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Do your existing dentures look artificial?
Do your dentures make you look much older than you actually are?
If yes, you are a candidate for our “Natural Looking Dentures.” We use the highest quality materials available to give you most realistic and well-fitting dentures.
A denture is a removable appliance that replaces missing teeth in either the upper or lower jaw or both. If you are missing all of your teeth then a complete set of upper and lower dentures is used to replace them. It may well be easier to remove one or two remaining teeth to allow a complete set of dentures to be worn. However if only a few of the teeth need replacing, then a partial denture is made. The fitting of a partial can prevent your existing healthy teeth from moving into the gaps following the tooth loss.
Dentures are generally fabricated from acrylic resins. However, advances in dental technology has now provided a number of different option to choose from.
PLASTIC DENTURES: This is the oldest and the most economic denture material.
CAST METAL DENTURES: These Removable Dentures are cast metal frameworks made of chrome cobalt. These are cast very thin and are much less likely to break than the all plastic variety. For the same reason they are much less noticeable to the tongue.
FLEXIBLE DENTURES (VALPLAST): The most recent advance in dental materials has been the application of flexible materials for the fabrication of dental appliances. This material generally replaces the metal, and the pink acrylic denture material used to build the framework for standard removable partial dentures Flexible partial dentures are the comfortable, beautiful, and affordable choice.
The flexibility, combined with strength and light weight, provides total comfort and great looks! It is nearly unbreakable, is colored pink like the gums, can be built quite thin, and can form not only the denture base, but the clasps as well.
How are dentures held in place?
Though some dentures are held in place by their natural suction to your gums (sometimes with the use of a fixative), your dentures may also be attached in place with the use of dental implants. More and more of our patients are choosing to have dental implants placed to secure their dentures and give optimum stability.
How long do dentures last?
Dentures undergo the natural wear and tear with usage. Also, with aging your dentures can begin to feel loose as the supporting bone tissue resorbs and the gum tissue shrinks. If the problem becomes severe, a new set of dentures are advisable. However in some instances it is possible that some simple modifications to your existing set of dentures may rectify the problem. You should always make sure you take care of your dentures and clean them frequently.
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