Orion Dental Your Denture Specialist in Cypress Texas

Dentures in Cypress Tx.

Dentures have been the ‘go-to‘ treatment option for centuries. It is difficult to accept that sometimes a persons’ teeth cannot be saved, but unfortunately for some patients, that is the reality. Once the teeth are lost or removed, a full or partial removable prosthetic can be fabricated to fit the anatomical contours of the patient. After several steps to determine the jaw, lips, and teeth positions, the prosthetic is made to fit the individual.

Removable dentures have some advantages, such as lower costs, a relatively quick turnaround time for fabrication. With a little investment in better laboratories and materials for teeth, they can be very natural-looking. However, the functional aspects of traditional dentures leave a lot to be desired.

Patients who have had natural teeth most of their lives generally have a harder time getting used to wearing dentures. The patient's anatomy and neuromuscular complex determine how well the dentures stay in place. In some cases, a perfectly well-functioning set of dentures is rendered useless due to the patient's severe gag reflex.

Talking, swallowing, chewing, smiling, screaming, singing, etc., will require an amazing amount of dedication, practice, and training, not to mention luck for dentures to function optimally. That being said, our body changes with time. Especially the mandibular and maxillary bone structures that support dentures. Since the forces applied to these boney structures differ from the way teeth distribute chewing forces, resorption of the bone under the  dentures base is inevitable. Generally, there will be a point in time when there is not enough bone to give support, and soft tissue and nerve bundles become points where the pain became unavoidable, and function is out the window.

After having treated innumerable patients with conventional dentures, we can offer patients the option to wear dentures. However, there are ways to improve complete dentures. For example, implant-supported dentures will allow attachment of the 

 base to the implants, preventing movement and rotation and absorbing chewing forces that will help retain the supporting bone structures. Implant-supported dentures are the standard of care now and should be considered by patients losing their teeth or losing the supporting bone due to many years of dentures wear.

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