I hate my teeth!! They give me a lot of trouble and I just want them all gone.?

I'm 15 and my teeth are really bad. I have quite a few missing already and a lot of bad ones and some are loose. I decided I just want them all yanked out, and my mom agreed that it's probly best since I have so many gone or bad and we don't have insurance for dental. How long will I sound funny talking after I have my teeth pulled? How long will it be before I can eat without it hurting? My mom says it's not so bad with no teeth, but I was wondering about sounding funny talking. I'm already really thin, so I can't afford to lose many pounds. It will probly be next year before I can get new teeth, but I don't care. I'd much rather go toothless like my mom than keep my ugly teeth and have toothaches all the time.

I hate my teeth!! They give me a lot of trouble and I just want them all gone.?
Wow, I am sorry you are having such trouble! I would suggest that you go to a local dental school to see if you can get treatment at reduced cost. If you remove your teeth now you will have a problem with your jawbone shrinking over time which will cause other types of problems. Your face might end up looking sunken. Getting new teeth (dentures) may not work for you as you are still growing and you will need to get replacements (which costs money) over time. If you gain or lose weight the way that they fit will change, and they could give you sores. This really isn't the way to go if you could get treatment somehow, even if you can't do all the treatment at once. Good luck!


JAMRDH - a dental hygienist





PS Not all hockey players have dentures, in fact none of the professional hockey team players I worked with in a former practice had them. Missing teeth yes, mouthguards yes too.
Reply:I'm no dentist but pulling all your teeth out and going toothless doesn't seem like a very good idea. Your only 15...you deserve to have a nice smile! Email the guy above...please don't pull out your teeth!
Reply:I had the same problem at your age. I lived on a farm in indiana and my teeth came in and were bad at the gums. I think it was something in the water. Limestone was only a couple feet below the ground. When I was 16 they removed my uppers and I wore dentures until I was 18. Then I got a job and the first thing was have my rotten lowers removed and Got well made dentures made by a dentist that was an artist. I was scrawny and everyone picked on me until I was 18 and got nice teeth. I gained ten pounds in a few months and I am looked really good. No one screwed with me after that. could have had almost any girl I wanted, but was too timid from being a ugly duckling. The first teeth were really ugly because my parents didn't have much money and hired a bad dentist. I was 5'8" and 150 before, being a farmer, I was hard, but thin. After I was still 5'8' but 165 and had definition. All I am trying to say here iis dentures aren't bad. All hockey players have dentures. Rugby players have them if they are serious. All meth recoverers have them. Some even become models. Yes it hurts and you look kind of creepy for a while, so what. No you won't talk funny except for a few days. I an 71 now and 168# an dstill working and everything works.
Reply:Sure pulling all your teeth sound like a good simple and permanent solution... no flossing no brushing put them in a cup of water before you go to sleep and that's it!


BUT have you looked at the down side. Food will not taste neerly the same, you will need to get the dentures replaced periodically. you will not be able to chew as hard or as well. your jaw bone will continuasly resorb and diminish in size. there will be a point in your life when it's imopssible to make an adequate denture becasue of the extreem bone loss in your jaw. the upper denture will usually fit well the lower one is more of a floater and not as stable. From all the procedures we do as dentists dentures is one of the most complained about because patients miss their real teeth. In extreemly rare cases we do dentures at your age and I have done one case on a 16 year old because of the methamphetamines.


this advice is no substitute for visiting to your dentist.
Reply:I am sorry to hear that but that sounds awful. You should have a long time ago took some calcium pills and had the teeth already starting to get stronger. I know that's not much help now. But if you think that is the best thing to do, then do it.
Reply:Most dentists put your dentures in your mouth as soon as they pull the teeth. This way your gums shape to the dentures and fit better.
Reply:Hello there. I just wanted to tell you that I recently had all 17 of my remaining teeth removed in March. (at 33 years old) I read some of the responses, and not once did anyone ask if maybe you have some reason, at 15 years old, that your teeth are in the condition that are in. Do you have a medical condition that contributed to it, like acid reflux? Do you drink a lot of soda and sugary things before bed? Maybe it's heredity?? My story is this: I lost dental benefits 4 years ago when my husband lost his job. I had a predisposition to soft teeth inherited from my Mother to begin with (who also lost all her teeth at 28) I had more than a few small cavities. Because acid reflux was burning the enamel on my teeth while sleeping, and the soda I would drink all the time during the night, my teeth slowly began to do what yours are, falling out, turning black, the whole thing. About 2 + years ago, they all began to get infected. They hurt a lot, and would cyst up and break. I managed to get a serious infection in both top and bottom jaws that made me feel ill all the time, and extremely tired. My dentist said I had no choice but to remove all 17 of them ( before I got blood poisoning) and have my jaw bone grinded to help the future dentures fit right.


The first 2weeks after removal was the worst. I was eating mush for several weeks. I wont say it didn't hurt, it did,but it hurt a lot less than 17 rotten, falling out, infected teeth. My gums are almost completely healed now and I went last week for my first denture fitting, and I am hopeful they will be ready mid June.


Since last week I have been able to eat "Frito's" and they taste just the same. Dentures WILL NOT alter the taste of foods. No, you cannot eat rock-candy with dentures, but there are many other things you can eat with them, including chewing GUM!!! My Mom did just fine with them and without them, so don't let anyone mislead you. As far as talking funny with no teeth, you will.........I do too. But it really isn't all that bad. It takes a while to get use to, but if you think you will get them all ripped out and never go back to the dentist, you are wrong. You still need to go get your gums checked just like teeth. I have fragments from the extractions that need to be fixed too, so it does involve a lot. Check into your State to see if they have health ins for families of lower income. Thats how I am able to do it. Let us at Yahoo know how you are doing....



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