I found a dental clinic in San Francisco that charges on a sliding scale. I went there to get new dentures because my old ones just didn't fit anymore. The assigned dentist seemed young and inexperienced. He frequently asked his superior for advice which made me nervous. After I got my new dentures he couldn't find a hotspot I was suffering from. He was grinding away on them with no improvement so he finally asked his superior(again) to try. He found an ulceration on my gums and fixed it almost immediately. With that said here comes my question...
My new dentures only show my lower teeth when my mouth is half way open which I think looks weird. For most people it is the opposite. You can only see my upper if I smile big. When I talk you mostly see only my lower teeth.
Also the new dentures give me a sunken in old man look and I really really hate it. I understand this has happened because my gums have receded over the years, but can't the dentures be made to compensate? My old ones totally fill my cheeks out. Why can't my new ones be made to do that? Even when I eat the food gets trapped between my dentures and cheek because the dentures are so narrow. I remember my dentist telling me he made them narrow because I have a narrow face.
How should I deal with this? I've had them for almost two weeks now. I'm going back in two days to address another hotspot, Can anyone offer me advice on how to approach this concern?
Thanks for taking the time to read this... Thank you!
C.