{"id":165,"date":"2008-04-05T15:02:35","date_gmt":"2008-04-05T22:02:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mynewsmile.com\/blog\/?p=165"},"modified":"2008-04-05T15:02:35","modified_gmt":"2008-04-05T22:02:35","slug":"can-i-repair-my-partial-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mynewsmile.com\/blog\/can-i-repair-my-partial-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"Can I repair my partial myself?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Hall,
\nI have removable partial dentures<\/a> and a small piece of the gumline portion of my upper partial broke off. I realize one should not use super glue to repair dentures but this is not a tooth and is above the gum line. Does this require professional work or can I fix it myself?
\nThanks,
\n– David from Washington<\/p>\n

David,
\nIt’s tempting to go ahead and repair it yourself, since the piece is so small. The important thing in a repair like this is to get the pieces exactly<\/em>\u00a0in the same position they were in before they broke. Even a fraction of a millimeter deviation will cause sore spots. So that’s what needs to be done.<\/p>\n

But superglue – superglue will deteriorate after a few days in the mouth, so the repair won’t likely hold. And there’s no common household product I’m aware of that will really hold a repair like this.<\/p>\n

And, another problem with superglue is that, once the pieces come apart again,\u00a0you will make the professional repair more difficult and likely more expensive. Maybe even quite a bit more expensive.\u00a0The leftover superglue on the pieces\u00a0makes it so the dental technician can’t fit the pieces back into the exact position they were in, meaning that a new impression could be required, which adds quite a bit to the expense.<\/p>\n

So I’d get a dental office to repair this, even though it seems expensive. And the sooner you do it, the easier it is and likely the cheaper it will be.
\n– Dr. Hall<\/p>\n

Related information:
\nDenture repair<\/a>
\nComplete dentures<\/a>
\nCosmetic dentures<\/a><\/p>\n

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