My DH has lost his dentures

Mnewell

We are in our second year since diagnosis (probably 4 years since onset), and are somewhere in the fifth-sixth stage of ALZ. He has stopped wanting to take his denture out when we go to bed, so we have been cleaning it in the morning. Sometime last night he took it out and has misplaced it. I have looked everywhere for it, and just hope he hasn't flushed it, although I think the trap is too small for that. This is the strangest thing that has happened yet, and some strange things have happened. Help!

Buggytoo

Could it be lodged between the mattress and the wall?

JeriLynn66

I found my late MIL's denture under the bed wrapped in a blanket she had folded and stuck under there..

jsps139_

I have found my DH dentures in the dresser drawer before. Now I am in charge of the dentures because he was putting shaving cream and stick deodorant on them before putting them in his mouth. He is not always agreeable regarding me taking care of his dentures. But, in the evening while watching TV, I hold out a paper towel and say, “Put your dentures on thus towel.” He looks confused, but always does it. Then I clean them and put them in the cup. If I wait until bedtime, he gets mad if I try to help. I rinse them in the am while he showers and I put the denture adhesive on them and hand them to him as he walks out of the bathroom.

We looked for his little flip phone for a week. I think he threw it away (he’s been threatening to do so for a year). He hates to get phone calls. I canceled his service, and he has never mentioned his phone again.

The things we go through! 😂

mrahope

It happened to us, too. I did everything I could think of to find them, including putting on gloves and going through all the garbage! We never did find them. The only bright spot in this picture is that he was in the process of getting new ones at the time and they were completed literally the day before he entered MC. I'm thinking he may have flushed them…

JJ401

It may turn up unexpectedly.
DH here has a partial plate. We went on our last trip when things started to open after Covid. It was still mask wearing time for planes and buses. We left here, by car service, wearing a mask so I didn’t notice anything missing. Arrived at destination - no partial. He had no idea of where it could be. Left home? Airport bathroom?

Came home. Searched house for it. Not to be found. Made an appointment with dentist to get a new one. Day before appointment I leave him home for about an hour. When I come back, he’s wearing the partial. “Where did you find it”, I ask. Answer - I didn’t lose it. I’ve always had it. Cue - call dentist. Cancel appointment.
Where was it? No idea.

Carl46

Does he snack at night? Could they be in the refrigerator or cookie jar?