Getting Used to Your New Dentures
If you need to have teeth extracted, we may recommend immediate dentures to avoid you having to go without any teeth during the healing process. This involves taking impressions of your mouth while your natural teeth are still present.
We then fabricate a denture in the likeness of your natural teeth, or make any necessary modifications you may wish. When your natural teeth are extracted, your immediate denture is then inserted.
Broken, worn or ill-fitting dentures need not always be replaced. We can very quickly assess if you are a candidate for a rebase, reline or repair and refurbish your old set.
Rebasing is usually done when the denture teeth have not worn out in comparison to the denture base material. It provides a stable denture without replacing the denture teeth.
This consists of adding new base material to the tissue side of a denture so it fits properly. Relining affects only the fit of your denture and will not change the appearance.
Repairs may be required when breakage or chipping occurs, when one or more teeth need to be added to an existing denture, or because of wear and tear. In most cases we can restore an existing broken or cracked denture to its original state.
