Many patients believe that with dentures, they don’t have to worry as much about their dental health. But just because your smile is artificial doesn’t mean you don’t need to care for your gums. If anything, gums and dentures require extensive care to stay healthy and clean. Without proper care, you may develop problems like gum disease, ill-fitting dentures, and denture damage that requires repair. Fortunately, the Mini Dental Implant Center of America in Springfield, MO, offers effective care, helpful tips, and denture repair when necessary.
How To Care for Your Dentures
Lower dentures rely on your jawbone for support, while upper dentures use saliva and suction to adhere to the roof of your mouth. To keep this connection stable and comfortable, you need to take good care of your gums and prosthetic.
To care for your gums, we recommend brushing gently and removing your prosthetic after eating to rinse out your mouth. After removing your denture, be sure to brush the artificial teeth and gum base to remove any debris or denture glue.
At night, traditional dentures should be removed to give your gums a break. While you sleep, soak your dentures in water or a denture-cleaning solution. Then in the morning, remove your denture from the liquid, rinse it off (especially if it was in cleaning solution), and place it back in your mouth.
How To Care for Your Implant Dentures
Implant dentures have a similar maintenance process to traditional dentures.
Snap-in dentures are a type of removable implant denture that “snaps” onto mini dental implants. After eating, be sure to remove your prosthetic and clean out any food that could potentially stick underneath the gum base.
To clean your smile, use a soft-bristle toothbrush to gently scrub your gums and the area around your implants. And before “snapping” the denture back into your mouth, be sure to brush it thoroughly.
For a more secure solution that you don’t need to remove, we use a zirconia roundhouse bridge. This denture is much sleeker and relies on more implants for better stability.
Depending on which roundhouse bridge you want, the maintenance process is a little different. While you never remove your artificial teeth, a dentist will remove some roundhouse bridges for you during routine check-ups, or the restoration will stay cemented in place on your implants.
Either way, to keep your smile clean, be sure to brush your artificial teeth as you would your natural ones. Then use a water flosser to reach under your prosthetic and in other hard-to-reach areas where food and debris may hide.
Implant Denture Repair
Without proper denture care, you may experience issues like gum disease or denture damage.
Gum health is important for your overall health. Without the proper care, you may develop an inflammatory infection that starts at the gum line. As it spreads, gum disease becomes more dangerous, causing lasting damage to your gum and bone tissue. Once your gum disease becomes severe, only intervention from a dental professional will help stop the spread of infection.
If left unchecked, gum disease underneath your prosthetic can cause bad breath, lasting pain, and even peri-implantitis. This infection affects the gum and bone around your implants, possibly causing implant failure without treatment.
Additionally, when your denture no longer fits, is fractured, or is even lost, you will need a denture repair. This involves repairing your prosthetic, refitting it to your smile, or even replacing it completely. While our artisan high-impact dentures are durable, they are not immune to damage from excess force.
If you’re dealing with a denture that needs repair, contact the Mini Dental Implant Center of America in Springfield, MO! We will figure out how best to help you and restore your smile.
Find Denture Repair and Care in Springfield, MO
Restoring your smile with a denture is not the end-all be-all of dental care. With dentures, you need to brush your teeth, floss, and attend routine dental visits to keep your smile happy and healthy. Without routine care, you may suffer problems like gum disease, ill-fitting dentures, and denture damage. Book an appointment with us in Springfield (with free consultations for dental implant-related inquiries) to learn how we can help care for your smile!
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