Hi sandy,
Great to hear that #11 site is healing well. Did the OS comment on the #2 site at all?
Getting use to a removable partial denture, or flipper in your case, can be a bit tricky. It should be worn for several hours at a time throughout the day. Your cheek muscles, your tongue, your palate, and the areas that are missing teeth have to adapt to something being there and this takes time. If you leave it out too often, then you will never get acclamated to wearing it and it will always have that stiff, awkward, pinching feeling. Once your mouth adapts to it, the bulkiness will go away and speaking and eating will be easier.
It is important to wear it enough to see where you may develop sore spots so your dentist can make the proper adjustments. If you only wear it once and awhile, the dentist cannot tell where it needs to be adjusted and he could end up ruining the fit completely.
I suggest to patients to put it in after breakfast in the morning and then don't take it out again until lunchtime. After lunch put it back in until dinner. After dinner put it back in until you go to bed. Leave it out while you sleep.
After about a week or two of that, then try eating one meal with it. Gradually work your way up to eating every meal with it. But always leave it out while you sleep so your oral tissue gets a rest. The mouth is a perfect place to develop a fungal infection so it is important to let the oral tissue breathe (not covered) while you sleep.
I find that this regimend works well for most people because it can become very frustrating if you try to make the partial work all at once rather than giving yourself time to break it in.
Also, make sure that you thoroughly brush your partial denture when you take it out of your mouth and before you put it in after it's been sitting for awhile. This also helps to lessen the chance of developing a fungal infection.
Bryanna ~'.'~
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Originally Posted by sandy60
Hi Bryanna, thanks for asking. He said 11 is healing well. I got the flipper today and I just got home. I tried it on (it is a hard acrylic that goes all the way around to the back right) and I can't form words properly. I am going to see how that goes, practice talking...I see a lot on the net telling you how to practice. This isn't a permanent solution but at least I don't look like a jack-o-lantern anymore. Will I ever sound normal..how long does it usually take to talk like we did before?
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