Dentures
When multiple teeth are missing, often the best solution is a removable partial denture that fills all spaces with one appliance. Partials replace your missing teeth and are supported by your teeth when chewing and kept stable by clasps around your teeth.
If no teeth remain, we often recommend a complete denture. Implants can often be placed under your existing denture or partial denture if more stability is needed.
The state-of-the-art technology for a lower denture is called an overdenture since it snaps onto either 2 full-size implants or 4 mini implants for patients with less bone width. Birch Street Dentistry in Fairmont, MN, provides dentures for patients from Truman, Welcome, Martin County, Blue Earth, Sherburn, MN, and Armstrong, IA.
Complete Dentures
If you have lost all of your teeth, this restoration process can help you regain your smile and mouth function. Dentures are custom-made to look like real teeth and are placed in a patient’s mouth to replace the missing teeth.
Complete dentures are removable and may require adjustments in order to create a proper fit with the gums and mouth.
Lower dentures have little “suction,” so a mini-implant-supported lower is now the standard of care.
Partial Dentures
A removable partial denture is utilized when one or more natural teeth are still present in the upper or lower jaw. They typically consist of replacement teeth linked to a gum-colored plastic base that is held in place in the mouth by teeth or implants. A fixed partial denture (bridge) functions similarly to a removable denture, except that it is bonded in place and supported by the neighboring teeth. This covers the gap left by losing teeth while also providing support for the remaining teeth to keep them in place.
New dentures may feel awkward or loose for the first several weeks before your cheek and tongue muscles learn to hold them in place and you are able to eat and speak normally. This may take some practice, but you will eventually adjust and enjoy the benefits of having a full mouth of teeth. Patients searching for dentures can call Birch Street Dentistry at 507-238-4276 for personalized denture care, treatment guidance, and support with restoring their smile.
