What you need to know about Flexible Partial Dentures?

February 22nd,2023

If you are missing multiple teeth, flexible partial dentures will be the best solution for you. You can easily restore your beautiful smile with these dentures.

If you want to know more about flexible partial dentures keep reading this blog article.

What are flexible partial dentures?

It is specially designed to replace a single tooth or multiple teeth rather than a full set of teeth.

They also include a flexible metal clasp that is pleasant and more aesthetically beautiful than the metal clasp that attaches to existing teeth.

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What is meant by Denture Relining?

What is relining of a denture?

June 7th,2022

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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What are digital dentures

What are digital dentures?

April 17th,2021

Dentures offer a flexible solution for edentulous people as the appliance can restore the facial appearance, rendering the ability to speak and so. Apart from the different types of traditional dentures, dentists and prosthodontists nowadays recommend digital dentures.

Various technological advancements have digitalized the fabrication of denture teeth that are a better fit than traditional dentures. Similarly, computed-aided design and modern engineering tools utilized in denture preparation ensure that you get high-precise fake teeth set in just a couple of dental visits.

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Denture Soreness

What causes mouth sores after wearing dentures?

January 29th,2021

The initial stage of wearing dentures is quite annoying because the underneath tissues should adjust with the new prosthetic device. Such irritations might happen even after extracting a few teeth.

It is not uncommon to have some throbbing pain, swelling, or soreness in your gums when you wear dentures for the first time. Such throbbing pain exists until your mouth used to get the new artificial teeth set. It should subside in the following weeks else it is denoting a glitch in the denture teeth.

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