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.
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.
