Last year, my 77-year-old mom went to the dentist and was told she needed to have most of her teeth pulled, but a couple of her front ones were still okay. They told her that after healing, they’d make her a partial denture. Her insurance didn’t cover most of it, so she had to take out a loan to pay for everything.
She eventually got her partial and was super excited—she wore them for two days and had zero issues. No pain, no trouble eating, no gagging—she was adjusting really well. But on day three, she suddenly got very sick. No energy, flu-like symptoms, nausea—she was in bed for days. She stopped wearing the partials while sick. After about a week, she tried again… and by day three, she