Dentures
Overview
Dentures are custom-made replacements for missing teeth and can be taken out and put back into your mouth. While dentures take some getting used to, and will never feel exactly the same as natural teeth, today's dentures are natural looking and more comfortable than ever.
Benefits of DENTURES
Replacing missing teeth will help to improve your appearance and smile. Without support from the denture, facial muscles sag, making a person look older. Dentures can help you eat and speak more comfortably.
Types of dentures
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Conventional. This full removable denture is made and placed in your mouth after the remaining teeth are removed and tissues have healed, which may take several months.
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Immediate. This removable denture is inserted on the same day that the remaining teeth are removed. Your dentist will take measurements and make models of your jaw during a preliminary visit. You don’t have to be without teeth during the healing period, but may need to have the denture relined or remade after your jaw has healed.
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Overdenture. Sometimes some of your teeth can be saved to preserve your jawbone and provide stability and support for the denture. An overdenture fits over a small number of remaining natural teeth after they have been prepared by your dentist. Implants can serve the same function, too.
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Partial Denture
A partial denture rests on a metal framework that attaches to your natural teeth. Sometimes crowns are placed on some of your natural teeth and serve as anchors for the denture. Partial dentures offer a removable alternative to bridges.
Precision Attachment
Precision Attachments are special attachments used for the perfect fit of removable partial dentures. The attachment prosthesis consists a combination of permanently fixed and removable denture. (semi fixed denture). It is a passive retention mechanism by which the supporting teeth are not exposed to excessive forces.
Benefits
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Space saving hind of dentures
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Economic alternative to Implants
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No metal clasp
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Semi fixed
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Perfect fit
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The double tilt retention mechanism prevent gravitational and muscular forces from dislodging the partial denture during function.
Flexible Dentures
Benefits
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Aesthetically superior removable partial denture with full functionality and comfort
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Has the perfect degree of flexibility (semi-flexible)
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No metal clasps; only tissue-colored clasps that blend with gums
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Unbreakable
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More stain-resistant than other flexible acrylics