Re: New dentures - getting used to
Look at flexible dentures they may suit you better. Valplast and Dentiflex. Your dentures should not cause that much pain - I would KEEP going back til your dentist gets it right.
I am so going to write up a thread on dentistry - too many in this profession are behaving like cowboys. Too long to post everything I've learnt atm but I will in the NY, I'm also writing it up for a site I help run for folks with allergies & mast cell disorders (which behave like allergies)
For instance if you are allergic to any of the materials (I am to many) you are entitled to ANY material you can tolerate *on the NHS* - this includes ceramic and zirconia which I have to have as I am allergic to metals. This is actually stated on the NHS dentistry website but every NHS dentist I've come across will swear that this is not the case and you must pay for private treatment, which is tosh. The DOH and NHS Direct have confirmed when I asked them that NO material is off bounds for NHS treatment - so if you cannot tolerate acrylic dentures for whatever reason you are entitled to have them made from something you *can* tolerate.