Dentures

What are Dentures?

Dentures, also known as false teeth, are artificial teeth that are formed by taking impressions of your mouth to replace your missing teeth.

Types of Dentures

• • Partial Dentures: These are for the patients who are missing some of their teeth from a particular arch.
  • Complete Dentures: These are used by the patients who are missing all of their teeth from an arch (or more commonly, both the arch).
  • Copy Dentures: These are simply made by taking an impression of a patient’s existing dentures and remaking them.

Denture’s Care

• • Just like normal teeth, dentures can also build up plaques. And therefore, cleaning the dentures daily is recommended.
  • Dentures should not be worn constantly. Remove it when you are sleeping. This helps the tissues to recover. 
  • Dentures should be removed while smoking. This will prevent the denture acrylic from overheating, which can result in burning the soft tissues. This also reduces the risk of fungal infections.

Cleaning of Dentures

• • Sodium Hypochlorite: Immersing dentures in a hypochlorite solution for more than 6 hours occasionally will eliminate plaque and heavy staining of the denture. 
  • Effervescent Cleanser: Effervescent cleansers are the most popular immersion cleansers and include alkaline peroxides, perborates, and persulphates.They are safe for use and do not cause deterioration of the acrylic resin or the metals used in denture construction.
  • Acid Cleanser: Sulphamic acid is a type of acid cleanser that is used to prevent the formation of plaque on dentures.This has very good compatibility with many denture materials, including the metals used in denture construction.
  • Brushing: It is the most commonly used technique to clean dentures. The patient should brush them often with soap, water, and a soft nylon toothbrush that has a small head, as this will enable the brush to reach into all the areas of the denture surface.

Benefits of Dentures

• • Aesthetically pleasing: Modern-day dentures are made for the comfort and aesthetic of the face. It will not only replace your missing teeth but also bring back the look that you were missing because of the missing teeth.
  • Almost No Diet Restrictions: Dentures were originally made for chewing and withstanding almost everything that regular teeth face. So, it will not cut down your favorite food from the diet list.
  • No More Misspelled Words: Lost teeth can take away the joy of spelling words with normal airflow as it creates gaps in the mouth. But with dentures, you can be confident about your words sounding the way you want them to be.
  • Building Back Confidence: Dentures can help rebuild your lost confidence in speaking in front of people and laughing out loud!
  • Health: With the gaps that are being created because of the lost teeth, you might just have given bacteria a breeding ground, a place for cavities, gum disease, and tooth decay. Dentures will help you with these, as well as, supporting your facial muscles, structures and decrease oral bone loss.

If you have any questions about your dentures, or if they stop fitting well or become damaged, contact or Book an appointment with Narayana Dentals specialists.