Dentures

Each person deserves to smile Removable dentures is an easy and economical way to replace several missing teeth

While oral hygiene has improved greatly over the years people still need to replace missing teeth. With advances in technology dentures are no longer the only option. In this article we will review the options available to people when considering dental implants v’s dentures.

The case for dentures

Dentures can be suitable for anywhere you have lost a tooth or teeth because of damage, wear & tear, decay or periodontal disease. Dentures are made of cast mental, acrylic, a plastic base and of course porcelain for the teeth element. The procedure to make dentures varies in time and last a few weeks. During this time your dentist will examine your teeth, make impressions of the teeth and jaw as well as make moulds. These are sent away to a specialist to create and when they arrive back the final cast is fitted and any minor small adjustments are made.

The only downside to dentures is that in the small percentage of people they can move or make clicking noise when you chew food, which may be embarrassing or cause discomfort. That said upper dentures tend to do this less because of the natural vacuum caused by the roof of the mouth. Your dentures will need to be re-aligned as your gums and jaw structure change with aging. Dentures are also subject to normal wear and proper oral hygiene is paramount.

A denture is a removable replacement for missing teeth and surrounding tissues. Two types of dentures are available, complete and partial dentures. Complete dentures are used when all teeth are missing, while partial dentures are used when some natural teeth remain.

Full denture is used when a jaw misses all teeth. It is a movable structure that replaces all the teeth when used and can‘t be fixed by prosthodontics restoration onto implants. In some cases 2 or 4 implants can be placed beneath the full denture making really almost immovable using precision joints. The partial denture is used when a jaw misses several teeth and we can‘t restore the gaps using dental bridges or implants. Its construction is based on the remaining teeth in various ways such as precision connectors. It can be metal or plastic.

Most people who need mobile dentures are also candidates for dental implants. Implants are the best stabilization of mobile denture which is not well stabilized because of the atrophy of the jaw bone (especially mandibular). It is a fact that although removable dentures are a pretty effective way of replacing lost teeth, they can usually present great difficulty in their stabilization.