Dentures are a great alternative to missing teeth, but many denture wearers find that they struggle to keep them secure, have experienced sore spots or that they make it hard to speak clearly and difficult to eat certain foods.
Although every effort is made to produce comfortable dentures, denture wearers may find that their previously well fitting dentures become loose. This is because over time bone is lost from the jaw due to lack of natural teeth.
The good news is that recent advances in dentistry have solved this problem by combining dentures with dental implants. Implant retained dentures are dentures that clip onto dental implants, which sit solidly in your gums much like natural teeth.
This treatment is suitable for both upper and lower sets of teeth and is a cost effective way of replacing many missing teeth. A lower denture for example may only need two conventional implants to give a completely life-changing transformation to your ability to chew foods, and smile with confidence. No more sore spots, adhesives or embarrassing situations.
Some benefits of implant retained dentures include:
- Stability – While conventional dentures tend to shift out of place, implant retained dentures, on the other hand, are held securely in place by small titanium posts which are rooted into the jaw. Since these posts or implants are surgically placed into the jawbone by your dentist in Glasgow, they provide the sort of stability and security that no adhesive or clasps could ever match.
- Biting, chewing, and speaking is easier – Because dentures are held securely in place, patients can bite, chew, and speak with ease just as they did with their natural teeth. Now there’s nothing to stop them from biting into a crunchy apple or reading a story to their grandchild.
- Can’t be distinguished from real teeth – Conventional dentures sit on the gum line whereas implant retained dentures are secured beneath the gum line which gives them a far more natural appearance. What’s more no-one will be able to tell that they’re not real teeth.
- Halt bone loss – When teeth are lost the bone and soft tissues that supported them begins to wither away from not being used. Conventional dentures can’t stop this from happening. However, dental implants in Glasgow (which secure the dentures) put a halt to bone loss by stimulating and regenerating the growth of bone and soft tissues, in much the same was as a natural tooth root.
If you’d like to learn more about implant retained dentures then why not book a consultation with your local Dentist.
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References:
1) http://www.langmansdental.co.uk/tired-of-loose-dentures-there-is-a-better-option/
2) http://www.botanicsdentalcare.co.uk/blog/4-benefits-of-implant-retained-dentures/