Hi August,

When we first took Ida to live with us her teeth were in a sorry state, and
that alone was odd, since she always had taken good care of them before.
She needed several teeth pulled and a new bridge, and some other work.   She
had unexplainably lost her first bridge and we never could find it.

There were a couple of teeth that the doctor told us we'd be better off not
doing anything with, because they didn't hurt, and if they were disturbed
she'd need LOTS of new work done and that would be a really big deal.    He
said she might pass away before they ever caused a problem, and that was
exactly what happened.    But we did get her teeth fixed while she was at
least able to sit in the chair and permit it.

But just the dental work we did get done was still somewhat of a hassle.
Partly because she was unable to process the fact she'd even had a tooth
pulled!   They told her not to wash her mouth out for a day or two and she
just kept on going into the bathroom to do just that.    It was very
difficult controlling her, because she just couldn't remember.

When we got the new bridge (it was a removable one) we also had them engrave
her initials on it, because we feared she'd lose it if she was ever place in
a nursing home.

We insisted on getting her teeth as up to date as possible, because the
thought she might be hurting sometime in the future, and not be able to
explain it, was something we didn't want to happen.

Regards,
Evelyn