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  • Dental bridges breaking up in less than a year?

    I had a lower bridge done and it was way too short. The dentist said he did it that way to balance the upper partial I had on the upper other side. I said I wanted my mouth symetrical and would replace the upper parrtial if that is what it would take to make it look decent. Also I wanted to redo upper bridge on other side because it had four large teeth instead of five teeth. I stressed I wanted my mouth totally symetrical and the bite correct as I have bruxism and have had all the bottom teeth crowned and bridged. Dentist did not want to do partial but was willing to redo the bottom bridge he had done. It was still too short but not terrible but they did it in the wrong color. The asst. admitted she ordered the wrong color because she thought I was going to redo my whole mouth to get whiter color! I asked them to do the top bridge a little brighter as I did plan on having front upper teeth crowned and getting rid of upper partial at a later date by getting implant. So we bleached upper front teeth and redid lower bridge and did an upper bridge with five teeth. It never did feel comfortable. I am always feeling around and moving my mouth around trrying to find my bite. Upper bridge feels like rocks in my mouth instead of teeth. The upper was hitting too hard on the front tooth of bridge which is attached to a tooth that has had a root canal. The porcelain broke off that tooth the first week. Also when bridge came in there was metal showing on the front tooth. Dentist sent it back to lab and just had them cut the metal off which shortened the front crown of bridge. He said the gum would grow over or he could do something with it later not to worry about it. He would make it look right. Well the gum never grew over and it looks like a big black line like a cavity. Disgusting on the third tooth in the front of my mouth. Plus it hurts a lot and could break off or get a cavity there and then I would not be able to have a bridge there without an implant. The back teeth of both bridges have at least half of the porcelain missing and that happened in two weeks to six months. My teeth looked and felt better before I had the work done at $1055 per tooth. Now he only wants to give me back half my money. I am on disability and had this work done with insurance money from my step dads death policy. I have recently had a dbl. lung transplant and cant go to work anytime soon. I have tried donated dental services and they always back out when they see how much work it is. It is not that I don't take care of my teeth. I never got five of my adult teeth or my wisdom teeth. What should I do?

    2 AnswersDental9 years ago
  • Early retirement Social Security?

    If you have a tax lien and you want to get your social security at age 62 will the IRS take all the money or a percentage of the money out of your social security?

    5 AnswersUnited States10 years ago
  • mom is being taken advantage of?

    She dated three men and had them come to the house for the first date. She served them wine and cheese and showed them around the house before going to dinner with them. One man told her she should not do that it is dangerous. Then she met a man 10 hours away and he wanted to come meet her. I have been on the list for a double lung transplant for the last 2 1/2 yrs. She was supposed to be my full time caretaker for 90 days following transplant. I got the call for my lungs and we went. I got out of the hospital in about ten days and they put us up in an apt. for me to stay near the hospital for a few months. Then I had some complications and had to go back in hospital. My mom let the man come and without every having met in person let him stay at my apt. the very first night and he was moved in. I found out and said I did not want him there when I got out of the hospital as we donating him at all and I was very ill to put up with a stranger in my home. This is totally out of character for my mom and she was very pissed with me. I had the social worker ask him to leave. So my mom just packed them both up and moved back home 50 miles away and sent paid caretakers that we did not know to take care of me. It has been about two months and he is still at the house. He supposedly has a house in Florida and has gone there twice when they have argued. They have talked about possibly getting married since day one. This man has been married three times and is estranged from his children from his first marriage. The second wife had Alzheimer's and was ten years older than her. He did not work and took care of her.She passed and he got all her stuff. Next wife had Parkinson's and lived seven years. Got her stuff. He says he likes to take care of people???? He has my mom keeping the cats locked up in a spare bedroom as he does not like them. The house is like a museum now. He eats the same thing every single day. He does not want my mom to go to church or go anywhere with her friends. He never lets her go anywhere alone. My mom is so different and cold to me and my brother, it's like we don't know her anymore. They never go anywhere or do anything. He wants her to sell her house and get a smaller one and get married. I am being sent home this weekend from the hospital apt. and am going to have to stay there for a while anyway as I am on ssdi.

    I will try to figure something out for myself but am extremely concerned about my mom. She has COPD and a pacemaker and stents and thyroid problems. Since he has been around she keeps getting sick with infections of sinus and tooth and chest etc. She claims to be happy and in love but she is always exhausted and cranky and not very social with anyone but him. She complains about all her friends now. She was put on effexor months back and it seems that is when her personality changed and not in a good way. She is very flirty and seeking compliments and has to tell me alll the time who said she was pretty. Should I talk to her dr. or run a background check on this guy or what? I'm at a loss as to what to do if anything. My brother is in jail for dwi and he can't come home because this guy does not want him to. He has nowhere to go and no money. He has a room at the house and his stuff is in it. It is like the guy just wants us to disappear. My brother and I both planned on moving as soon as we could but I was very ill and my brother had just broken up with his ex. Now this guy in less than two months is breaking up our family and banning pets which we have always had.He is even insisting that my brothers work van be gotten rid of because the house looks to good to have a work van sitting in the driveway. Ugh!

