Dentures are removable prosthetic devices aimed at replacing the missing teeth. It is an effective replacement for restoring one tooth, multiple teeth, and even an arch’s whole dentition. When the artificial set of teeth is placed, the underlying bone tissues and surrounding gum tissues hold the denture in its place.
As time passes by, the denture teeth begin to wear down due to daily use. Likewise, the gum tissues and jaw’s bony architecture also change due to bone deterioration. Such inevitable changes affect the way dentures fit. Wearing ill-fitted dentures is linked to various potential problems like tissue overgrowth, bite problems, ulcers, blisters, tongue irritations, fungal infections, etc.
Hence you should reline the denture to make them fit effectively as well as it was earlier. In this blog article, our prosthodontists have explained the denture relining procedure. Keep reading.
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