He needs seven teeth extracted for new upper and lower dentures. As his wife and caregiver I do not know if he can withstand oral injections much less the amount of pain, and pain meds. Has anyone had similar situation?
I have been preparing soft food but existing denture and partial cannot be repaired. Appreciate any insight. He will need medical clearance from Primary Care and Cardiologist. However, I have found more advice and answers here.
Really, this needs to be discussed with the Oral surgeon and the Cardiologist. Not a dentist, an Oral Surgeon.
I recommend giving him all the ice cream he will eat for the first week. This keeps the swelling down and helps minimize pain.
My dad was on blood thinners and the oral surgeon wanted instructions from his cardiologist. Pretty simple instructions, when to stop thinners, what to watch for and when to restart.
Oral infection can be deadly. I would get them pulled, even if he doesn't ever get dentures, you can work around that.
Prayers for a successful surgery and a speedy recovery.
He's using the broken partial now and the same upper dentures. I just make sure food is in small pieces and soft (I've been doing for years - I shouldn't have given him this store brand of coleslaw because it wasn't fine).
He has a problem with varicose veins and that discomfort and pain set him in fretful behavior and he also has arthritis in hip and back and the primary does not agree with a hip replacement.
He is on blood thinner and our cardiologist knows the last surgery he had to repair hernias a few years ago affected dementia a lot. He doesn't react to pain or discomfort well. Other than that, we are on year 11th year of this journey. He does not recognize many every day items and together we find ways to find things he can help with.
I just wanted to know if he can keep what he has in his mouth now if I continue to give him soft foods. I took him to a place where he got his dentures in 1987 and they advertise for their affordability.
The dentist said it would take 9 to 12 months to heal before he gets permanent dentures. If it takes that long to heal - I thought he might experience a lot of pain and discomfort. He couldn't find words to tell me about his mouth problems and I just didn't know. I felt so bad for him. When I prepaid $2,300 he really got upset.
I feel like it is important the best be done for him. I checked with our regular dentist and he couldn't advice.
I used to hold this belief too. But in reality if there are no infections, or sharp edges that could cut the inside of cheeks or tongue, teeth do not need to be replaced.
Dad had 6 teeth pulled about 6 years ago. They had broken at the gum line and he had several small abscesses. The dentist discussed removing his remaining teeth so he could be fitted with dentures, but Dad said no.
Over time his remaining teeth have mostly broken or fallen out, but no infection. Dad cannot eat steak, but mostly eats canned food or frozen food and manages to gum/chew it.
Dad used to be proud of his appearance, but does not care that he has a snaggle tooth smile now.
Me personally have had extractions, not on this scale, and only once have had pain and that was a dry socket that was corrected. Anything discomfort I had I used over the counter pain killers.
If ur husband is on blood thinners there could be problems too.
This is really something the dentist and the Cardiologist need to discuss.