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    I am going to have a very hard time moving today. I am sick to my stomache and could not sleep but two hours last night. It is an hour drive to where I need to go.

    3 minutes ago

    5 AnswersFriends10 years ago
  • My mother is a 75 year old widow of almost 2 years now. She has been on the dating sites looking for a man.?

    She dated three men and had them come to the house for the first date. She served them wine and cheese and showed them around the house before going to dinner with them. One man told her she should not do that it is dangerous. Then she met a man 10 hours away and he wanted to come meet her. I have been on the list for a double lung transplant for the last 2 1/2 yrs. She was supposed to be my full time caretaker for 90 days following transplant. I got the call for my lungs and we went. I got out of the hospital in about ten days and they put us up in an apt. for me to stay near the hospital for a few months. Then I had some complications and had to go back in hospital. My mom let the man come and without every having met in person let him stay at my apt. the very first night and he was moved in. I found out and said I did not want him there when I got out of the hospital as we donating him at all and I was very ill to put up with a stranger in my home. This is totally out of character for my mom and she was very pissed with me. I had the social worker ask him to leave. So my mom just packed them both up and moved back home 50 miles away and sent paid caretakers that we did not know to take care of me. It has been about two months and he is still at the house. He supposedly has a house in Florida and has gone there twice when they have argued. They have talked about possibly getting married since day one. This man has been married three times and is estranged from his children from his first marriage. The second wife had Alzheimer's and was ten years older than her. He did not work and took care of her.She passed and he got all her stuff. Next wife had Parkinson's and lived seven years. Got her stuff. He says he likes to take care of people???? He has my mom keeping the cats locked up in a spare bedroom as he does not like them. The house is like a museum now. He eats the same thing every single day. He does not want my mom to go to church or go anywhere with her friends. He never lets her go anywhere alone. My mom is so different and cold to me and my brother, it's like we don't know her anymore. They never go anywhere or do anything. He wants her to sell her house and get a smaller one and get married. I am being sent home this weekend from the hospital apt. and am going to have to stay there for a while anyway as I am on ssdi.

    I will try to figure something out for myself but am extremely concerned about my mom. She has COPD and a pacemaker and stents and thyroid problems. Since he has been around she keeps getting sick with infections of sinus and tooth and chest etc. She claims to be happy and in love but she is always exhausted and cranky and not very social with anyone but him. She complains about all her friends now. She was put on effexor months back and it seems that is when her personality changed and not in a good way. She is very flirty and seeking compliments and has to tell me alll the time who said she was pretty. Should I talk to her dr. or run a background check on this guy or what? I'm at a loss as to what to do if anything. My brother is in jail for dwi and he can't come home because this guy does not want him to. He has nowhere to go and no money. He has a room at the house and his stuff is in it. It is like the guy just wants us to disappear. My brother and I both planned on moving as soon as we could but I was very ill and my brother had just broken up with his ex. Now this guy in less than two months is breaking up our family and banning pets which we have always had.He is even insisting that my brothers work van be gotten rid of because the house looks to good to have a work van sitting in the driveway. Ugh!

    3 AnswersMarriage & Divorce10 years ago
  • My brother is an addict and an alcoholic. I am on the list for double lung transplant?

    My brother is an addict and alcoholic. I am disabled and on the lung transplant list.?

    I am staying with my family as I am physically unable to care for myself completely at this time. My brother was kicked out from his exwife and has come home. He has been getting very drunk every night and trying to hang out in my room so parents would not notice. I told him he was being abusive as he talks nonstop and waves his hands in my face when he is talking when he drinks. I asked him to stay out of my room after dinner as that is when he starts drinking. He is staying in the living room. This made him mad as he does not feel comfortable in the living room and feels it is my job to give him a place to hide out to abuse. The last four nights he has come to my room and verbally assaulted me and I keep getting upset and yelling for him to get out. Finally last night after dinner I just quietly went to my room and locked the door. Later he put hate mail under my door. I later went out to give him an email that told him he could go see his kids. He did not even look at it and jerked me toward him and then pushed me as hard as he could. Thank goodness I caught the edge of the sofa and broke my fall. I am still very severely sore as I still did fly through the air and land on the floor. He knows I have osteo in my hips and could have ruined any chances for transplant. He has told my parents that I said bad things about them and I did not. His ex says he does vindictive things like that all the time. He even tried to get her arrested by planting his pipe in her drawer. How do I get my enabling mom to see he has to go and he is lieing? My mom and I are not even speaking as she is taking his side and I really did not do a thing.

