My mum has 1 front tooth missing, and a few weeks ago she stopped wearing the denture as she said it didn't fit her anymore.
Took her to the dentist today and he advised that a PWD can become very intolerant to objects in their mouth, he could barely get his wee mirror in without her tongue pushing strongly against it. He's suggested it would be best not to get a new mould made as it would be very difficult and cause her a lot of distress (was bad enough today just for the check up). Also her other front tooth is wobbly so we're going back at the end of this month to have it removed, so my mum is now going to have a bigger gap at the front the rest of her life. It's not the end of the world but I'm a bit gutted for her, she didn't seem too fussed though.
She has just today started the rivastigmine patch so I'm wondering if this would help improve matters by time we go back, probably wishful thinking.
Has anyone had similar experiences?
Took her to the dentist today and he advised that a PWD can become very intolerant to objects in their mouth, he could barely get his wee mirror in without her tongue pushing strongly against it. He's suggested it would be best not to get a new mould made as it would be very difficult and cause her a lot of distress (was bad enough today just for the check up). Also her other front tooth is wobbly so we're going back at the end of this month to have it removed, so my mum is now going to have a bigger gap at the front the rest of her life. It's not the end of the world but I'm a bit gutted for her, she didn't seem too fussed though.
She has just today started the rivastigmine patch so I'm wondering if this would help improve matters by time we go back, probably wishful thinking.
Has anyone had similar experiences?