Such embarrassments last only long enough and are limited to the period as long as missing front teeth are only couple or so in number . Once this number increases to four or five , that is almost all the front teeth , you have bigger problems in store . You see it is literally like flood gates are opened and in moments of carelessness you DROOL !!! If you are lucky ,this can be when you are alone and if not so lucky when in company . In those moments you wish the earth to open up and you to vanish in that chasm !Remind one of the infant stage when such drooling could not be controlled and one had to use a bib to protect the clothing and maintain hygiene ! . It is for nothing that old age is compared to and is called "second childhood "!
When all this is happening in the front there are also developments in the rear ! The molars are giving pain and have to be pulled out one by one . this poses problems in chewing during meals or whenever eating . you manoeuvre food to rear for grinding and chewing . Unfortunately grinding and chewing can not take place because , for that both , upper as well as lower molars are required . So taking meals become an exercise in manoeuvring the food to the areas where both the upper and lower teeth are present . As one can imagine this keeps becoming more and more difficult with lesser and lesser number of teeth . When this happened my dentist advised me to get all teeth out in as less a sittings as possible , so that dentures could be fitted , which would solve lot of existing problems , like saliva spray through gap in front teeth , drooling , imperfections of speech , chewing problems etc . Of course he did not say and I did nit ask about the problems with dentures !!
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