New Teeth For My Mom

Hi,

My name is Ricardo and my mom's name is Jennie Singer. She has been the light of my life as long as I've been breathing, and I've been hers. She is a beautiful human, full of life, with a smile that lights up the room. She has always been my best friend and I would do anything to see her happy.

For the past several years, my mom has been suffering from problems related to her teeth. In December of 2022, at the age of 49, she had her teeth removed so that she could start using dentures and hopefully be free from the excruciating pain her teeth were causing her. What resulted was the opposite. The new dentures were so painful, she could not bear to wear them for even a few minutes. This means, for the last 6+ months, my beautiful mom has been living without teeth at the age of 49; something nobody that young should ever have to do. Without her teeth, she smiles less, worries more, and has been unable to look at herself in the mirror for months. She had originally paid for the dentures with her insurance and has since been denied twice by them to have the situation remedied. To make things worse, the dentist that originally removed her teeth accepts no blame and refuses to fix them for her. She is in so much pain, and her self-worth is at an all-time low.

I am creating this GoFundMe in hopes of raising enough money to get my mom the dental implants she so desperately needs. I cannot think of anything that would improve her quality of life more than this. It breaks my heart every day that my mom is suffering the way she is.

Thank you so much. Every dollar helps.

IN MY MOTHER'S WORDS:

On December 2nd, 2022 all my teeth were taken out of my mouth. I had a bad infection on both sides of my mouth toward the back and I was supposed to get a pair of dentures I could wear. Instead I haven't been able to wear them at all. My mental health has gone downhill. My quality of life has gone downhill. I'm 49 years old and haven't been able to have teeth in my mouth for almost 7 months. It's taken a toll on my intimacy with my husband and it has changed the woman that I had become. I'm not the same confident, full-of-smiles person I used to be. I don't even look in the mirror at myself anymore.

They took 12 good implants out and when I asked my dentist at my last appointment why, he ignored the question. When I told him that the denture was 100% wrong, his response was to send me back to the oral surgeon to shave more bone off. I told him I didn't want that and he laughed at me, put his hand on my shoulder, and walked out of the room to get the girl to make the appointment for another surgery and that was the last time I saw him. Prior to that appointment, I had gone in for several appointments for fittings and soft realignment. The dentures they made don't even touch the roof of my mouth and cut all along my gums as soon as I put them in. I've always had a pretty high tolerance for pain. This is on a whole different level. For the past 7 months, I have fallen more and more into a depression. I feel like a shell of myself. I still get pain in my gums, which they told me I wouldn't.

I've tried to find a lawyer to help and didn't have any luck there.

Thank you in advance if you read this and to everyone who has and will donate. I'm so humbled and thankful.