Dentures
in Frisco, TX
Natural-Looking Dentures: Restore Your Smile & Confidence
If you’re in search of a time-tested solution to replace your missing teeth, you’ve come to the right place. Panther Creek Dental is proud to offer dentures, an affordable and convenient way to enhance your oral health and restore your confident smile. You’ll love the incredibly natural-looking and feeling results!
Full Dentures – Conventional and Immediate
A full or complete denture is a life-like restoration that replaces an entire arch of missing teeth. Before fitting you with complete dentures, we sometimes need to remove any remaining teeth. The healing process typically requires a few months, during which your jaw will change in shape. Conventional dentures are prepared after healing to ensure the best fit, comfort, and function. Immediate dentures, on the other hand, are made ahead of time and placed right after removing any remaining teeth. These types of dentures will require adjustments and relining to accommodate the changes that occur during healing.
Other Common Types of Dentures
Here are the leading types of dentures we offer:
- Partial Dentures: Partials are designed to replace missing teeth when some of your natural teeth remain. They offer an excellent removable alternative to fixed dental bridges. Most partial dentures consist of thin metal frameworks with small metal clasps that attach to neighboring teeth. They are incredibly natural-looking, functional, and comfortable.
- Implant-Supported Dentures: Implant-supported dentures can be either full or partial. What sets them apart is their reliance on dental implants, which are the only restorations available that act like natural tooth roots. That helps stimulate the bone in the area and prevents bone loss. Implants provide an incredibly stable foundation to support your replacement teeth, leaving you with exceptional, life-like results. With proper care, your implant-supported dentures can last a lifetime!
Why Replace Missing Teeth?
Leaving a gap in your smile can result in the neighboring teeth shifting and tilting out of alignment, causing a host of oral health problems. Replacing missing teeth with dentures will enhance your oral health and improve your quality of life. Your restoration will allow you to speak clearly and to enjoy your favorite foods once again. Best of all, you'll restore your youthful, confident smile!
How Should You Care for Dentures?
Dentures require daily brushing using a soft-bristled denture brush and non-abrasive toothpaste. You'll also need to rinse them well after every meal. Never expose your dentures to very hot water, which can warp the restoration. When not in your mouth, store your dentures in a mild denture cleanser and rinse them before wearing them once again.
Avoid making any repairs to your dentures. If you have any sore spots, if your dentures are loose, or if they sustain any damage, contact our office for an appointment. We will make any adjustments necessary to ensure your dentures remain comfortable and functional for many years to come.
FAQs
If your dentures break, contact our office right away. We’ll examine the damage to determine whether they can be repaired or if a replacement is needed. Ensuring a proper fit is important to prevent pain, irritation, or discomfort.
Although it’s possible to sleep while wearing dentures, we recommend removing them before bed. This allows your gums and mouth tissues to rest and gives you the opportunity to clean and soak your dentures overnight for better hygiene.
When you first get your dentures, start with soft foods until you adjust to wearing them. Once you’re comfortable, you can enjoy most of your favorite foods—just be cautious with hard, sticky, or chewy items. Using a small amount of denture adhesive can help keep them stable while eating. However, avoid chewing gum, as it can stick to the acrylic and break the denture’s seal.
Over time, changes in your mouth may cause your dentures to feel loose. In such cases, a procedure called a reline can be performed to reshape the denture base for a more secure and comfortable fit.
