Complete Dentures
These replace all of your teeth, upper or lower. Their
comfort depends on muscle, bones, tongue, and saliva. Patients begin wearing conventional
dentures after healing the teeth that were pulled.
Immediate Dentures
Immediate Dentures are placed all at once, and may
require additional adjustments after the healing process. It can take months for your bone
and tissue to stabilize after tooth extractions.
Upper Dentures
Upper Dentures, tend to be a bit easier to adjust to.
These are made of the same materials as a Complete Denture, but are designed to provide
you with upper teeth only.
Over Dentures
Over Dentures are a type of conventional denture
similar to Complete Dentures. The difference is that not all teeth are extracted and they
use one or more natural teeth for their support. This type provides greater stabilization
during chewing. Over Dentures cost more and typically require more preparation dental
appointments until the procedure is fully complete.
Partial Dentures
Designed to correct the gaps in your smile when only
some of your teeth are missing. Metal attachments anchor the dentures to your natural
teeth. Partial Dentures maintain tooth alignment by preventing your remaining teeth from
shifting. Partial Dentures can also help prevent your loss of more teeth due to decay or
gum disease.
Next: Costs for dentures
- Introduction to denture section
- Dentures - an overview
- When are dentures a possible solution?
- Procedure description: Dentures
- Dentures & false teeth - different types
- How much do dentures cost?
- Things to consider - Pros and cons of getting dentures
- Before and after photos - dentures
- Personal stories from people who have dentures
- Discuss dentures on the cosmetic dentistry message board
  
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