Hi, I have had a series of dentures over the past few years...mostly collecting dust in a drawer. I have never been able to wear them without significant discomfort and gum line swelling. I have some knobby areas on the buccal side of my bones both top and bottom.

Also have had bone splinters erupt from the sides of my gums where teeth have been extracted in the past 20 years.

A few dentists have recommended that I have all my teeth pulled and get complete dentures, but I am so afraid of having NO teeth since I can't wear the partials I have had fitted in the past. In addition, I have an exostosis midline palate that would make any upper plate almost impossible to fit without extensive surgery.

Four days ago with tears, I lost two more of my upper front teeth. They took a fitting for yet another upper denture. At this time I have one bicuspid top and bottom that meet, none of the others that are left have a corresponding tooth for a bite area.

any suggestions would be most welcome. After many root canals and subsequent failures, partials, gum surgeries, I have put out close to $20,000 with only gums left to show for the efforts. (13 teeth left)