Full & Partial Dentures
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After tooth extraction, traditionally, the extraction area is allowed to heal for approximately 4 to 8 weeks before conventional dentures are moulded over the mouth cavity. This process helps ensure a perfectly comfortable fit inside the mouth cavity. Post-extraction dentures are used once your teeth have been extracted and you have had enough time to heal. Our dental prosthetist can take impressions one to three weeks after extractions.
This option is ideal if you have only a few natural teeth remaining. After your teeth are removed, our Dental Prosthetist will offer a try-in. This allows you to see what the dentures will look like before they are finished.
Here at Logan City Denture Centre, we will help you maintain and service your full dentures to help keep your dentures comfortable.
Full Dentures
Affordable Complete Dentures in Brisbane
Full dentures are an effective and affordable option for those who have lost all their teeth in the upper or lower jaw. A full upper denture or full lower denture is used when no more teeth are left in the arch. Dentures remain in place with a close fit along the underlying gum and the bone tissue.
Dentures typically last 5-10 years and must be maintained like regular teeth. To keep your dentures functional for longer, they must be cleaned regularly. You should service and maintain your full dentures because the mouth naturally changes shape over time, and an ill-fitting denture can be ineffective and uncomfortable.
Immediate Dentures
Alternatively, Logan City Denture Centre also offers immediate dentures, which provide an appealing option of having your new teeth straight away. We take an impression of your mouth before extraction and then produce models. We then do simulated extractions on the model and place the denture teeth as close as you require to your natural setting. During this process, we can correct any aspects of your tooth position that you may not be happy with.
Following post-operative instructions is very important when it comes to immediate dentures. You should follow your dentist's instructions until your review appointment with Logan City Denture Centre Dental Prosthetist. This will help control any bleeding or swelling. Your follow-up appointment is crucial, as it allows us to rectify any minor issues before they escalate.
After 4 to 6 months, you will need either a reline of your immediate denture or a brand new denture (post-extraction denture). If you decide to have a new one fabricated, we’ll be able to make any aesthetic or phonic changes you require within the limits of denture prosthodontics. If you have a new denture made, the immediate denture is the perfect ‘emergency’ backup should you ever experience issues with your new one.
If you do not have a reline of your immediate denture carried out, there is a risk that hyperplasic tissue may grow into the denture.
Once your mouth has healed (at 4 to 6 months post extraction), book an appointment, and we’ll run through the options available to you – whether you need a reline or a new denture. We can also provide helpful advice and assistance in maintaining dentures and adapting to them, ensuring you learn to live with them comfortably!
It’s imperative to replace missing teeth for several reasons. Partial dentures will help to:
- Improve appearance – partial dentures can work to complete your smile, and when matched to the shade of your teeth, they appear entirely natural.
- Facilitate chewing – when teeth are missing, it’s virtually impossible to chew food efficiently.
- Support remaining teeth – when left unsupported, natural teeth can drift sideways or wear unevenly.
- Support an opposing complete denture – it is pretty standard for a patient to have a full upper denture and only six remaining lower natural teeth. When they bite on the front teeth of the denture, the back tilts down. Partial dentures support an opposing full set, ensuring they sit evenly.
Immediate Dentures
Following post-operative instructions is very important when it comes to immediate dentures. You should follow your dentist's instructions until your review appointment with Logan City Denture Centre Dental Prosthetist. This will help control any bleeding or swelling. Your follow-up appointment is crucial, as it allows us to rectify any minor issues before they escalate.
Our Dental Prosthetist can make partial dentures from several different materials. These include the following:
More affordable and easy to repair, reline and add additional teeth; acrylic dentures are ideal when many teeth are missing. Most have stainless steel retention systems. However, clear or resin retainers can also be used.
Strong and stable, cast metal partials are thinner and smaller than other options available. They effectively support remaining teeth, and they also work to transfer bite pressure to other teeth – rather than directly down on the supporting gum. This works via metal rests on the occlusal surface of neighbouring teeth.
Designs are wide and varied; these dentures are retained using cast metal or flexible resin retainers.
Two types of nylon dentures differ in terms of flexibility. Made from injected thermoplastic nylon, they are translucent, flexible, clinically unbreakable and do not require a metal retainer. Being translucent, this option allows for your tissue colour to show through for a completely natural look.
The flexibility of the base itself is used to retain the partial dentures; however, a resin retainer can also be used.
While this particular type of denture is not suitable for every case, it is often the best choice for patients. Nylon flexible partials allow for a removable partial restoration to eliminate costly preparatory work whilst still being functional, Lightweight and natural.