Dentures

What is a Denture?

A denture is a removable replacement for missing teeth and adjacent tissues. It is may be made of acrylic resin or a combination with various metals.

Complete dentures replace all the teeth, while a partial denture fills in the spaces created by missing teeth and prevents other teeth from changing position.

Why Use Dentures?

It is very important to replace missing teeth. The ill effects of not doing so can be a shift in remaining teeth, an inability to bite and chew properly, as well as a sagging facial appearance, which makes one appear older than they are.

The beauty of dentures today is that they are designed to be comfortable and functional. They are very similar in appearance to natural teeth, and can improve a smile or facial appearance.

Types of Dentures

There are three basic types of dentures, these are:

• Partial Dentures
• Full Dentures
• Implant Supported Dentures

Removable partial dentures

These fill in the spaces created by missing teeth, resting partly on the gums and partly on the remaining teeth. Removable partial dentures may be attach to your natural teeth with metal clasps or devices called precision attachments.

• Acrylic partial dentures
• Metal frame partial dentures

Removable complete dentures

These replace all the teeth in a jaw and fit directly on the gums and supporting bone. Complete dentures can also be made to attach to dental implants.

• Complete acrylic dentures
• Complete metal frame dentures

Implant supported overdentures

These are smiliar to conventional complete denture. The difference is that the complete dentures are attached onto dental implants that are used to provides greater stabilization during chewing.

Ask the dentist for more information about which appliance best suits you.