Complete Dentures

Teeth are lost due to various reasons. Most important of them all is gum disease. Gum diseases extending into the surrounding bone induce loss of supporting bone. As a result, teeth become mobile and fall down. Multiple decayed teeth without proper care also break and lead to loss of teeth.

For reasons like appearance, food chewing, and supporting the lips and cheeks one would go in for dentures.

·        Dentures replace missing teeth and part of the tissues that are lost during the process.

·        Dentures support the lips and cheeks otherwise which could have sunken in and give aged appearance.

·        Dentures allow the patient to enjoy food thus helping in maintaining good health

·        Dentures get back the confidence to the wearer to face the world.

·        Dentures help the patient in speaking more clearly. Teeth are very crucial in pronouncing various letters and words without which the speech would be badly affected. Dentures clear this problem.

Complete dentures are fabricated in multiple stages to obtain well fit, functionally and aesthetically acceptable dentures.

First appointment: Initial impressions of both arch (jaw) is made. This is used to develop a positive replica of your jaw and surrounding tissues and is called a cast. A special tray is fabricated over these casts which would adapt exactly to the surface structures of the mouth.

Second appointment: Special trays are further manipulated in the patients as per the functional movements of tissues like cheek, tongue, jaws. Now final and accurate impression of the jaws is made.

Third appointment: The height, form and shape of the dentures is established during this visit ensuring dentures offer proper support and appearance to the facial tissues along with proper speech and food chewing capability. Type and size of teeth is also decided during this appointment based on jaw size and sex of the individual.

Fourth appointment: The chosen teeth are fixed over the trays and are checked in patient’s mouth. Visibility of teeth, ease of speech is examined and if found satisfactory, they are sent to the lab for processing.

Final appointment: Dentures are placed in patient’s mouth, problems if any are cleared and patient is given instructions to use and maintain dentures. Teeth and base are made of modern high density plastic materials.

Follow-up appointment: usually the patient will be asked to wear dentures even at night during initial days and to report back to the dentist. If there are any minor problems associated with dentures, they will be corrected and suitable instructions are given.

 ·        During the initial days of wearing new dentures, there can be increased saliva secretion in mouth which can be annoying. This problem will           gradually get resolved.

·        During the first few days of denture wearing, patient might find it difficult to talk or chew food with dentures.

It is advised to read newspaper or books loudly so as to get used to the dentures thus making speech more natural.

·       While chewing with dentures food should be cut in small pieces and should be chewed on both sides. Otherwise the dentures might become unstable

Some amount of perseverance and patience is expected during the initial days while consuming food. Body learns to chew food with dentures gradually. 

·       While sneezing or coughing hands should cover the mouth as dentures get unsettled during these forceful outbursts of air. They might fall down creating embarrassment as well as breakage of dentures.

1.  During the initial days of wearing new dentures, there can be increased saliva secretion in mouth which can be annoying. This problem will gradually get resolved.

2. During the first few days of denture wearing, patient might find it difficult to talk or chew food with dentures.

3. It is advised to read newspaper or books loudly so as to get used to the dentures thus making speech more natural.

4. While chewing with dentures food should be cut in small pieces and should be chewed on both sides. Otherwise the dentures might become unstable

5. Some amount of perseverance and patience is expected during the initial days while consuming food. Body learns to chew food with dentures gradually. 

6. While sneezing or coughing hands should cover the mouth as dentures get unsettled during these forceful outbursts of air. They might fall down creating embarrassment as well as breakage of dentures.