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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 416627" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>Oh wow Star! Poor DF!</p><p></p><p>In the dentist instructions it says for people who've had dentures before and that this is a new set they will still have to go through the initial break in process all over again because the dentures will be different from those they had before. So you DF should expect the horse face feeling and all that lovely stuff until he gets used to the new pair. But if he can't get his mouth shut.....then it's wrong. Mouth and lips should close normally. Which is why I'm questioning the fact that the jaw teeth in mine aren't resting on each other when I close my mouth. It might supposed to be that way, I dunno, seemed to be that way with the wax mold but not with the real deal so I have to ask. If I'd have noticed it in the office I'd have brought it up.....but shoot at that time it was like omg I got this big big thing in my mouth......and my brain wasn't going much further than that. lol</p><p></p><p>My 4 hr practice session was a success. By the time I got into that last hour I had times when I forgot the dentures until I went to speak, then had to check myself and start over more slowly. Talked to Nichole and my mom on the phone.....Nichole was impressed and said I sounded much better than yesterday. So I guess it's working. </p><p></p><p>I do have to say though that I can close my lips/mouth and that it looks right when I do it. I can smile and that looks right too. Dentist took measurements out the wazoo to make sure all of this was accurate during the wax mold stage. He had it down to the millimeter. That's not saying the lab that makes them couldn't have messed up. I did have better control over the top lip by the end of today's practice session too and it felt better. In my case I have to remember I've been without teeth since sept, makes sense that even having ones sized right they'll feel huge at first.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 416627, member: 84"] Oh wow Star! Poor DF! In the dentist instructions it says for people who've had dentures before and that this is a new set they will still have to go through the initial break in process all over again because the dentures will be different from those they had before. So you DF should expect the horse face feeling and all that lovely stuff until he gets used to the new pair. But if he can't get his mouth shut.....then it's wrong. Mouth and lips should close normally. Which is why I'm questioning the fact that the jaw teeth in mine aren't resting on each other when I close my mouth. It might supposed to be that way, I dunno, seemed to be that way with the wax mold but not with the real deal so I have to ask. If I'd have noticed it in the office I'd have brought it up.....but shoot at that time it was like omg I got this big big thing in my mouth......and my brain wasn't going much further than that. lol My 4 hr practice session was a success. By the time I got into that last hour I had times when I forgot the dentures until I went to speak, then had to check myself and start over more slowly. Talked to Nichole and my mom on the phone.....Nichole was impressed and said I sounded much better than yesterday. So I guess it's working. I do have to say though that I can close my lips/mouth and that it looks right when I do it. I can smile and that looks right too. Dentist took measurements out the wazoo to make sure all of this was accurate during the wax mold stage. He had it down to the millimeter. That's not saying the lab that makes them couldn't have messed up. I did have better control over the top lip by the end of today's practice session too and it felt better. In my case I have to remember I've been without teeth since sept, makes sense that even having ones sized right they'll feel huge at first. [/QUOTE]
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