Hi All,
Okay, so I'm on Day 15 of having my upper teeth removed and dentures put in. Now as I have to wait the 6 months for the hard align and 3 months for a soft, I am experimenting with denture adhesives...who knew at 49 I would be doing this, but although it IS a life altering decision to have this done, there is nothing to do but learn and find out what works...

1st adhesive trial- Seabond Wafers- I've been using these for over a week, although they are good, they left my mouth with this goopy saliva feeling. You have to cut the wafers to the shape of the plate and find out what works well and with swelling going down daily, the cut is always different. I felt okay with them, but not fully secure. would change them at least 3 times a day and eating, well the food would just gather......

2nd adhesive trial - Fixodent Food Control - I used that today for the 1st time- I felt ALOT better with it and even experienced a spaghetti and meatball lunch.... BUT I left that on for about 5 hours and had an 'air pocket' that felt like a huge soar bulge in the roof of my mouth and it hurt a tinge...I removed the dentures, which was difficult, but got it done and ICK...I spent 10 minutes getting this stuff off my dentures and gums...it was GROSS...but overall effective!

3rd adhesive trial - Cushion Grip Adhesive - found it at CVS after looking at it online and seems hard to find.....you heat up the tube in very hot water for about 5 minutes, then squeeze some onto the clean and dried plate of the dentures, then insert into mouth, front gums 1st, then push to roof of mouth and back and then bite down for about 4 min to adhere.....now I've only had it in for about 45 min, and I only put in a little amount, but it seems okay, very cushiony...lol...hence the name....supposedly it totes 4 days effectivness...we'll see about that.....I have no movement so far in the plate and the bite seems effective, in my plate I need more on the right side of the plate towards the front as I have rocking due to two lower teeth in the back missing. I do have some oozing from the back and it feels like paper, eewww...from the reviews some people just use this and some adhere with powder adhesive just a touch, we'll see how this works alone 1st and then I'll touch it with some adhesive to back it up and see how THAT works....

Hope my trials can help others as well. don't mind testing...gotta find that 'balance' at some point.