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Allergic to dentures?

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I have a partial but when I put it in my lips dry up and it feels like I’m out of breath any ideas?

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dtech

Have you worn dentures before?

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Redwitchrocks in reply to dtech

No not until I got these

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dtech in reply to Redwitchrocks

Ok. Have you been back to the dentist to tell them of symptoms?

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dtech

Sorry. I’m not going to guess until I know history 😉

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dtech

Well. An educated guess anyway😉

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AnotherDentist

That's not an allergy, you just need to wear the denture until you get used to it.

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dtech in reply to AnotherDentist

And you know that for a fact do you??

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AnotherDentist in reply to dtech

Yes. Denture allergy basically non-existent. I've had plenty of pts who say they have an allergy, when they're just not happy with the denture and want a new one made free of charge. The symptoms people come up with.

More likely to be psychological.

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dtech in reply to AnotherDentist

But maybe go back to the dentist, as I asked would be best advice? After all, without patch testing, how can you say for sure?

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dtech

Oh and dare I say ‘just go away and let the denture ‘bed in’ , is rather poor advice.

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AnotherDentist in reply to dtech

Dentists can't patch test, that's a job for the GP.

And sometimes giving time to get used to your new denture is the best advise, rather than trying to find a reason for a non-existent problem.

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dtech

Ok. For your benefit I will explain. The patient goes back to the dentist and tells them of problem. If the dentist thinks it necessary they would refer them to either their gp or a dental hospital, or a specialist dermatology department where they would carry out any further tests to determine any possible problem. Just telling the patient to go away and persevere is not only unprofessional, it can be detrimental to their health.

Just in my opinion of course