Dentures & Partial Dentures

Dentures are a type of dental appliance made to replace missing teeth along with their surrounding tissues. They are customized for you to look like your own natural teeth. Apart from this, you can even smile beautifully again. Dentures improve your eating and speech capability and provide support to facial muscles, thus eliminating the sunken appearance sometimes resultant due to the loss of tooth.

There are two major categories: complete and partial dentures. Both are used to replace missing teeth but under different conditions.

• Complete Dentures: Complete dentures are used when all the teeth in an arch are missing. Dentures can be either of two types.
• Conventional Dentures: These are provided after four to six weeks, by which time the gum should have healed after extraction. In this period, the patient will not have any teeth.
• Immediate Dentures: They are prepared before the removal of the teeth and inserted at the time of extractions so that the patient does not have to go through the interim time period without teeth. However, when the gums start healing and shrink, then adjustments will have to be done so that they get a proper fit.
• Partial Dentures: Partial dentures, if there are some natural teeth remaining in the jaw. They not only fill the gaps created but also stop the remaining natural teeth from moving out of their position. Partial dentures consist of replacement teeth attached to a gum-colored base with clasps or precision attachments. These are usually made of metal and connected to the remaining natural teeth. Benefits of Dentures and Partial Dentures.

The longer you go on to take care of your denture, the longer it will last. Here are some guidelines that will ensure that your denture stays in an excellent condition:

• Cleaning Daily: Clean your dentures daily by brushing them with a soft denture brush and using a nonabrasive denture cleanser. Do not use a regular toothpaste as it is too abrasive for dentures.
• Soak Overnight: Do not wear your dentures? Leave them in a denture-cleaning solution or water overnight while you sleep so they do not dry out.
• Practice good oral hygiene by cleaning those gums, tongue, and your remaining teeth.
• Schedule regular check-ups to ensure that your dentures fit well and monitor your overall oral health.

The first and foremost advantage is that dentures have a look and feel almost like natural and make your smile brighter and your facial structure better in appearance.

Other advantages that dentures come with include proper chewing and speech improvement. Dentures restore one’s normal chewing function and improve one’s speech, thus helping him to eat and communicate very well.

• Support of Facial Muscles: Dentures support the facial muscles, which can otherwise result in sunken or hollowed faces in most cases of tooth loss.
• Very Durable and Long-Lasting: They can last a long time as long as they are taken good care of; possibly needing adjustments, repairs, or even replacement several years after the initial fitting.