-WHAT ARE DENTURES?
A denture is a removable replacement for missing teeth. They are made when all your natural teeth are missing. There are 2 types of dentures:
-acrylic teeth dentures
-porcelain teeth dentures
-WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF DENTURES COMPARED TO NATURAL TEETH?
-chewing is different, it takes about 2 - 6 months to learn how to eat with them, some patients never get used to them
-bone loss in the mouth can lead to dentures moving and not being stable, even with denture glue
-denture reline will be needed periodically due to changes in gum and bone tissue
-some people love dentures, others completely hate them
-WHAT ARE COMMON MYTHS ASSOCIATED WITH DENTURES?
It is common for us to receive patients in their 20's asking us to extract all their teeth and replace them with dentures. Most of these requests are denied by us due to ethics. Extracting teeth that can be restored, specially a full mouth extraction procedure done on a young patient, is ethically not right. So many patients considering dentures feel that dentures would make their life easier, that they will have fewer problems and that they would not have to take care of their oral health again. This is totally false. Dentures should be viewed as a last resort for older aged patients.
-WHAT ARE IMMEDIATE DENTURES?
Immediate dentures, also known as transitional dentures, are dentures that are placed immediately after extracting all the patient's teeth. You do not have to walk around without any teeth in your mouth. The bone and gum will slowly begin to heal underneath the denture. It takes between 6 - 9 months for the gum and bone to heal and become stable. After your bone and gum are completely healed the denture might begin to feel a little loose. In this case, a denture reline would be necessary. |
