Dentures in Richmond Hill, ON for Comfortable Smiles
If you’ve lost individual, many, or all your teeth, dentures are often the solution to restore your smile. Are you missing teeth? One or more? Give Don Head Dental Care a call! We always welcome new patients and will discuss your options with you and answer all your questions to determine the best treatment for your smile. Complete dentures and partial dentures are the two most common kinds of dentures, both of which restore missing teeth to give you back enjoyment of eating a wide range of your favorite nutritious foods and regain full confidence in talking, smiling, and even laughing out loud.
If you’ve lost individual, many, or all of your teeth, dentures are often the solution to restore your smile. Are you missing teeth? One or more? Give Don Head Dental Care a call! We always welcome new patients and will discuss your options with you and answer all your questions to determine the best treatment for your smile.
Partial Dentures – Also called “removable dentures,” partial dentures are used when a few adjacent teeth are missing or when nearby teeth aren’t able to support a bridge. The denture, made up of one or more artificial teeth, fits snugly, secured by clasps that attach to your existing teeth. After meals and at night partial dentures are easily removed for cleaning.
Learn About Our Options for Dentures in Richmond Hill
At Don Head Dental Care, we specialize in natural looking dentures in Richmond Hill. We offer a range of options for full dentures, including immediate and removable partial dentures, as well as permanent dentures that offer strength and support for your smile. To discuss which type of dentures is right for you contact our team today at (289) 809-2593.
Immediate Dentures – Should you require tooth extraction prior to being fitted for dentures, immediate dentures are used while your gums heal. You’re able to wear them immediately and throughout the healing process until your mouth is ready to be fitted for complete dentures.
Full Dentures – Also called “complete dentures,” you likely visualize these when you hear the word dentures. Used when all of your natural teeth are missing, the denture supports a full arch of replacement teeth. For cleaning, they’re removable as they’re secured by suction.
Benefits Of Wearing Dentures
- Control over your diet – When you are missing teeth, either just one or all, it can impact what foods you’re physically able to eat. Imagine chewing nuts without molars. Try biting into a juicy apple with no front teeth. With dentures, you can eat your favorite foods.
- Better nutrition – When you don’t have to worry about how to chew your food, your selection of foods become broader and with that, you naturally in ingest a wider range of nutrients, vitamins, miderals, fiber, and more!
- Social confidence – It’s true! People with dentures gain wonderful confidence to smile naturally and laugh out loud when their moved to do so. Dentures allow you to remove that damper on your expressions!
- Return of facial structure – When people are missing teeth, you’ll notice a common characteristic in appearance. Dentures help fill out the cheeks, maintaining a healthful look (which of course also comes from increased confidence).
- Evens out the workload– Dentures support your remaining natural teeth by helping with the work of eating and speaking. When you’re missing teeth, pressure is unevenly distributed, making more work for the teeth you do have, possibly putting them at risk.
What Are Partial Dentures?
Partial dentures in Richmond Hill, ON, are removable dental appliances used to replace one or more missing teeth when some healthy natural teeth remain. They may be considered when several teeth are missing or when the surrounding teeth are not suitable for supporting a conventional dental bridge.
A partial denture contains one or more prosthetic replacement teeth attached to a supporting base. Depending on the design, clasps or other components may help secure the appliance using the remaining natural teeth.
Because partial dentures are designed to be taken out, they can be removed for cleaning and maintenance. Patients should also continue brushing and flossing their remaining natural teeth and cleaning their gums and other oral tissues. Our dentist can show you how to insert, remove, and care for your denture appropriately.
How To Care For Your Dentures
To keep them clean, free from stains, and looking just like your natural teeth, your complete or partial dentures do require thorough, regular, and proper care. Cleaning also prevents plaque buildup which can cause tartar deposits, bad breath, decay of remaining teeth, gum disease, and more.
Denture Cleaning Routine:
- Remove and rinse dentures after eating. Rinse with water to remove food particles. Handle them carefully to ensure you don't bend or damage the plastic or the clasps when cleaning.
- Brush your dentures with a denture brush or soft-bristle toothbrush using a denture cleaner or mild soap. Regular toothpaste is too abrasive, so avoid using it on your dentures. With a light touch, be sure to get under the clasps. Rinse with clear water.
- Before placing dentures back in your mouth, clean your mouth to remove plaque (that builds up on all surfaces) and massage your gums. Use a soft-bristled toothbrush to clean your gums, tongue, cheeks, palate, and any teeth that you may have. Floss between your natural teeth too.
- Overnight, remove and gently clean your dentures as above, then soak them in warm water. When your dentures are made, we’ll talk with you about if and when to use an over-night denture cleanser.Tip: Whenever you are not wearing your denture, always soak them in water to prevent the plastic from drying out or warping.
- In the morning, rinse dentures thoroughly before putting them back in your mouth, especially if using a denture-soaking solution.
As careful as you may be with your dentures, damage may happen – broken clasps, cracks, etc. – and they will need to be repaired. Just call us at (289) 809-2593.
Why Replacing Missing Teeth Matters
Losing teeth can change how your mouth functions. Depending on the location and number of missing teeth, biting and chewing certain foods may become more difficult. Missing teeth can also affect speech because your teeth, lips, and tongue work together to form certain sounds.
When some natural teeth remain, those teeth may take on more of the workload during chewing. Teeth dentures can help distribute some of these functional demands rather than leaving the remaining teeth to do all the work.
Replacing multiple missing teeth can also provide support for the lips and cheeks. The extent of these changes differs from person to person, which is why an oral examination is an important first step.
Full Dentures vs. Partial Dentures
The main difference between full and partial dentures is the number of natural teeth being replaced.
Full dentures, also called complete dentures, are designed for people who are missing all of the natural teeth in an upper or lower arch. A full denture can support an entire arch of artificial replacement teeth and is removable for daily cleaning.
Partial dentures are used when some natural teeth remain. Rather than replacing a complete arch, the appliance fills spaces created by individual or multiple missing teeth and uses the remaining teeth for support or retention, depending on its design.
When discussing full partial dentures in Richmond Hill, ON, our dentist will consider the number and location of missing teeth, the health and stability of remaining teeth, gum health, and other individual factors before making a recommendation.
Dentures will also need what we call “relines.” Because your gums and bones are always changing, your dentures will need to be adjusted to ensure they always fit properly for optimal function and aesthetics. As your dentist in Richmond Hill, we’ll help you determine the best schedule for your smile. We’ll also schedule a professional dentures exam and professional cleaning.
And remember, even if you wear complete dentures, you always need to come for your regular six-month (minimum) exam and hygiene visit so that we can continue to monitor for signs of disease, tooth decay, oral cancer, or infection.
Full & Partial Dentures at Don Head Dental Care
At Don Head Dental Care, the denture process begins with an examination and discussion of your needs. Our dentist evaluates your gums, remaining natural teeth, bite, and other oral structures to determine whether full or partial dentures may be appropriate.
If dentures are recommended, impressions and other records of your mouth are taken to help create the appliance. When your dentures are ready, the dentist evaluates their fit and makes adjustments as needed. You will also receive instructions about wearing, removing, and cleaning them.
New dentures generally require an adjustment period. They may initially feel unfamiliar, and eating or speaking with them can take some practice. Follow-up appointments provide an opportunity to identify areas that require adjustment and address questions as you become accustomed to the appliance.
Because dentures restore your smile and your confidence, we hope you’ll talk to us about your needs, because at Don Head Dental Care, we can help!