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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