeth getting pins in your jawbone and then snap-in teeth is the way to go. I found out right before I was ready to get sized and all for bolt down teeth that there's a little gap here and there under them especially over time. I changed my mind and went with snap in and I'm really glad I did. The type I got have snaps that look like the grippers on your carhart shirts etc. but smaller. They hold really good and can be popped out easy to clean them. I don't believe you could ever get all the junk out from under bolt down sets. And there's a lot of junk gets under them.

My top jawbone is too shallow for pins without getting into bone grafting and having them mess around with my sinus cavities some so I only got the pins in my bottom jaw. With the bottoms anchored I can eat apples and corn ont he cob and pretty much anything I want. Way better than the way it was before I got my originals yanked.

Far as the partials goes... My buddy got partials top and bottom for his back teeth. His front few were still very good. He went with the metal on advice from some other folks. He seems to be getting along with them fine now. At first some slurring and a few whistles but after a while you'll get used to it.

It's hell gettin' old.... but better than the alternative I suppose!!

Thanks for the replies,was leaning in the direction of metal frame work ,cost a little more but may be worth it in the long run.
Ralph

I wore an upper partial for 40 years. Metal type. I lost one of the support teeth. New partial was about $ 5K with all the prep work. Plus it was going on my lousy teeth and if another one failed all that money was lost.
My dentist turned me on to a plastic partial called Valplast. Only about $ 1,500 and no prep work. I"ve had it about a year now and it is great. Highly recommend you talk to your dentist about it. They also have a website with lots of information.

I guess I'll add dental to medical and legal advice which I always come here for.

wgm,
It makes perfect sense to me! Over on the dental forum they are asking how to fix rotting tractor tires and pulling sleeves!!!
LA in WI