I am 69 and have chewed gum "all my life", without and with dentures. I have not had trouble with gum sticking to teeth. I have chewed stick gum and the coated "Chicklet" type of gum. For almost a year now, when I chew gum, I get a coating on my dentures. I am forever running my tongue over my teeth or using a tissue or napkin to wipe this stuff off. Does anyone else have this problem and what do you do about it? I need to chew the gum to help get rid of dry mouth.
By Linda from Bloomington, IL from Bloomington, IL
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
Tha only gum I can chew with dentures is dent free. I belive thats the full name. I do know it has free as the last name.
My Nicorette gum sticks to my dentures terribly is there any advice for that
I clean the gum off my partial by first soaking in vegetable oil. That alone helps but doesn't solve the problem. I bought a little tub of bees wax, add a couple drops of veg oil to help soften it up a little and apply with a soft tooth brush. Let it sit for a couple minutes, just like you would when waxing a car, and polish with a tissue. I might wax and buff twice. Not always perfect but a huge improvement.
Nicorette sticks to my caps and I cant get all of it off. HELP!!!!
FREEDENT is the name I think you are thinking of.
Chew Freedent gum.
I think you're talking about Freedent. It's what I chew, because I, too, have dry mouth. Linda, if you haven't had trouble, I'd love to know what brand of gum you're chewing.
I am not sure what type of gum to use but I also am prone to dry mouth and I've found that being sure to brush my teeth upon waking, after every single meal or snack and before going to bed and also rinsing with water after even drinking a cup of coffee, juice or soda, etc has greatly made a difference because, besides medications and health issues, bacteria also causes dry mouth. I realized just how true doing this works when the nights I didn't brush and rinse before bed were the only nights I woke up with dry mouth. I am fairly certain that having dentures and general mouth cleanliness (because my mom had dentures from the time I was a year old) is no different and need to be kept clean to reduce bacteria too.
I use Biotene mouthwash and toothpaste. They have improved dry mouth 100%.
Linda soak your dentures in Efferdent to get rid of the film. Use a stiff denture brush to brush the particles away. And if you are talking about during the day, you will probably just have to rinse your dentures more often under warm water and bring your denture brush with you to brush them as well.
I chew Wrigleys sugar free chewing gum,it provides good saliva,I also clean my teeth and rinse my mouth out before going to bed and spray with biotene mouth wash for dry mouth,I still wake up with dry mouth as I am a mouth breather.
I get the gum coating too and I get it from chewing Freedent gum. The gum doesn't stick itself to my dentures but it leaves a yucky, sticky film that can't be soaked or scrubbed off.
Sami A. I too experience the sticky residue after chewing gum.
Freedent loses it's flavor too fast, so I chew Extra. What I do is brush my dentures with denture toothpaste, then use a wooden toothpick to remove the residue while the denture still has toothpaste on it, rinse and repeat until it's gone, then soak in cleaner. It's a bit tedious, but I enjoy gum too much. I just read that you can use vegetable oil to gently rub the residue off, I'm going to try that. Also, never use anything metal to clean your dentures. Good luck!
Thanks! I might try the vegetable oil trick. Every night before bed I have to use my fingernail to try to scrape off the hardened gum left on the edges of the artificial teeth on my partial. I can scrape it off (and it is tedious) but it still leaves my partial teeth stained the color of the gum, sort of a fluorescent green from Wrigley's Extra.
Hi, I am also experiencing the same issue! A bright yellow, waxy buildup? I chew gum as well. I thought maybe it was colored gum that was causing the problem but even when I chew plain white gum, within hours, I've got a nasty yellow buildup that I have to scrape off! Gross! The only way I can get it off is by picking at it with my nail which is gross as well. Seeing my dentist Tuesday, I will mention this and see what he says
Try chewy orbit
The only thing that Ive found to completely remove this is alcohol wash
It very hard to remove. Its the wax in the gum that stays on. I remove most of it with my nails under running hot water then I smooth it out with my thumbs so theres no lumps.
Add your voice! Click below to answer. ThriftyFun is powered by your wisdom!
