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most or all your natural teeth have been lost, dentures provide
many benefits:
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# Restore your self-esteem
# Regain your eating ability
# Aid speaking ability
# Give support back to the lips and cheeks
(giving you a natural and younger appearance)..
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| A
Complete Denture is placed in the patient's mouth after all the
teeth have been extracted and the gum tissue has healed. Healing
takes anywhere from a few weeks to a few months, depending upon
the patient.
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| An
Over denture usually requires that at least 2 roots be kept. These
roots may be used to hold the denture in place by placing inserts
in the roots and in the denture. The denture then attaches to the
roots. These roots also give support to the denture and help retain
the ridge the denture sits on.
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Immediate Denture is placed the same day the teeth are extracted.
The advantage to an Immediate Denture is that the patient does not
have to be without teeth during the healing period.
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A
Partial Denture or "removable bridge" replaces one or
more missing teeth, but there must be teeth remaining for the partial
to attach to. Unlike a Fixed Bridge, a partial is removable. A partial
will prevent other teeth from shifting, preserving your remaining
teeth. |
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key to great dentures is a great fit. Unless dentures fit properly,
you won't achieve the necessary suction to hold them in place, making
speaking and eating more difficult. It takes time, patience and
several visits to design dentures that will satisfy all your needs.
Be sure to ask your denture professional lots of questions, and
don't be afraid to express your likes and dislikes during the process.
After all, when all is said and done, you are the one who has to
wear them.
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| Dentures
can also provide cosmetic benefits. Properly fitted dentures can
help fill out sunken cheeks and reduces wrinkles around the mouth.
By adding fullness under the lips, facial lines are often reduced.
And everyone knows when you feel great, you look younger!
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| With
all the modern advances in manufacturing and technique, today's
dentures are not just false teeth anymore. By enhancing your look
and functionality, they may just be a little of that elusive fountain
of youth!
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