If you have lost much of your smile, you may need more than a dental bridge or a partial denture. Your smile may benefit from a full set of custom (and lifelike) dentures. In today’s blog, Dental Impressions in Ankney, IA, talks about when we place complete prosthetics for our patients. When you need a full smile again, we can offer lifelike, long-lasting, and dependable results for our patients!
The Loss of Your Teeth
Losing the majority of your teeth can be a serious problem. You could be severely limited in your meal options, depriving you of your favorite dishes, and also essential nutrients. Losing your teeth could also lead to weakened jawbone structure and an aged appearance, and could make clear speech a difficult process as well. Even if you have lost teeth and years have elapsed, we want to help with a set of full dentures.
Designing a Complete Denture
To begin, we will examine your smile. We may need to extract the last few teeth, and will do so gently and with precision. Next, our team will take detailed digital images of your smile from multiple angles, combining them to create a 3D impression so we can design and craft your full with accuracy. Your new prosthetic will contain a complete row of new teeth; all made from ceramic and shaded to look natural. These will be set in a base that mimics the appearance of gum tissues.
Placing Your Full
For removable dentures, we will secure this with suction or the use of a special adhesive, which keeps it secure during the day. You will need to soak and clean your prosthetics at night, and your new teeth should last about five to ten years on average before replacement is needed once the jaw ridge changes shape. We could also discuss securing them with dental implants, which means connecting them to posts affixed to the smile. These act like new roots, and keep your jaw from changing shape and losing mass, so your new teeth can last decades or even a lifetime, and don’t need to be removed for maintenance.
If you have any questions about how we restore function and beauty to your smile with a set of full dentures, then contact our team today to learn more and get started. You deserve a full smile, and we are ready to make it happen for you, so talk to our office today!
Dental Impressions Provides a Tooth Loss Solution
A full smile is possible, even if you have lost most or all of your natural teeth, with a complete prosthetic. To schedule an appointment for prosthetic dentistry, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
