Proper Denture Care

People who wear dentures experience a lot of problems, including pain in the gums and difficulty in eating. Eventually, following several procedures that cauterized his wounds and repaired a torn artery caused by the dentures, he finally began to recover. It must be given time to let natural bone grow over it and set it in place firmly. As you may know, dentures are removable substitutes for missing teeth.

If you wear partial dentures , it is even more important that you brush your teeth thoroughly every day. Your dentist may recommend that you extract a tooth or teeth if you have tooth decay or a broken tooth. Our Dental Helpline is completely confidential and has helped almost 400,000 people since opening over 20 years ago.

We spend time making sure the design of your denture will optimally fit, function and appear naturally beautiful. With the high-quality materials and amazing craftsmanship available in modern dental labs, you can have a very youthful smile while wearing dentures.

There is a great deal of debate over the proper amount of recovery time required to let the implant heal properly before placing a prosthesis on it. The general practice is to allow anywhere from two to four months for healing before adding the stress of a prosthesis, or four to six months if bone grafting is dentures vs implants involved.

An example of implant supported fixed dentures is the ‘All-on-4' technique we discussed earlier. These can too be called as overdentures, as they fit over the implants and rest on your gums. However, even with the best care, natural changes in your mouth may make it necessary to have your dentures remade after a number of years.

Unlike the implant supported overdenture, with implant supported fixed dentures, you cannot remove the denture yourself at home. He began by giving me a brief history of dentures and their use from 'way back in the 1500s to the present time. Implant technology can vastly improve the patient's denture-wearing experience by increasing stability and preventing bone from wearing away.