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Dentures

Dentures are the treatment of choice when there are too many teeth missing to place a bridge and implants are not suitable. Several appointments are required to ensure your dentures fit snugly to your palate, or the floor of your mouth and harmonize nicely with your remaining natural teeth if you have any. Dentures can be made for those missing many teeth in different parts of your mouth and are also suitable for people who have no teeth at all.

Dentures should be removed at night and placed in a glass of water. It is important that the dentures are kept wet all night as the material from which they are made will change shape if they dry out and this will affect their fit.

If you wear dentures, it is important they are removed at night to give your mouth time to be exposed to your natural saliva. This gives your gums a chance to ‘breathe’. Sleeping with your dentures in is like going to bed with your shoes and socks on… You will have much fresher breath an reduce the chance of oral cancer growing under your denture if you remove them at night.

If you wear dentures and do or do not have any natural teeth, dental check-ups are very important. Mouth cancers can occur under your dentures and go unnoticed for years. Your Grandstand Dental Care dentist can ensure your mouth is in optimal oral health beneath your dentures.