Holly, I think if you’re not seeing the white patches anymore that the thrush is gone. This thrush sounded localized so don’t be too concerned that it is spreading. You’d know!
So continue with rinsing after using the inhaler. You could use a little salt water rinse when you do that. A 1/4 teaspoon of salt in a cup of lukewarm water. Just swish for 30 seconds or so and spit it out. Maybe repeat once or twice. That should help.
This will still be important to do when you have your denture so you don’t develop thrush under it. Again this is just routine brushing and daily hygiene.
You’ll need to clean the denture daily by brushing or soaking with a denture cleaner. You can use your regularly toothpaste too.
A good trick to make sure nothing happens if you drop the denture when cleaning is to put water in your bathroom basin. That way if it slips from your fingers, your denture will hit the water first. ☺️
Thank you for explaining about the bleeding. It’s encouraging that it’s only involving the upper remaining teeth that are destined for removal. There’s not much that can be done for them anymore and honestly, this will be so much better for your health at this point to have them out. They are a source of inflammation that will go away when the teeth are gone and the bleeding should stop.
Give the coconut oil pulling a try. I know it’s not inexpensive to buy but you can also use it in cooking, on your face and skin as a moisturizer, etc. And it keeps for a long time without refrigeration. But it actually may help improve your over all oral health and keep any thrush limited.
We’ll get you through this!! 🥰
Dear Lori, Thank you, for all of your information !!!!
Things seem to be going well. I don't see any indication of thrush ( at least I don't see any white patches), I am following your wonderful advice ! I am still concerned about all of the bleeding, when I brush my teeth. It is tempting to just avoid the top four teeth all together since that is where the bleeding is coming from. I have an appointment with the dentist on Tuesday to have some fillings on my lower teeth and to move forward with the timeline to have the remaining upper teeth extracted. You have been so wonderful about sending me the questions that I should ask before each appointment. What do you think I should ask, and know for sure before I move on to the oral surgeon ? The dentist I see on this coming Tuesday is the dentist who is "making" the denture. He said that he would be discussing my situation with the oral surgeon before I see him on Tuesday, so I certainly want to know the outcome of that discussion.
Thank you, Holly