Dental implants

 in response to kat57...   hello i feel your pain Iam in despret need of implants i live n/c im 50years old iam thinking of going to santo domingo were im orginaly from iam beliving in god for a mericle my friend iam going to email this dentist see if he no some dentist

i need free dental

Amen sister, I was a preemie, my enamel hadn't hardend at birth. Now I'm 25 with rotten stumps for teeth and no one will do anything for less than $14,000.

 in response to CopperHair...   

Hi, thank you so much for your concern,  and sharing.  Years ago they said I had TMJ,  and treated me for it briefly.  I will check out that site,  the last specialisti I saw told me it had to do with the roof of my mouth, my mom always did say I had was mouthy..   oh well, I have to keep my since of humor.. :)  or try.  I need to ask him exactly what its called..  but its like a bump or ridges,  but I have to have a special top denture made that would have no pallet part, here comes the bummer part, 4 implants  to hold this special denture in, and 2 for the  bottoms.  that was my primary problem,  second he said  where my gag reflex sits  is also where the pallet part would go... last but not least,  me who as you can tell can be very long winded, talk forever if I could kind of person, has a mouth the size of a child...

I'm not giving up, and you have no idea how much I appreciate it, when someone takes the time to write me. Trys  to help me. with ideas,.  Believe  me,  just   hearing some encouraging words are a blessing at this point.

I lost my teeth , because, I had severe dentist phobia, really, so when I had to go see one, I wanted to make it  be  really  brief.  and if they said root canal,   I said take the tooth, and I said it one too many times.. How I regret not listening to the dentist at that time.

I empathize with your husband on the eating thing.  weird stuff is hard to eat with just gums.  rice, noodles, things that u would think would be easy..

In one of my posts I wrote about its no joke to choke, something to that effect.... I have had more choking experiences in the last 2 weeks I've had for awhile, I hope your husband doesn't go thru that,  much  its very scary, especially when your alone, and you don't know if  your are going to get the food unstuck or not. My heart goes out to you both...

I will defiantly keep your husband and  all  us    or with lack of teeth and lack of proper dentures, in my prayers, for this is our  about  health.. and not cosmetic surgrery..

Ok Im done.. sorry for the length of my my repsonse but that is just kind how I am... and lately I havent heen on here  harldy at all,  been going thur really weird stuff, I won't bore you with any it, althogh its not not not boring stuff just very sad and depressing.. but Im  a trooper I will bounce back, kind of like the cat in the hat :)

KA.

thank you again for sharing with me and trying to help.... there are good people out there, and you are one of them....

God Bless you in your needs and your wants too..

Kat

p. s.  I think almost all of the pictures , except a couple that you see on here are  with one of two of the dentures I own, I can  only where  either for a very short time.   but I really use to smile from my heart, and I do sometimes,  but mostly just because it looks better,  but its not about cosmetics, for any of us that suffer, medically because of this horrible, horrible, and at times unbearably, because we have convinced all the  right people YET that can help us.. So I empathize with your husband and with  you, its hard watching someone u love suffer and continue to suffer..  I Wat to start writing State legislatures,  ADA - American dental association. an some others, I hope your husband would be willing to get involved in helping me, when I get  the letters together.

Kat  one of the few pics I have on here with out teeth.   We need, we were to have them, they are not a luxury, need to chew food, so we can digest our food...   any  good nite...

 

 

Hi Dentist1,

I hope that you can help Kat. 

 I have prayed very hard that God would send a dentist here to help her. 

 You see I've been on this site along time & most surgeons and not alot of dentists come to this site.

  However, I have offered up fervent prayers on her behalf that some dentist/surgeon would come forth to help her.

  If you could help her it would certainly be an answer to my prayer as well as others.

Take care,

ekikaseven

Hello there,  thank you for not giving up on me, this last week and half half been heart breaking for me as one of my good friends ,  was in a car wreck on the July 20th with 2 of her daughters, and the younger on that what 12 almost 13, didn't live.  

I really to want to talk to you about this,  it seems have some my posts about my mouth and finacial condition. To be honest with you, becaue of my friends daugher dying, and so suddenly. I have been dealing with the shock,  I have felt guily, for not having been on here, like I normaly am.

As you know I first game here it was out of  total desperation , and  I shared as many ways,  as possible to explain what  was finally explained to me. by a reputable dentist, I had to pay a consultaion fee of  50+ dollars,  but at least I was given some answers, I  went from hope, and smiling, and joking,  thinking I will  now I will have  a good dentist, tell me,  I  just need a set of  good dentures, and then , try to figure out to pay for them. but Im stubborn I would have to gone  to any lengths, other then to do something illegal, . to try and get them   Having been sick for quite some time,  well for almost 7 years, couldnt wear the bottoms at all,  because I guess, none of the Medi -CaL dentist  wouldn't  expound anything... 

That first guy  was very gracious, but as he began to explain what was wrong with my mouth, and not the dentures, although they played a part... my smile, turned to tears going down my face, I couldnt help it.   I had waited so long to even get the courage to go, see some one.  He was very gracious, he said he didnt think as he  said  he didn't think he could help me with the could do anything for the top, because of the the ridges ,or the bump or something like that,  the way I guess I was born.. that was the major problem, then he said  the next thing, was where the pallet of he denture usually hits this part.  on me, my gag refles was right there and extremely sensitve,  and then I have child size mouth.   I was still crying, my friend was there ,and she tried to keep my hopes, up he said possiby I could get mini implants for the bottom..  My friend said surely there are people with worse mouth problems then her.. He said of cousre there are and he sent me to a oral  something not donist,   a specilist in mouth problems and denture problems..  so I had made  another appt.  there was anoter fee this almost 100 dollars,  any way I didnt tell him anything the denist said previously,  He  was equally as kind,s and I again had my hopes  up again., and trying to be funny, because when Im not going thru all of this , I am funny and make others laugh and smile...

