If
you’ve lost all of your natural teeth,
whether from periodontal disease, tooth decay
or injury, complete 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.
