Thank you so much for answering my question. But I wanted to know what fabricated dentures mean? Are they different from the normal dentures? My dentist and I have already established that I would be getting a partial set of teeth. But he said because my gum line is so receded he doesn't know if one can be made. And he would recommend implants. But as I already stated I can not afford them on any level. Original: I am on medicaid. It is my only form of insurance. I live on a fixed income. Very fixed! I have missing teeth. That I lost to bone loss and Diabetes. Recently I went to the dentist and was told a few more teeth have to be removed for the same reason. However, the dentist also told me that my gum line is non existent anymore. As a matter of fact he said he had never seen anyone's gum line disappear like mine had. What are the alternatives for someone like me. I can not afford implants at all.
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Based upon your specific situation it may be preferable to extract the tooth that will not be receiving an implant at this time. There are several issues which lead me to this answer.
First off, there is obviously the chance that the tooth requiring extraction may flare up at an inopportune...
Try not to
leave your #15 missing, the receding bone will eventually affect tooth #14; it
will take years, but sooner or later it will. If you were to do any
straightening the lowers would not present super eruption, only uppers, but you
will need that tooth to chew and bite.
Due to your financial situation, you might be better off extracting as many of the "hopeless" teeth as possible, and then having a partial or a full denture fabricated.