Care Following Your New Removable
Partial Dentures
We have done our best to provide you with well-fitted, functional, and aesthetically
pleasing partial dentures. We feel confident that after a few weeks of adjustments,
you will enjoy years of satisfaction and use. In the meantime, the following is
important information.
- Your First Few Weeks. New dentures always feel strange when first
placed in your mouth. Several days or even a few weeks will be required for you
to become accustomed to them.
- Sore Spots. Your mouth will most likely have a few sore spots about
24 hours after you first put your new partial dentures in. An initial readjustment
appointment should be made and another appointment, about seven days later, will
usually eliminate any other sore areas.
- Chewing. The new “bite” or occlusion will not feel comfortable
for a period of days. We will adjust the contacting surfaces of your teeth after
24 hours, and again in about one week after the dentures have “settled” into place.
- Cleaning the Dentures - and Your Mouth. Your partial dentures can
be cleaned easily by using a denture brush and toothpaste. Use special care to clean
parts of the partial that contact any natural teeth. Both the partial denture and
the natural teeth must be kept very clean on a daily basis to reduce the chance
of new dental decay starting. Use a toothpaste that contains fluoride. Denture soaks
are also useful for the denture. Brush your gums with a regular toothbrush once
per day to toughen and clean them. You may leave the dentures in or out of your
mouth at night, depending on your preference. If they are out of your mouth, then
leave them soaking in a water-and-mouthwash solution.
- The Future. Your jawbones and gums shrink up to 1/32 of an inch
per year when your teeth are missing. This is one of the main disadvantages of dentures.
Because of this shrinkage, you should plan to have your dentures and oral tissues
evaluated by us at least every six (6) months. We will inform you when relining
or rebasing of the dentures is necessary. Wearing ill-fitting dentures for too long
without refitting can cause severe bone loss and very serious oral disease.
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