Dentures Nepean
The Tried-and-True Approach to Replacing Teeth
If you imagine dentures, you may picture outdated replacement teeth that don’t work well. Many others would do the same – denture treatment is often seen as old-fashioned by people today. Even so, the truth is that this service is very effective and can restore your smile in short order. Modern dentures in Nepean are a fine blend of good looks and great function. To learn more about what they offer, just keep reading or schedule a visit with our Fisher Dental team.
Why Choose Fisher Dental for Dentures?
- High-Quality Denture Materials
- Custom Results That Meet Individual Needs
- Partnered to Trusted Labs for Optimal Results
Who's a Good Candidate for Dentures?
Dentures can be an excellent option for almost anyone missing any number of teeth. The first step toward receiving your beautiful and comfortable restorative device is to schedule a consultation at our office in Nepean. During this meeting, Dr. Bal will carefully evaluate your oral health and determine the best way to address your tooth loss. If you aren’t a good candidate yet, he may be able to recommend restorative treatments so you can receive dentures later. Here’s a brief guide to what can qualify you for dentures, but please contact our office if you’d like to know more.
Effects of Missing Teeth
Tooth loss can result from injuries, infections, health conditions, and genetic causes, and it can lead to a range of unpleasant consequences such as difficulty chewing and speaking, uneven dental wear, gum injuries, enamel damage, oral infections, and further tooth loss. To make matters worse, missing even a single tooth can make someone anxious about showing off their smile, which can make it much harder to engage socially or leave favorable impressions during business situations.
What Qualifies You for Dentures?
Dentures can be a great option for those who have experienced extensive tooth loss, severe dental sensitivity, or excessive tooth decay as long as they have healthy gums and jawbones. People who wear dentures must also commit to practicing excellent oral hygiene as well as a daily appliance maintenance regimen. Dentures can also be significantly more affordable than other restorations, which can make them especially great for budget-conscious patients.
The number of teeth missing will ultimately determine the best type of denture for you. Missing several or many teeth throughout the mouth may mean you would benefit most from a partial denture, but the loss of an entire arch will probably mean that a full denture is the best appliance for you. If you’re looking for restorations that can exert maximum chewing power, dental implants may be an excellent option.
Alternative Tooth-Replacement Options
Dentures aren’t for everyone, so we offer several other tooth-replacement options. These include:
- Dental bridges: These devices can replace one or several sequential missing teeth, but they require the patient to have healthy teeth on either side of the gap. These healthy teeth will have to be modified for dental crowns for the bridge to be fitted.
- Dental implants: These titanium devices are implanted directly into the jawbone and fused with its structure through the natural process of osseointegration, giving dental restorations mounted upon them superior chewing power and longevity.
The Types of Dentures
If we believe you qualify for dentures, our team will recommend that you get one of three possible kinds. These types are:
- Partial Dentures – A partial denture only replaces a few of your teeth. In line with that fact, it secures itself with metal clasps that attach to regular teeth. This design blends the real and artificial enough that no one will know you have a denture.
- Full Dentures – Unlike a partial denture, a full one replaces all the teeth along an arch. It thus relies on natural suction to stay in place, not metal clasps. Otherwise, it uses the same style of acrylic base and artificial teeth.
- Implant Dentures – Implant dentures secure themselves with dental implants. In other words, four to six titanium posts are surgically placed and create a foundation for the other artificial teeth. The final denture will thus remain very stable and not slip or fall from your mouth.
Implant Dentures
If you want a more permanent option, consider partial or full implant dentures. Both kinds rely on dental implant posts that look and act like the roots of natural teeth. For that reason, they stimulate the jawbone to create a firm, sold, and lasting base for your custom restorations.
True enough, you’d require minor oral surgery to have the initial implants placed. Still, the final denture would not only improve your looks but also restore your bite force. You could expect treatment to let you eat your favorite foods and help you look young.
You also shouldn’t underestimate the positive impact new teeth can have on well-being. Whether its your mental, emotional, or physical health, implant dentures of any sort would make life seem brighter.
The Benefits of Dentures
Though dentures are the “traditional” tooth replacements, they still work quite well. They wouldn’t count as a time-tested solution for missing teeth if that weren’t so. Given these facts, you can trust today’s dentures to provide perks that improve your quality of life. Our team will even outline the upsides in detail, ensuring you make an informed choice of treatment. To that end, keep reading to learn about the benefits of dentures or call us to hear more.
Psychological Benefits
Often enough, tooth loss can slowly wear down your mental health. It’s such that people with smile gaps face a high risk of low self-esteem, clinical depression, and similar disorders. The good news is that dentures prevent these moods by restoring your smile. As they get rid of your grin’s gaps, they’ll leave you feeling more confident and self-assured among your peers. You can then live without worrying about missing teeth or how they affect speech, eating, conversations, etc.
Clearer Enunciation
You’ll inevitably struggle to speak if you suffer tooth loss. Since your mouth needs teeth to enunciate, losing even a few can cause a lisp, slurred speech, and so on. That said, don’t lose hope; dentures will handily fix this issue. These prosthetics’ teeth can support your tongue, allowing you to speak words clearly and smoothly. The only catch is that you’ll need to practice first; learning to talk with dentures takes time.
Improves Nutrition
If you live too long without teeth, you’ll develop a poor diet. Tooth loss prevents you from chewing tough-but-healthy foods, so it restricts your range of satisfying meal choices. This restriction can then result in indigestion and malnutrition – problems that deprive you of energy and strength. You could trust dentures to solve things, though; their alternative teeth would expand your food options. The long-term result would be a boost to your nutritional health!
Preserves Oral Health
Make no mistake, your mouth’s health declines when you lose teeth. The gaps left by tooth loss house harmful bacteria, erode your jawbone, and more as they persist. Thankfully, quality dentures prevent (and reverse) these effects by filling your smile’s empty spaces. Using them would reduce the number of “bad” microbes in your mouth, stop other teeth from tilting, and slow your jawbone’s erosion. To that extent, they’d make your smile healthier than it’d be otherwise.
Expands Opportunities
As you’d expect, it’s hard to make good impressions when you lack teeth. A grin with too many gaps will look upsetting and off-putting to the people around you. Even so, dentures would clear up this situation; they’d fill your mouth with beautiful replacement teeth. Once you have a quality pair in your mouth, you can chat smoothly with friends, family, and others and expand your opportunities.