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The biggest thing when people come in and they’re losing quite a few teeth and we’re looking towards doing a denture is everybody always talks about if you like steaks, everybody likes to talk about how they like to eat a steak again or like to chew into a burger again or something or the other. And with dentures, they give us a great option of basically being able to restore teeth on the full art side of things.
The biggest thing with them, though, is that they are more of a mental game. So it’s definitely something to prepare oneself for when we’re talking about wearing dentures or the other, making them aesthetically and functionally. We can make them look great. The biggest thing is just getting used to them all together. But the great thing about dentures is that we’re able to restore one’s teeth to a full smile and give you that ability to go home and have a steak or to eat something and go out and not worry about needing to eat something through a straw or eat something really soft all together. So dentures are a great option to be able to give you that freedom back, or that sense of independence back to be able to go and eat whatever you like without so much fear when you don’t have those teeth.
When it comes towards dentures, you need to be comfortable with the idea that there is going to be a piece of acrylic or plastic that you’re going to be taking in and out of your mouth and at night and putting it back in in the morning. Some people are comfortable with that idea. Some people aren’t. And if you’re not comfortable with that idea, there are some other options that are fixed. So it’s a permanent situation. So it’s very similar to, for example, putting a crown on. You can’t go home and take that off and put it back on when it’s time to go out about your day.
So when we’re looking at options for dentures and people who want the fixed appliance or something that’s more permanent, we can look towards the implant-supported dentures or the implant-supported hybrids. And that gives the ability to you’re not going to lose your teeth when it comes towards…a tooth or your teeth flying out or anything when people always come in and they’re always worried that when you have dentures, am I going to laugh and all of a sudden it’s going to fly out of my mouth or not?
And it really eliminates all of the fear when it comes to are you going to lose your teeth when you’re talking? You know, a lot more control when you’re eating, and you’re also able to just smile without having so much fear of are my teeth shifting or something going to move? Is something going to look funny or not?
So the implant-supported option comes with its own list of things, but it is one of those that is really, really great and the gold standard when we’re talking about restoring the full arch or full mouth back to a healthy state if your teeth are a little bit more on the broken downside.