    13 hours ago - 3 days left to answer.

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    my mom is my caretaker for my transplant and without her I have to get off the list and just die.

    12 hours ago

    She knows he is drinking and yapping incessantly and loudly but says he can't help it and I should just understand and put up with it. He is telling her I am saying bad things about her to divert the attention off of him. My mom just says what do you expect me to do about him? Well it is her house and he was only supposed to be here overnight and it has been 2 weeks. He acts up every single night but it does not bother her cause she is sleeping. I have not even had four hours of straight sleep since he has been here.

    5 AnswersFamily1 decade ago
  • My brother is an addict and alcoholic. I am disabled and on the lung transplant list.?

    I am staying with my family as I am physically unable to care for myself completely at this time. My brother was kicked out from his exwife and has come home. He has been getting very drunk every night and trying to hang out in my room so parents would not notice. I told him he was being abusive as he talks nonstop and waves his hands in my face when he is talking when he drinks. I asked him to stay out of my room after dinner as that is when he starts drinking. He is staying in the living room. This made him mad as he does not feel comfortable in the living room and feels it is my job to give him a place to hide out to abuse. The last four nights he has come to my room and verbally assaulted me and I keep getting upset and yelling for him to get out. Finally last night after dinner I just quietly went to my room and locked the door. Later he put hate mail under my door. I later went out to give him an email that told him he could go see his kids. He did not even look at it and jerked me toward him and then pushed me as hard as he could. Thank goodness I caught the edge of the sofa and broke my fall. I am still very severely sore as I still did fly through the air and land on the floor. He knows I have osteo in my hips and could have ruined any chances for transplant. He has told my parents that I said bad things about them and I did not. His ex says he does vindictive things like that all the time. He even tried to get her arrested by planting his pipe in her drawer. How do I get my enabling mom to see he has to go and he is lieing? My mom and I are not even speaking as she is taking his side and I really did not do a thing.

    3 AnswersFamily1 decade ago
  • Is my ring real gold?

    I bought a ring on ebay and it looks a little funny around where the small chanel set stones are set, the outer side of the ring. There is a coppery and silver small spot. The ring is stamped 14KT with an M in a circle next to it. I have never seen 14KT before, only 14K. Could it just be the metal used where they set the stones that turned a funny color or is this fake?

    5 AnswersFashion & Accessories1 decade ago
  • What does a meth lab smell like?

    I live in a rural neighborhood where the homes are on 5 acre lots . I noticed a sweet,sickening, pungent and burning electrical wire smell a little after 12 at night. Smell was so strong had to close my window. I have smelled this before, only at night.Could they be cooking meth? and possibly outdoors as the smell is so strong?

    10 hours ago - 4 days left to answer.

    11 AnswersOther - Health1 decade ago
  • My mother joined facebook and I have been on there for over a year and a half.?

    I posted one of her glamour shots from ten or so years ago as a photo of my mom on my page. She just joins and puts a picture of her and me when I was extremely ill and was 20 lbs. underweight. I no longer look like this and it is the worst picture , one that scares me to look at, and something I don't want to be constantly reminded of , much less plastered all over for everyone to see. I asked her to remove it and let her know I was highly offended and now she is trying to act like I am being ridiculous. What do you think about this?

    6 AnswersFriends1 decade ago
  • How to convince someone in family to do a short sale instead of foreclosure?

    He does not want to disclose all his finances and is too lazy to get all the info together and would rather just let them foreclose. He has assets and cash. He is older and very stubborn person in family. Very good real estate agent has been reduced to tears and we can't talk to him and convince him he is stonewalling the whole deal.

    3 AnswersRenting & Real Estate1 decade ago
  • what do you say to a sister in law who is mad because my brother wants to spend christmas money on bills ?

    He installs carpet and work has been terribly slow. She wants to buy an 11 yr. old Wii and an ipod. They have limited income.

    11 AnswersFamily1 decade ago
  • Should an adult disabled person pay rent to live with parents if they don't need any money ?

    say the disabled person gets 800 monthy ssdi and the parents have a pension of 60K and a half mill in the bank

    10 AnswersPeople with Disabilities1 decade ago
  • parental abuse?

    Do you think a 50 yr. old should continue to show respect to a 70 yr. old parent that tells them things like shut up or I will hit you?

    17 AnswersFamily1 decade ago