Keep Smiling Brightly With Modern Dentures Near Shepherds Bush

High-quality replacement teeth from your local dentist

In life, teeth can be lost for a wide variety of different reasons. Illness can cause us to lose teeth, sports injuries can cause us to lose a tooth, bad habits like smoking and general lack of oral hygiene can all lead to tooth loss. Unfortunately, tooth loss can have a massive effect on a person.

Physically it can lead to the surrounding teeth becoming crooked and it may also affect eating and speech. Aesthetically it can change the way a person looks hugely, especially if more than one tooth is lost.

Ideally, your dentist nearby to Shepherds Bush will be able to help you avoid the chain reaction that can begin at the loss of a single tooth, and they may well do that with dentures.

How Dentures Work

Dentures are teeth you can take out of your mouth and they are usually made from plastic, nylon or metal. They should fit onto the gums well and enable a person to stay looking, speaking and eating as they did with natural teeth.  You can have partial or complete dentures depending on your needs and this can be decided during a consultation with your dentist. If you have complete dentures they will usually be fitted once all the teeth from one or both arches are removed, or have fallen out.

If you have been without dentures and have no teeth, then the dentures may need remaking or adjusting after 3 or 4 months because the bones and gums are realigning back to their original shape. It may be that you have a trial denture made to try out so you and the dentist can work on fit and the way the dentures look to make sure they are right for you. If you have partial dentures they will usually clip onto your remaining teeth and can be easily taken out.

Denture Care

Denture care is so important to ensure that you avoid having to replace your dentures all the time. In the beginning, it will feel strange having them, but most people get used to them very quickly.

At the very beginning of you having dentures near Shepherds Bush, it may be that you have to wear them at night and in the day. When you do get to take them out they have to be kept in a moist solution whilst you aren’t wearing them. You will also need to take good care of your mouth whilst you have dentures; cleaning any remaining teeth and gums, and keeping an eye on oral health, as well as going for regular checkups at your local dentist. You will also need to clean your dentures to remove food and other debris from them. You can do this by brushing them like you would your natural teeth, twice a day for at least two minutes with toothpaste and soaking them in denture tablets per the instructions on the product you choose to use.

Maintain Eating, Speaking and Smiling With Dentures At Acton Vale Dentists Near Shepherds Bush

Dentures are an amazing product able to help you keep smiling, eating and speaking like you always have. Once you have the dentures fitted, your dentist can help you maintain them, maintain your oral health, and advise you on things like comfort and how to use them and take care of them. Before long you’ll be smiling like you always have, and most patients don’t even notice they’re there. Need more information? Please call our team on 020 8749 3267.