Full Dentures (Complete Denture)

If you've lost all of your natural teeth, a complete denture can restore your smile, replace the missing teeth and recapture your ability to eat and speak, things we take for granted. Without support from a denture, facial muscles begin to sag, quickly aging a person.

Conventional dentures are made and placed in the mouth after teeth have been removed and tissue has healed over several months. An immediate denture can also be made and placed in the mouth the same day as tooth removal. This acts as a healing denture, which needs to be relined, or many times a new final denture made after six months. If some natural teeth are still remaining, a "partial" denture can be made.

There is exciting news about full dentures. The denture can now "snap" into place. While traditional dentures rely on suction and proper fit to stay in place, the placement of a few implants can keep your dentures fitting snugly, and keep you from embarrassing situations. Eating in public and laughing can be a pleasure again. Because proper placement and number of implants is of utmost concern, we have partnered with a periodontist who provides our patients with excellent care in the placement of their implants. We then create that beautiful, natural looking denture for you. It is very important to continue with a recare system in our office even when a patient has dentures. We can continue to check for oral cancer, proper fit, and if implants have been placed, to monitor the stability of your denture and the health of the tissue around the implants.

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Partial Denture

When a number of teeth are lost and implants or conventional bridges are not an option, a partial denture can replace teeth. With newer lab techniques, a partial denture is no longer an appearance problem for most patients. Daily care of the remaining teeth are most important to keep the partial denture stable, and provide you with maximum function.