I had this patient come in and his mouth was falling apart. He did not smile anymore. He was very thin because he could not eat without pain in his teeth. He was a mess.
The treatment was not quite so simple. He needed all his teeth out and on the bottom he had extra bone, tori, growing on the tongue side of his ridge. He needed to have this bone removed or else a denture would not fit properly. So he needed surgery for the removal of his teeth and surgery for the removal of the extra bone. He then had to wait for healing. This lengthened the process but we went ahead and did all this work. He waited 4 months for healing, then we went ahead and made him new dentures. This with the understanding that he would need relines down the road as the ridges further receded.
Long story short, we made him new dentures and his life changed over night. He could smile to his grandchildren and he could eat. He put on 20 pounds over night ( and he still looked thin).
When we delivered his new dentures, he literally cried in the chair.
I have been doing this a long time but every so often you get a moment when you know you have changed someone's world and it is quite an amazing feeling.
Regards and all the best
Enjoying Dentistry in Hamilton Ontario
Dr. Ron Barzilay
https://thehamiltondentist.com/sleep-apnea-dentist-hamilton.html
