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My 90 year old mother just had all of her upper teeth pulled and is having difficulty adjusting to wearing a denture. She doesn't want to get implants because she feels that it is a long process and a lot of money to spend at her age. I thought a good compromise might be snap-in dentures because it will cut down on the amount of prep work every day and cleaning glue off every night. Problem is that I don't know anyone who has ever had them so I don't know if they will be easier for her.
I don’t have personal experience with them, but they are an implant surgery. More expensive than regular dentures.
The denture is held into place with screws implanted into the jawbone.
So they may be more stable and more comfortable, but it is considered a surgical procedure, and a rather costly one. Not sure if insurance would cover.
I have a snap in denture for my upper middle teeth. It consists of 4 teeth. I have no issues inserting them or removing them. I typically take them out at night and insert them in the morning. They fit very comfortably between my real teeth with no glue or anything. I'm an alcoholic in recovery and during my drinking years, dental hygiene, particularly at night was a hit or miss proposition. Good luck!
My 90 year old mother just had all of her upper teeth pulled and is having difficulty adjusting to wearing a denture. She doesn't want to get implants because she feels that it is a long process and a lot of money to spend at her age. I thought a good compromise might be snap-in dentures because it will cut down on the amount of prep work every day and cleaning glue off every night. Problem is that I don't know anyone who has ever had them so I don't know if they will be easier for her.
Has anyone had any experience with them?
She would still need implants for this procedure, and will still be quite costly, though less than the permanent type. I am 72 and will be having surgery next year for upper extractions and implants. Insurance does NOT cover this type work. Going to cost around $40,000 total, and that is just for upper jaw. If I were 90 y.o., no way would I go through all this. It is major surgery after all. Hopefully the dentist can help her with a better fit, it takes time to adjust.
I do understand that she would still need to have 2 implants put in for the snaps, and I know it would be more expensive, but if it makes it easier for her to deal with putting in her teeth and taking them out every day then I think it is worth it.
I am more interested in hearing from anyone who has had them if they are much easier and more comfortable than regular dentures. At this point I am only looking to make her daily routine simpler and more "gag-free"!
I have neither dentures nor implants, but I expect I may need a couple of implants for back teeth in the next year or two.
However, when I was researching implants a while ago, I remember reading an academic journal article that discussed how implant dentures (by which I think they meant the snap-on ones) worked a lot better for the people in their study than regular dentures.
The snap-in ones can be left in indefinitely, right? And they feel more like natural teeth? At least that's what I think the article said. Sorry, I can't remember all the details.
My 90 year old mother just had all of her upper teeth pulled and is having difficulty adjusting to wearing a denture. She doesn't want to get implants because she feels that it is a long process and a lot of money to spend at her age. I thought a good compromise might be snap-in dentures because it will cut down on the amount of prep work every day and cleaning glue off every night. Problem is that I don't know anyone who has ever had them so I don't know if they will be easier for her.
Has anyone had any experience with them?
I'm a dentist who has done a lot of snap in dentures. I have had a ton of denture patients asking for implants, but never any implant patients asking for dentures. Take that for what you will.
If she can afford it, I would tell her to do it (snap in dentures). She's 90. She can't take the money with her. Let her spend her remaining years enjoying her meals with confidence instead of gumming it or fiddling around with a bunch of glue.
My (71 year old) spouse was told he couldn't have implants because he had lost too much underlying bone. But this was probably 8 years ago. He would be thrilled to hear that there have been advances in implant surgery.
They use cadaver bone if you don’t have enough of your own. Locally the snap in dentures cost the same as a implant supported denture which only a dentist can remove. It was a 6 month process and quite painful. 5 years ago mine cost 40k.
If your Mother JUST had her teeth pulled, is she working with a temporary denture ? They usually put in a temp until gum swelling goes down and they don't fit that well. Get her a good fitting permanent denture, use Fixodent and she'll be fine.
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