Hello,
   I apologize if this group is for dental professionals only.  Since
previously posting, I have been receiving spam in my e-mail as though
I were a dentist !!!!
  Anyway, questions:  
I've had upper full dentures and torus removal for past 3 months  &
need some advice.  I'm getting contradictory info from the surgeon and
the dentist.  
  Good news is little pain and good healing, the teeth look good, &
I've lost 12 pounds, but here are questions:
1.  Surgeon calls plate temporary, while dentist said a second plate
in a year was optional.   I've seen "immediates" implying a permanent
plate is not optional.  
2.  Is it normal for a relining of my plate to not occur for 3 months?
It has never been done.  Dentist doesn't really tell me much, and I
had to request appointment, since teeth are a terrible fit right now.
3.  Here are problems.  I'd be thankful for comments.
a.  I leave them out at night.  Dentist said important to do so for
optimal bone preservation.  But when I put them in in the a.m., they
are really BIG.  There is painful pressure on roof of mouth and where
tops of plate hit the gum.  If I try to eat, they fall off (blocking
any food I'm attempting to put in my mouth).  Very awkward, and
chewing hurts at those points of contact.
b.  In a few hours I find myself continuously sucking at them to make
them stay in place.  It's become a tic.  This works somewhat, but by
3:00 p.m. my tongue, roof of mouth, upper gums are all throbbing from
one giant hickey in my mouth.  This must be harmful in long run (like
rest of my life).  It is such a relief to take them out in the evening
& wrecks havoc on any social enjoyment.
c.  I can't bite anything with front teeth (bread crust, the skinniest
mini-carrot, etc).  If I try, teeth just bounce around.  Not enough
pressure possible to cut through anything.  Is this forever?
d.  Chewing anything difficult (raw veggies, bread crust, meat, nuts,
anything "chewy") becomes so tiring and painful, I swallow most food
half-chewed.  Even the smallest plateful takes me way longer than the
next slowest person, at any social meal.  Food and cooking were always
one of life's greatest pleasures for me, and rewarding part of any
social occasion.  Is this now over for me?  (I feel like a hiker who
now has to use crutches.)
e.  Half my taste buds seem to have gone.  I can only taste foods half
as much as I used to.
f.  I can only chew on one side now, because lower bridge on one side
will come in the future (Jan '06, hopefully..  new procedure, new
insurance).  Is this uneven chewing harming the way this is all
healing?
g.  There are still holes from the extractions, so I don't want to try
that polident gunk.
Does it really hold teeth in, even while biting off a mini-carrot?
How does one then get their plate off in eve at removal time?
Is it difficult to get all the pieces out of one's mouth, and the
denture?  
How does one apply it?  (Manufacturers, ie toothpaste, indicate you
need 6 times more of their product than you actually need.)
Thanks very much for any advice.
Kira