Dentures in Sutton

What can I expect from a new set of dentures?

1) Dentures fit onto soft gums, make sure they fit.

Dentures can improve the appearance and function of your mouth. They can give you a full smile and the ability to chew food properly. Even though dentures are often associated with people who have neglected their teeth many people also lose teeth through trauma or other disease. A need for dentures is when the teeth are lost, the bone and gums flatten as they have nothing to support anymore. This often leads to the face having a closed up appearance, there are no teeth to stop the jaws meeting.

A key part of any good denture design it to support the cheeks to give a natural facial appearance and to fit exactly onto the gums to create a cohesive seal. Notice how much your gums and cheeks move as you talk or eat, keeping a denture in place requires the denture to sit exactly in the mouth and not be dislodged when the cheek muscles move.

As this is such a soft area of the body great care must be taken to ensure a smooth and accurate finish. If you run your tongue over the inside of your cheeks you can feel areas that are deeper than others with fibres connecting them. Making a denture that fits and stays comfortable and fitting when moving is an exacting process. For me, there are no short cuts.

 

 

 

 

 

If you are interested in new dentures, please contact me at Cedar Dental for a no obligation and free consultation.

Best wishes

Tom

Dr Tom Keppel

Cedar Dental Centre

Sutton

 

 

 

 

 

Posted by Dr Tom Keppel on 14 February 2012 | 0 Comments

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