Choosing Your Dentures - Pine Street Dental

When looking to achieve the best dental aesthetics and restore a comfortable bite, dentures can be the best option available—especially if you have multiple missing or extracted teeth. The only problem after that is deciding what kind of dentures to get for yourself. Pine Street Dental is here to help, giving you a handy guide to identifying the dentures you need.

Avoid Plastic Dentures

Acrylic dentures with plastic teeth were formerly the last word in getting back your impeccable smile, and some dentists still use them to this day. While these dentures do solve the problem of not being able to chew properly and can restore stability to your jaw and lips, plastic teeth are known to discolor quickly, and can have an unnatural effect when looked at in comparison to natural teeth.

The best dentures in modern restoration have teeth that are made from a hardened ceramic, not only for stability reasons, but because they have the color and relative translucence of natural teeth, too.

Partial Dentures

If you are only missing a few teeth in a concentrated portion of your mouth, then you might find partial dentures to be your ideal treatment. Partials perform the same function as full dentures in restoring structure to your bite and the aesthetics of your smile, but are fitted differently. Some partials are affixed to crowns on the bordering teeth, metal bands, or implants placed into the jaw.

Full Dentures

If you are missing a full set of teeth on either the upper or lower jaw, and are looking to avoid wrinkles in the lip caused by the missing support of teeth, then full-mouth dentures are right for you. These dentures are made with the same ceramics as partials, but can be placed in the jaw without the anchoring teeth on either end.

For additional stability, many dentures are anchored directly into the jaw using retaining implants. Retained dentures perform the same function as those without implants, but without you needing to worry about embarrassing moments where they slip out of place.

Contact Your Sandpoint Dentist

Pine Street Dental wants to help you return to a comfortable bite and a beautiful smile. Call our Sandpoint detal practice today to take the first step to a new smile. 

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