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If
you’ve lost your natural teeth, whether from periodontal disease,
tooth decay or injury, dentures can replace your missing teeth and
your smile. Replacing missing teeth will benefit your appearance
and your health. Without support from the denture, facial muscles
sag, making a person look older. You’ll be able to eat and
speak—things that people often take for granted until their
natural teeth are lost.
Full Denture - A denture that replaces all the teeth in
either the upper or lower dental arch.
There are various terms used in dentistry used to described Full
Dentures they include:
1. Conventional Full Denture: A full denture that is made
and placed in the patient’s mouth after the remaining teeth
are removed and tissues have healed. ( An edentulous arch - no teeth
present in a normally healed arch)
2. Immediate Full Dentures: A full denture that is inserted
immediately at the time or day teeth are removed. With immediate
dentures, the denture wearer does not have to be without teeth during
the healing period. However, bones and gums can shrink over time,
especially during the period of healing in the first six months
after the removal of teeth.
3.
Implant Supported Full Denture: A full denture that is held
in place by implants. This type of denture is useful in case where
the bone in the arch is inadequate or the anatomy of the arch does
not lend it self to good retention. This type of denture as grown
more and more popular with the success of dental implants.
Even if you wear full dentures, you still must take good care of
your mouth. Brush your gums, tongue and palate every morning with
a soft-bristled brush before you insert your dentures to stimulate
circulation in your tissues and help remove plaque.
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Removable Partial Denture - A denture that replaces some
but not all the teeth in a dental arch.There are several types of
Removable Partial Denture (not to be confused with fixed partial
or Bridge), They are used to replaced missing teeth when there are
still natural teeth in the arch.
The basic difference between partial dentures is the material used
to make the denture and how they are held in place.
1. Conventional Partial Denture: This type of partial is
constructed with a metal base that may differ from lab to lab on
in terms of material. However the plastic used is a methylmethacyrlate.
2.
Precision Attachment Partial Denture: This type of denture
differs from Conventional Partial Dentures in that crowns are
made on remaining teeth on which the partial attaches. These Partial
Denture have the advantage of not requiring clasp that go around
the teeth and thus are more esthetic in the front of the mouth.
3. Valplast Partial Denture: Valplast is a flexible, biocompatible,
thermoplastic nylon with unique physical and esthetic properties.
Its translucency allows the patients natural tissue color to appear
through the material. It has the advantage of not showing any
metal and as a natural look. Valplast can be used with metal to
increase strength and esthetics.
4. Implant Supported Partial Denture: A full denture that
is held in place by implants. This type of denture is useful in
case where the bone in the arch is inadequate or the anatomy of
the arch does not lend it self to good retention. This type of
denture as grown more and more popular with the success of dental
implants.
5. Transitional Partial Dentures: Transitional Partial
Dentures are often used as temporary partial or as a altertive
in expensive denture to be used until a more conventional and
more durable denture can be purchased. the usually are constructed
of denture acyrlic with wire clasp.
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