Removable replacement teeth, from a single, partial to a full arch.
Overview
A denture is a removable appliance carrying replacement teeth on a gum-coloured base. It restores chewing, speech and the facial support that is lost when teeth go.
It is fabricated over several visits — impression, bite registration, a try-in. You approve before it is finished, only then it is delivered. The try-in matters: it is where you see the teeth before they are set.
Suitability
If one of these suits you better than dentures, we will say so at your consultation — including when the right answer is to do nothing for now.
Step by step
We examine the ridges and any remaining teeth, and discuss whether a conventional or implant-supported denture is right for you.
A first impression, then a precise second one in a custom tray.
We record how your jaws meet and choose tooth shade and shape with you.
The teeth are set in wax so you can see and approve the look before it is finished. Speak up here — changes are easy now and hard later.
The finished denture is fitted. May need two or three adjustment visits for sore spots; this is normal, not a fault.
Benefits
Restores chewing and clearer speech
Supports the lips and cheeks, addressing the sunken look of tooth loss
No surgery for conventional dentures
Can be relined or added to as things change
After treatment
Who will treat you
MDS · MNDC (New Zealand) · MADC (Australia) · PGDAI (CIIOMFI, France) · Fellow ICOI (USA)
Dr. G. Vijay Srinivas is an Oral & Maxillofacial Pathologist and Implant Dentistry practitioner with more than 35 years of clinical experience, and the founder of AP Superspeciality Dental Hospitals.
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Questions
Two to four weeks for most people, sometimes longer for a first lower denture. Expect increased saliva, some difficulty with speech and a real learning curve with eating. Start with soft food cut small, chew on both sides at once, and give it time.
Upper dentures generally hold well by suction. Lower complete dentures are honestly the hard case — the tongue and floor of the mouth constantly unseat them, and this is anatomy rather than poor fit. If stability matters to you, two implants with an overdenture clip transform the lower denture, and it is worth discussing.
No. The gums need several hours a day without pressure, and dentures worn round the clock significantly raise the risk of denture stomatitis, a fungal inflammation. Take them out overnight and soak them.
Usually every five to ten years. The denture itself does not wear out so much as the jaw underneath it changes — the ridge resorbs steadily once teeth are gone, so a denture that fitted well at year one is loose by year six. Relining buys time; eventually it needs remaking.
An implant overdenture sits between the two and is often the sensible compromise.
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