In our previous blog, we discussed how we handle minor tooth loss with a dental bridge. But what if you have a more complex case of tooth loss, with multiple gaps in your smile? In a situation like this, Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA, can provide a partial denture!
The Onset of Complicated Tooth Loss
When you have lost a single tooth or as many as three in a row, this could be addressed with a dental bridge. If you have lost all of your teeth, or at least the vast majority, then we could help your smile with a full. But what if you have a case that sits in between, with multiple gaps spread out across your smile? In a situation like this, we could create a partial denture to handle your more complicated tooth loss, itself often the cause of issues like periodontal disease. Don’t live with missing teeth and issues with meals or speech, talk to our team about help with a custom dental prosthetic!
Creating a Custom Dental Prosthetic
How do we create your partial denture? To begin, our team will examine your smile to create a treatment plan to address underlying factors, such as gum disease, and to extract any diseased or severely decayed teeth. We then take detailed images and digital impressions of your bite, which we use in a lab setting to design and craft your new prosthetic from lifelike materials. The denture will contain a base, one made from acrylic material and designed to look like gum tissue, with lifelike ceramic teeth inserted. When your new teeth are ready, you can enjoy a full smile again!
Securing Your New Dentures
The partial will contain clasps that attach to natural teeth and keep your prosthetic in place and secure when worn. You will need to soak and clean this regularly, and it will last about 5 to 10 years on average before a replacement is needed. You can enjoy your favorite foods again, and smile and laugh with confidence in social situations. You don’t have to live with tooth loss and the issues that accompany it, you can enjoy a full and beautiful smile, even after you have lost several teeth across the arch of your bite!
If you have any questions about how we help take on complicated cases of tooth loss with a custom partial, or if you want to learn more about full dentures, bridges, and even dental implants, then reach out to our team today to learn more!
Dental Impressions Provides a New Set of Custom Prosthetics
We want to help treat complex cases of tooth loss with a set of partials. To schedule an appointment for a custom dental prosthetic, then call Dental Impressions in Ankeny, IA today at (515) 965-0230.
