Immediate Dentures
If your teeth are hopeless and you want them all
extracted, you may want what is called an immediate denture.
This is a denture that is placed in your mouth the same day that the teeth
are extracted, so that you don't have to go six weeks or longer without
any teeth.
It ends up costing more than it would if you waited
before having the denture made. The reason is that, when it is made, it
fits your jaw closely, but not exactly. Therefore, it will need to be
relined sometime within the first six months, and that will be an extra
expense.
A lower immediate denture
is placed right on top of the
bony ridge on the lower jaw.
There are usually sutures
present. |
And
while generally it is reasonably comfortable, there can be some
spots that are temporarily very sore. Because the fit is
approximated, there can be places where the immediate denture rubs
against your gums when it is first placed, which will be very sore
until the dentist can adjust it. Since
it covers over the surgical site and the tooth sockets, it helps
keep that tender surgical area from becoming irritated, much as a
bandage would. |
It's important, when you have an
immediate denture, that you follow the dentist's instructions carefully.
One key instruction is that you cannot remove it by yourself, even for
just a few minutes, until your dentist tells you it's all right. Because
of the tendency that the tissue underneath has to swell, if you take it
out for very long, you may never get it back in again. By the time you
get to the dentist to get it placed back in, trying to adjust it will be
hopeless. So consider this a word to the wise.
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Dental flipper
Denture reline
Dentures repair
Immediate Dentures
Partial dentures
Soft dentures
Jaw shrinks
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