Dentures in Hartford
Advances in dental technology provide dentists with a variety of procedures to enhance a patient's smile. Dentures offer patients who have experienced tooth loss a natural-looking smile that lasts. Many patients find that dentures give them greater confidence in social situations while providing a similar function to their natural teeth.
Advantages of Dentures
- Enhance Facial Features: missing teeth can cause areas of your face to sag. Dentures resolve this issue to restore your natural facial features.
- Smoother Speech: Replacing missing teeth allow you annunciate clearer and communicate better.
- Improved Chewing: Missing teeth can make it challenging to eat your favorite foods. Dentures allow you to chew comfortably and get back to enjoying your favorite dishes.
- Improved Oral Health: By replacing decayed teeth, you can improve your oral health by protecting your remaining natural teeth.
How Dentures Work
Depending on the condition, the dentist may recommend partial or full dentures to restore a patient's smile.
- Full Dentures: After all remaining teeth have been removed and your gums have healed properly, the dentist will place the removable dentures. The dentures may feel awkward for the first few weeks; however, they should become comfortable and feel natural in your mouth.
- Partial Dentures: Unlike full dentures, partial dentures only replace a few missing teeth while keeping your healthy natural teeth in place.
Our advanced technology and dental labs give us the ability to enhance a patient's happiness by the making of dentures. Dentures are a great option for patients who have many or all missing teeth.
What are Dentures
Dentures are removable replacements for missing teeth. Dentures are specially designed and made to fit perfectly to your mouth, and facial structure. They have the ability to be designed from the teeth color to the shade of the gums.
Dentures are an amazing long term investment. What comes with them is caring for them. You should be rinsing and brushing your dentures to keep them clean from bacteria. The case our dental office provides you also needs to be the case that the dentures are stored in to make sure they get ventilation. If you come into our office for other treatment or care, or give us a call, we are able to clean your dentures as well.
Two Types of Dentures
Full Dentures: Full dentures are a solution if you have no remaining teeth or plan to remove the remaining teeth. For full dentures to be beneficial long term it is important your gums are healed probably.
Partial Dentures: Partial dentures are used when there are only a few remaining teeth. They are used by hooking on to your surrounding teeth to fill any voids. Partial dentures are a good alternative if you are wanting to keep your healthy remaining teeth.
Why Are Dentures a Good Investment
- Dentures help enhance facial features. Dentures help the structure of your face and jaw remain. They resolve any changes that might be made to your facial features.
- Missing teeth can cause a change in speech, specifically pronunciation. Dentures help word annunciation be more clear and help long-term communication.
- With some or all missing teeth the foods you are wanting to eat can be limited. Dentures can make it possible for you to eat more of your favorite foods.
