Dental loss is an extremely painful experience. Fortunately, there is not one way to recover a lost smile. Nowadays, dental implants are most effective in restoring teeth, but for various reasons, this method is not always suitable for everyone. Patients choose removable dentures due to the health or financial reasons. These prostheses are intended for people who have lost all or several teeth. They are attached to adjacent teeth with special retractors and do not damage the tooth surface. Removable dentures may be complete or partial. The type is selected according to the individual situation of the patient.
Complete dentures are prostheses for patients who have lost all the teeth in the lower or (and) upper dental arch.
Partial dentures are prostheses for patients who have lost several teeth. Mostly, they are made to restore end-of-line dental defects.
Advantages and disadvantages of removable dentures
Advantages:
- The chewing function is restored
- The plate can also be adjusted for more missing teeth
- Low price
Disadvantage:
- Unstable fixation
- An unpleasant feeling in the oral cavity
- Insufficiently effective chewing function
- Short-lived
Maintenance of removable dentures
The dentures must be carefully and responsibly supervised. Rinse with water, clean the gaps with mild toothpaste and special brush. In addition, mouth mucosa should be cleaned and rinsed with disinfectant fluid. The denture should be soaked in a special solution or a glass of water overnight.
For some people this choice is the only rescue despite the many disadvantages of removable dentures. Nowadays dental prostheses are produced that are very similar to natural teeth.