So he spent about 2 and half hours talking,  looking and explaining. almost ferbatem, what the first guy said , exept  he gave me hope again,  Said that he could make special dentures, for the top, that they would have no pallet part on the top, but  they would require 4 implants, and then the bottoms would require 2, well I had heard about the price of implats The tears came again... He said for the 2 special dentures and the 3 to 4 month of follow up while you are healing, and your mouth is getting ready to recieve the implants. he said that would be about 9,000.  I  really just  wanted to die, I was tired depressed, phiscally sick most of time, because I have Barretts Esphagas, something like that. Its a precanerous esphageal condition.  Ive already had surgery on bleeding ulcers in my esphagas, and I have stomach ulcer history as well, runs in my family... 

Anyway when he said 9000,  my friend was still trying to encourage me,  my husband makes 8.35 and hour after being on the same job for 17 years,  Ive only been with him 7 years, I was on strong medication when I met him, and we married soon after, we woud make better friends.. thats a whold nother story..

Oh and Im on SSI and Medicare, and they consider  teeth implants cosmetic  surgerey NOT...

Any I was think I will figure out something some how... and  he saw me kind get a little relief look on my face... He says thats the expensive part... will be the  oral surgeon,  He said I would need to go see him for another  consult this one was going to be alost 200.00  and it would be 2,400 a implant, that comes up to about 14,000 for him,  and mind you, I don't really even know if he will add on anything else, this guy didn't say he would. so maybe he wouldnt. havent got a glue. I made the appt, with this the oral surgeon, but by the  way I canceled it,  I couldn't keep putting out money, dont have it, and then what would  be the point to get there and say need cash because medi-cal will NOT cover at all for implants, they thinks its cosmetic, sorry its not, Ive got pictures in here with and with my teeth in and I'm not that horribe to look at with out my teeth, its medical,  teeth our neccarry to mastitate are food. Teeth weren' like a option, later in life, let me would I like teeth,no  or heck let me teeth.  We are born with mouth that produce teeth, I know said that wrong but you know what I mean,    I  was really getting so upset to think I was going to end up  feeling sick  to my stomach all the time  and sometimes I throw up. because of the acid and bacteria,  thats another probem I get from this, if you still are awake and  are reading my lovly novel   "To have implants or not that is the question"  by the Toothless Wonder......  ok I had try and be funny....  I haven't been hired as a comedian yet either,... wonder why.....   I almost felt bad for him,  because  he  really had not a clue,  how much money he was talking  about to me,  you would think after being married 6 or 7 times,  I would have money for teeth implants,, but I have never been the gold digger type, althogh, gold teeth are quite poplular I hear..... sorry I fight depression with humor  and helping others..  to me about , and don't think he really understood how sick I get, I swallow acid almost continuos ly  health so  I  was crying again, almost uncontrolably.     He tried to make me feel better, he said well you don't have to pay my (9000) for the special dentures ,   and  the 3 to 4 month  healing process. till your all done and your happy with  the  work.  I will say and shamefully so, the thought briefly cross my mind if I could come up with 14,000 ,  you know was just dreaming.    but then once my teeth were all done and i didnt have the money w ould he take them back.. NO, I would never do that, not in me .But he said the oral surgeon will want his up front, I guess I dont live in same world,  he said the oral surgeon will take off your consult money, which would have been almost  300, somthing around their, Im very fatiged.   if you decide to get the procedure.  

I think I have given you enough reading material for a life time.. but all of that aside, I really want to work on getting some changes out there for people like me.  People have suggested  dental colleges, nope, that didnt pan out,   checked, some one suggested maybe some one could look at a before and aftrer picture and maysome would do it that way, you know one of those with no make up  and no teeth,  then the one after with the make and the glistening white teeth. I have not proposed that to any one yet...  But I am a thinker, I think like write,,, I have alot of good ideas ,  and I do still have my brain intact, even if my grammar and spelling is well not the best.... I would willing to go and talk anyhere, to dentists, oral specilists, an  oral surgeons, and yes even the insuranc people that are pushing alot of the dentist and oral surgeons.. I want to live. I dont know if all of this acid will speed up or increase my espahgeal cancer. but I do know Im sick of being sick. and all any hears about are my dumb teeth.

Believe or not I'm done  for now, I was supose to out of here 3 hours ago, because I clean a house and scrub a toilet, and clean  once a week, and it kills my back, Im dissabled for a couple of reasons.  But Im trying to do my part to get money togethere.  Thank from the bottom of my heart, for your time, and  coming to this site.. some didnt think any dentists or professial type people would, but I always believed they would and there will be more...

So I'm open for ideas my dentist friend,   I cant believe I used those two words together..  dentist friend....  well stranger have happened.... Make a great day.. 

Tomorrow Im going to post about choking  on food that you try and gum because your hungry and want to taste something  good or different now and then, and miss meat sometimes... anyway im going to blogh on that because twice in the last 2 days, its been awhile since I did that, but it is a very large fear, of mine, that I'm going choke at home alone and be found dead by someone.  That does not put a smile on face.. All the pictures you see in here  are with in the last 6 months and most of them I've have put in my top teeth for a short time very short....

I hope I hear back, I have to go im like 3 hours behind time,  but I thought it was important I talk to a real dentist...  

God

Kat