Full & Partial Dentures
Dentures can change missing teeth, enhancing both your smile’s expression and your overall health. New dentures will able you to eat and speak better rather than having a missing teeth.
Missing teeth also end your muscles in your face to sag, looking yourself seem older. Dentures will back your facial structure, allowing you to look younger while maintaining the muscle tone in your face, jaw and neck.
Dentures can change missing teeth, enhancing both your smile’s expression and your overall health. New dentures will able you to eat and speak better rather than having a missing teeth.
Missing teeth also end your muscles in your face to sag, looking yourself seem older. Dentures will back your facial structure, allowing you to look younger while maintaining the muscle tone in your face, jaw and neck.
Dentures Overview
Dentures have come a long way in recent years. At OC Dental Specialists, we now offer a variety of different dentures, each custom-made to fit your specific needs.
In general, the goal of dentures is to replace missing teeth, enhancing both your smile’s expression and your overall health. They aren’t simply a means of cosmetic enhancement but have a strong practical side as well. Whether you get a full set or a partial set, dentures can allow you to rediscover the joys of eating or make speech much more comfortable.
Missing teeth can also cause the muscles in your face to sag, lending an older and tired look to your expression. By replacing these teeth, you will return structure to your face, allowing you to look younger while maintaining the muscle tone in your face, jaw, and neck.
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Types of Dentures
Full Dentures
A set of full dentures replaces a full arch of teeth. This could be either your top row of teeth, bottom row, or both. Conventional full dentures are removable, allowing for easy care, cleaning, and maintenance. Each set is custom made to fit your natural jaw structure and to resemble your original teeth.
When you come into OC Dental Specialists, we will evaluate your situation. Our goal is to provide you with a treatment or service that perfectly matches your needs and helps you meet your goals. We take measurements of your jaw and then start to make your own unique set of new teeth.
Removable Partial Dentures
For many patients, they still have plenty of teeth remaining. However, there can be significant gaps between teeth that make eating and speaking difficult. Additionally, when these gaps are left untreated, they can begin to affect your bone density and jaw shape.
In such cases, we offer removable partial dentures for areas of your mouth where teeth have been lost or extracted. These are held in place by metal or plastic clasps that affix to surrounding teeth.
Removable partial dentures serve as an alternative to fixed partial dentures (bridges) or dental implants. They can help to restore aesthetics and function to areas with several missing teeth.
Implant-Supported Dentures
Traditional denture styles are still excellent choices, but some patients may find them slightly unstable. Unsupported dentures can slide, shift, or even fall out. But there is a solution. New advancements in dental medicine have allowed practitioners to anchor your full or partial denture using dental implant posts.
Implants are often used for replacing individual teeth. A metallic base is installed, and a new crown (tooth replacement) is affixed to the top. However, they also have usage as an anchor for dentures.
The advantage of this style is that they provide profound stability and durability for your replacement teeth. And, they don’t sacrifice convenience. Implant-supported dentures are still removable, meaning you can take them out when not in use. And when you need them, you simply attach them to the implant posts. No worries about them shifting or falling out at all.
Alternatives
In addition to dentures, we offer a range of tooth replacement services. For patients who have only lost a couple of teeth, you may consider dental implants or bridges.
Even if you have only one or two missing teeth, it can impact the rest of your mouth significantly. We recommend coming in for an evaluation before you experience and lasting changes to your jaw structure and remaining teeth.
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If severe tooth loss continues to impact your life, take the first step to reclaiming your smile. Contact your Irvine Dentist today to schedule an appointment and learn more about the service options we provide.
Frequently Asked Questions
The cost of traditional dentures ranges between $1,000 and $4,000 without insurance, depending on the type of dentures you need. Implant-supported dentures are more expensive, between $4,000 and $30,000, as they require extensive preparation, surgery, and aftercare.
Dentures can be an excellent solution for people who are missing several teeth in a row or an entire arch of teeth. For dentures to fit comfortably and securely, you need to have healthy gums and enough jawbone density to support the appliances. Dentures can also be a great solution for people who can not have dental implants due to health or financial considerations.
The process of getting dentures begins with a consultation and thorough oral health examination to determine your specific needs. If you have unstable or decayed natural teeth, they are likely to be extracted. The next step is to make impressions or scans of your bite that are used to custom-make comfortable dentures. The last step is to fit the new dentures, making sure that they feel secure and comfortable in the mouth.
Typically, dentures last between 5 and 8 years before normal wear occurs. Additionally, you may need to replace your dentures when changes in your bone structure occur (bone density loss). This process is natural and happens gradually when you miss your natural teeth.
In general, dental implants are considered a superior method of restoration compared to both dentures and bridges. Traditional removable dentures typically provide less stability and biting force than permanently fixed dental restorations. However, people who are missing natural teeth but can not have implants or dental bridges due to general or oral health considerations will find dentures a good alternative. Dentures help restore chewing function, the appearance of your smile, and facial muscle support.
High-quality dentures can look very natural, especially if the shade of the crowns is matched to your skin tone and high-quality materials are used for a realistic gum-colored base. Also, the size of the teeth and alignment are matched to your facial structure to maximize muscle and lip support.
To establish correct and effective denture care, we recommend following these tips:
- Thoroughly clean your dentures twice a day with a soft-bristled toothbrush and unscented soap.
- Soak your dentures in water or a special denture solution overnight.
- Never use abrasive or whitening cleaning products on your dentures.
- Use only lukewarm water for cleaning your dentures, as hot water can warp the material your dentures are made of.
- Always rinse your dentures when you take them off and before putting them back in your mouth.
- Store your dentures in a designated container when you are not wearing them and keep the container clean.
- Avoid very hot, cold, and staining foods and drinks.
Traditional dentures rely for support on your jawbone and gums, meaning that they do not provide the full strength of your natural bite. Therefore, it is recommended to adhere to a softer diet and avoid crunchy and sticky foods, or foods that require a lot of force to bite off and chew.
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