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Denture Adhesives & Secure GMO free adhesive

For denture wearers, even if your dentures fit properly, it is still necessary to use the adhesives to keep everything in place all day while you eat and keep everything sealed. My dentures do not fit properly, they are immediate dentures and everytime I get a soft reline, yes it helps but it doesn't suction or stay put like I want it to. So I use adhesive. I have always used the pink fixodent that has zinc in it. I've tried the fixodent that is zinc free and it doesn't hold as well for me. So I've been looking into other types of adhesives.

As a person, I am very health conscious. I have learned things about GMOs and chemicals and all that and how it effects your body and health. So it only makes sense that I would find an adhesive that is GMO free, zinc free, and just all around healthier for my mouth. So I looked up organic denture adhesive, and the brand Secure popped up. So I watched a few of the Secure denture adhesive reviews and it seems to be some of the best adhesive out there. I found a link for it here: http://www.shoporganic.com/product/secure-dental-adhesive/personal_oral_care and it is $8.99 for a tube of it. It's not as big as the fixodent tubes but I have done a little research on it and everyone says a little goes a long way. This adhesive expands unlike other adhesives so you only have to use a very small amount. For a small tube, that is great news because to have to order it online, and pay almost $10 for it, I want it to last a while. So I'm going to get some and try it out and see how that works. This fixodent I use has started to not work so well for me, so I wanted to try to find something else that will hold my dentures into place all day long and not come loose whenever I'm chewing or anything. Until I am able to get my permanent set of dentures, I am going to keep having loose fitting dentures. So I want to get a product that works and does the job until I get my permanent set.

I just wanted to share a quick little blog about this and share the info in case anyone else is having trouble with their adhesives and looking for something a little better! So grateful to find something like this that is zinc and GMO free. It's an organic denture adhesive, and if you're like me and are health conscious and want to avoid chemicals, that is something you think about and take into consideration. I have been trying to switch to an all vegan/organic diet which is hard because I can't chew different kinds of foods right now because I'm still getting used to the dentures. So I've not made the transition yet, but I am definitely going to. So I just wanted to share that little tidbit of info with you guys and possibly help you all find a chemical free adhesive that works!

Dental Implants Research & Update

So I know it's very early to be thinking about dental implants (for my lowers, my uppers are totally ready for it) but it's also VERY expensive and TOTALLY out of my price range. I am a 23 year old with no job at the time (because of how bad my teeth were before getting dentures I was not presentable enough to get a job in the public) no car, and basically am broke due to paying for these lower dentures ($900 which is alot to me) but I am just curious about the price and how dental implants work and all the like. So I did some research. A girl I have been watching on youtube, her youtube channel name is kalinjax and she had a great following on youtube, she entered a contest for Dr. Golpa in Las Vegas to win $20,000 worth of work for the All On 4 dental implant procedure...and she won. How lucky can you get... Oh man what I would give to win something like that. I can't imagine how happy she was. Basically the All On 4 procedure is a surgery where they make you a whole new set of dentures but instead of them being like normal dentures, they put 4 metal things into your bone top and bottom and the denture is a bridge that sits right on the top/bottom of your gums & just snaps into those metal rod things. It looks amazing. All of the work that Dr. Golpa has done looks absolutely stunning.

So I've been weighing out my options. I know that in about a year I'm going to need a permanent lower denture. I need the permanent upper denture now so I'm going to work on getting the money up for that and for the lower so I will have it when I'm ready to get it. I am not sure if I'm going to have this same dentist that did my immediate dentures do it or go to a new dentist. But the dentist I go to now did not make the immediates right to look like my old teeth. They are way too short and the lowers are way too long. I don't like the dentists attitude, the way he acts. It seems he's not sympathetic to my situation, seems like he doesn't really care and it is what it is and I gotta deal with it. NO. If I'm paying this massive amount of money for dentures - I want a perfect pair, period. So I'm debating on going somewhere else for my "permanent" set.

But eventually, years down the road when I've saved up $20,000... I am going to go to Las Vegas, to Dr. Golpa and have him give me a beautiful smile. Implants which is the ultimate goal for anyone who wears dentures. I will probably start playing the lottery just because I want this SO badly and if I believe it enough that I will win some money and get these dental implants, I believe it could happen. Also having a good following I think is important as well because if another contest rolls around, you better believe I am entering.

I just made a video yesterday and uploaded it and I have over 300 views on the video which blows me away. I wouldn't have even thought that many people would watch it. I basically just made it for myself to track the experiences and the whole journey. I would've never expected to have such a good response to it. Which I am very thankful for.

So I go back on Monday for an appointment. Since my gums are shrinking everyday, I've been going back every Mon and Thurs for adjustments to the denture so that it fits and is comfortable. I got a soft reline done yesterday and today I've noticed it is squeezing my gums on one side and feels kind of lopsided. I also have some bone spurs/fragments coming through in 2 maybe 3 different places and it is so painful where the denture is rubbing on those spots. So hopefully Monday I can get this thing fitting a little better and be more comfortable. I am trying to be more positive now because since I got the denture I have noticed that as the swelling goes down, the denture doesn't look as bad. So I do think it will get better. But it's just been difficult accepting it and trying to relearn talking and eating and just getting used to it.

