When I was a little girl I thought that only aged people wore dentures. After all, my grandma had upper dentures, and all of grandpa's teeth were false. I never thought that I would be wearing dentures while I was still a young girl.

I was thirty three years old when I had to have the remainder of my teeth taken away, all nine of them. My teeth have never been healthy and they were eventually removed one at a time. Except for the four front upper teeth which went at the same time and the new teeth were immediately set in their place and bonded to the teeth next to them. But, ultimately they all had to go.

When the last nine teeth were extracted I had the dentures fixed immediately. I did not want to be without teeth.

Somehow I believed it would be difficult to get used to having teeth in my mouth after being without them for a while. Eventually, I found this to be true. By having the dentures placed right away upon extraction, I was never without teeth so the dentures felt as if my natural teeth.

I have to admit that having the dentures placed immediately on extraction was difficult but only in that I could not clean them myself for at least three weeks. I had to go to the dentist's office where he removed the denture, cleaned it and returned it, throughout the time that the gums were recovering.

After three weeks I was able to do this myself. In the beginning the task was an unusual one. Removing the dentures and scrubbing them and replacing them. But it did have its one light moment.

At that time my youngest child was about four years old. He wandered into the bathroom one day just as I was brushing my denture. He stood there with his eyes and mouth wide open, then turned around and ran outside of the house as fast as he could. He ran down the block to my girlfriend's house screaming as loud as he could "Aunt Mary, Aunt Mary, guess what my mommy can do?" When he stated her what I could do she walked him back home and we both explained dentures to him. That I was not just taking out my natural teeth. We still chuckle about that, so many years later.

I still believe that the very best way to place your denture is right after extraction (sometimes called same day dentures today) because you are never without teeth. You may not ever have to go through that period of getting used to having teeth, as you might need to do if you go without dentures while your gums are healing. What delights me most is that when I do have to go without my dentures (surgery, etc.) my jaw actually hurts because it has really not been closed without teeth. That tight close is really very painful.

I have realized that dentures are not just for old people since they are made for young people as well. As I stated, at age thirty three I had my upper dentures. Since then I realized that there are children that always have to have dentures due to accidents or disease.

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