How to Take Care of Your Dentures
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How to Take Care of your Dentures
Are you wearing a denture? Please find below few important points to know how to take care of you and your Denture.
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New dentures always feel strange when first placed in your mouth. e!eral days or e!en a few weeks will be re"uired for you to feel accustomed to them. ore spots# tissue irritation and ulceration are common immediately after you first put your new dentures in. $n case of them persisting e!en after a week# meet your dental professional to aid you in getting rid of the same. Difficulty in speech and chewing is common during the first week. This !aries in each indi!idual depending upon their adaptability to new foreign substance in their mouth. %our upper denture will rest comfortably in place with moderate&to&strong 'suction.( Although your lower denture will ha!e good stability# it is infre"uent that 'suction( can be e)pected on a lower denture. *e suggest that you a!oid denture adhesi!es unless you ha!e e)treme difficulty. Do not wear your dentures during nights. This would be the breathing time for your gums. The gum tissue needs to rest and to allow normal stimulation and cleansing by the tongue and sali!a in order to promote better long term health of your gums. +rush your gums# tongue and palate e!ery morning with a soft&bristled brush before you insert your dentures. This stimulates circulation. Hence shrinkage occurs less in your tissues and this also helps to remo!e pla"ue ,soft food deposits- and also a!oids bad breath. Clean your dentures by brushing them daily. This will remo!e food deposits# and help pre!ent them from becoming stained. An ultrasonic cleaner may be used to care for your dentures# but it does not replace a thorough daily brushing. Dentures may break if dropped down. Handle your dentures with utmost care by stand o!er a folded towel or basin of water. .et the dentures not dry out. Not being in your mouth# dentures are to be stored in a container with water. Dry dentures tend to shrink and hence the shape of the dentures change. /inally this lands up in an ill fitting dentures. Dentures are not to be in contact with hot water. High tempered water cause them to warp.
THE FUTURE %our 0awbones and gum shrink up to 1234 of an inch per year when your teeth are missing. This is one of the main disad!antages of dentures. +ecause of this shrinkage# you should plan to ha!e your dentures and oral tissues e!aluated by us once per year.
Are you wearing a denture? Please find below few important points to know how to take care of you and your Denture.
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New dentures always feel strange when first placed in your mouth. e!eral days or e!en a few weeks will be re"uired for you to feel accustomed to them. ore spots# tissue irritation and ulceration are common immediately after you first put your new dentures in. $n case of them persisting e!en after a week# meet your dental professional to aid you in getting rid of the same. Difficulty in speech and chewing is common during the first week. This !aries in each indi!idual depending upon their adaptability to new foreign substance in their mouth. %our upper denture will rest comfortably in place with moderate&to&strong 'suction.( Although your lower denture will ha!e good stability# it is infre"uent that 'suction( can be e)pected on a lower denture. *e suggest that you a!oid denture adhesi!es unless you ha!e e)treme difficulty. Do not wear your dentures during nights. This would be the breathing time for your gums. The gum tissue needs to rest and to allow normal stimulation and cleansing by the tongue and sali!a in order to promote better long term health of your gums. +rush your gums# tongue and palate e!ery morning with a soft&bristled brush before you insert your dentures. This stimulates circulation. Hence shrinkage occurs less in your tissues and this also helps to remo!e pla"ue ,soft food deposits- and also a!oids bad breath. Clean your dentures by brushing them daily. This will remo!e food deposits# and help pre!ent them from becoming stained. An ultrasonic cleaner may be used to care for your dentures# but it does not replace a thorough daily brushing. Dentures may break if dropped down. Handle your dentures with utmost care by stand o!er a folded towel or basin of water. .et the dentures not dry out. Not being in your mouth# dentures are to be stored in a container with water. Dry dentures tend to shrink and hence the shape of the dentures change. /inally this lands up in an ill fitting dentures. Dentures are not to be in contact with hot water. High tempered water cause them to warp.
THE FUTURE %our 0awbones and gum shrink up to 1234 of an inch per year when your teeth are missing. This is one of the main disad!antages of dentures. +ecause of this shrinkage# you should plan to ha!e your dentures and oral tissues e!aluated by us once per year.