So that is my update for today. I didn't feel like making a video, I might make one tomorrow or I might wait until Monday after my next adjustment. We shall see. Thanks to everyone who has viewed my blog and my videos, I truly am thankful to have your support. And hopefully my experience will help people. Eventually I want to make a video explaining things in more detail, and what my teeth were like before and all that so I will get into more of it in due time.
But for now, thank you for your support!

My dentures - youtube channel & first video

First video: (8 days after extractions and immediate lower denture)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCjgzOR3YDM

First Denture Post - 1 week after extractions & immediate lower denture

So I have decided to start posting about my denture journey. I feel like this will help me cope with it and also let me see my progress/journey through it all.

To begin, here's a little of my story. I never had bad teeth growing up, I had beautiful teeth actually. And as I got older into my teens I decided to get braces for an overbite. I didn't have crooked teeth, they were great it was the overbite that I was worried about. So I got braces and after a couple years of wearing them it ruined my teeth. I didn't take care of them like I was supposed to and I basically just ruined them and I regret it so much. I also drank nothing but pop (mountain dew) and the dentist said that is definitely what ruined them. I also had an opiate addiction back then so the pills didn't help either. So they started to decay after getting the braces off. I didn't follow up with dentist appointments and the dentist eventually said I needed them all removed. So I started with the uppers. I got full extractions on all of my upper teeth and an immediate upper denture. I healed great, everything went great with the upper until it quit fitting right andbasically hasn't fit right for 2 years. So coming to present day, it was time to get the lowers out (way overdue) and I finally got them removed about 8 days ago. It wasn't as easy this time. The pain was intense the first few days from the extractions and from the denture not fitting and just rubbing and causing so many sore spots, so I went back got a soft reline and that did help, as the days go on and my gums are healing and shrinking, the denture stops fitting so I have to go back to get relines and adjustments to make it fit. My gums have healed very well though. Today was day 8 after extractions and the dentist did another soft reline and all of the stitches came out when he pulled it out after putting all that liner stuff in there. But I am having alot of issues with the denture. Both dentures really. First of all I hate the way the teeth look, they look nothing like my old teeth. The top ones are way too short, and the bottom teeth are extremely long. I don't feel like they look right in my mouth either. When I rest my mouth, you see nothing but bottom teeth. That's not right. Now I know that my gums are still healing and there's still swelling, but I'm still worried that even after all the swelling goes down that I'm going to keep having problems with this denture. The dentist said that after about a year I will have to get a hard reline/a new lower denture completely (which costs more money which I am worried about because I am broke from paying for this immediate) I also need a hard reline/new top denture SOON. And he said the hard reline is about $200, and he said it's "not much more" for a full upper denture. He wouldn't specify on the price for the permanent new denture but I'm assuming it is significantly more than 200. I'm nervous because I truly need a new top denture completely. I want to change the whole look of the teeth (I want them to be whiter, and longer in the 2 front teeth, and I basically just want them to look right for me like how my old teeth were) But this lower denture is causing me trouble and it is SO hard to get used to. I'm nervous to see how the next couple weeks to a month turns out with this denture. I am trying to stay positive about it and just hope for the best though. But basically that is whats going on at this time and I just really wanted to start a blog and start making videos to kind of tell my story and see if anyone could relate to me and get some tips or advice or really just have other people in my shoes to help me feel better about all this. I am 23 years old, I just turned 23 a few days ago and I am so self conscious of my teeth now. I was REAL self conscious before with bad teeth but now when I smile it is a pretty nice smile BUT, it's basically all lower teeth and you can see gums on the lowers when I smile. and I don't like that I don't think it's normal. I have paid $900 for these lower dentures and I want them to fit and I don't want to keep having trouble. Today when I told my dentist the denture was loose, he said and I quote "that's just the way it is with dentures they're never going to fit and they will always be loose unless you get implants" and that just pissed me off. I know alot of people who have dentures and they fit perfect, they don't have any trouble out of them and they don't even need soft liners because the normal ones fit so good. So for him to say that just really rubbed me the wrong way. He's an asshole honestly and I feel like if I'm paying this much for a good quality denture I want to be treated good, I want good quality work done, and I want a fucking perfect denture, PERIOD. I have been thinking about going somewhere else for my permanent set just because of the whole experience with this dentist has been bad I don't want to pay more and trust that the new set or the hard reline is going to be good because everything else has been bad so far. I guess we will just have to see how things progress over the next few weeks/months. I am uploading my first video and will post it on my blog when it gets uploaded, and will be making videos at least once a week just explaining my experiences, etc...

First week = over (THANK GOD) Now time for healing and gum shrinkage! Yay!
Positive vibes, yall...I'm trying... :)