Dentures

Dentures.

The mouth plays a very important role in a person’s life, as smiling is a way of establishing social relationships with others. Smiling can convey many good and positive emotions to others and is closely related to happiness or happy moments. In addition, smiling can be considered a form of communication.

A beautiful smile is attractive to everyone. Having a beautiful smile brings a lot of benefits, such as being able to smile freely without any complexes.

That is why suffering one or more tooth losses can bring a series of functional, esthetic, self-esteem, and social consequences, which can be serious in the normal development of a person’s life.

A person can lose one or more teeth due to smoke kind of trauma, periodontal diseases such as gingivitis or periodontitis, or dental decay.

Dentures are false teeth that are intended to replace those teeth that have been lost due to various causes.

There are different types of dentures, which are used depending on what each patient requires. They can be complete or partial. Complete dentures cover the entire dental arch, either the upper or lower jaw, and partial dentures replace a single or several teeth that have been lost.

Although it is a new experience for the patient who is not accustomed to wearing dentures, with the passage of time, he or she can regain a normal life by speaking, eating, smiling, or socializing with others.

When wearing dentures, it is very important to maintain good oral hygiene, brushing your teeth every day with the product recommended by your dentist.

What are dentures?

Due to age, natural tooth wear, trauma, or congenital malformations you may have lost one or more teeth. Despite this, dentistry has developed in such a way that you can find a way to replace the missing teeth.

Dentures are a replacement for the natural teeth that the patient may have lost. In addition to being false teeth, they can also come with false gums to fit comfortably inside the mouth. There are two types of dentures, these can be full or partial, and their use depends on what each patient needs.

Dentures are completely custom-made, so they will fit perfectly well in your mouth.

Although they will usually not feel completely natural inside your oral cavity, you can get used to them well, and they will look very natural to everyone else.

Dentures will allow you, in addition to recovering those teeth you have lost, to regain the functionality of your teeth when chewing food, and with phonation when you want to speak.

Types of dentures.

If you suffer from the loss of one or more teeth, you can find a solution that can be adapted to your problem.

Dentures can be complete or partial, depending on the patient’s needs.

Full dentures are used when the patient is edentulous by the time the soft gum tissue has completely healed, after losing or extracting those damaged teeth having lost or extracted those teeth that are damaged. Since there are no longer any teeth in the oral cavity, this type of mucosal-supporting prosthesis is supported by the gum and bone. Thanks to the advancement of technology today, this type of dental prosthesis look with time very natural in terms of esthetic appearance. The dentures are held in place due to the vacuum effect or special adhesives.

On the other hand, partial dentures consist of bridges that serve as replacements for a certain number of missing teeth. Partial dentures are used when there are still natural teeth in either the lower or upper jaw. Mucodenture dentures are supported by the bone, gums, and those teeth that remain in the mouth.

This type of dental prosthesis offers the patient good stability since they are held in place by claps, which prevent the prosthesis from moving when the patient does not want it to.

In addition, implant-supported dental prostheses are used when the patient is edentulous when the patient does not have adequate support in the jawbone. These dental prostheses are a problem because they tend to cause discomfort inside the oral cavity.

Advantages of dentures.

The main advantage of dentures is that they are perfect for replacing missing teeth in the oral cavity so that the patient can recover the correct functionality of the teeth in the mouth. In addition, it is a very easy process for the patient to place dentures because it is not necessary to perform any type of surgical intervention.

To maintain the dentures, they only need to be cleaned daily with special products recommended by the dentist.

If dentures are damaged, it is very easy to repair them.

And one last great advantage is that the cost of dentures is lower compared to other more expensive fixed prostheses.

Disadvantages of dentures.

A major disadvantage of dentures is that they move within the oral cavity, since they are not fixed, and are only held in place by adhesives or by the so-called vacuum effect, which results in the formation of wounds or sores on the gums.

The bone structure by which dentures are held can wear out due to the passage of time, so it may often be necessary to fill the prosthesis.

Dentures require great care, as they can be susceptible to many germs, due to the constant putting in and taking out.

How to care for and clean your dentures?

It is very important to take good care of your dentures, in order to guarantee a long-lasting and healthy appearance inside the mouth.

After eating, it is necessary to clean and rinse the dentures very well, with great care because they can break. The dentures should be treated gently, as the plastic can be damaged. After cleaning the denture well, you should rinse your mouth and clean it with a toothbrush, and in case you do not have teeth, pass a clean gauze inside the oral cavity. At night, you should put the prosthesis in water. Then, in the mornings, before putting the denture back in, you should rinse it with plenty of water.

Remember to visit your dentist periodically to avoid any type of condition or complication.

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