Getting Used To Your New Dentures
There are some people who believe that once they get their teeth removed and get a denture, all their problems with teeth are over.
Unfortunately, that is not so: it takes time to get used to a new denture, and there are many potential problems that come with having false teeth! The majority of these problems has to do with the fact that, once your teeth are gone, the bone underneath undergoes constant changes, and so does your gingiva - on which the denture is supposed to grip.
Since the gums are changing shape and shrinking, the denture may get loose, and you will need to have it remade.
Artificial teeth also wear out more quickly than the natural teeth do.
When you get a new denture, your tongue and face muscles have to get used to the new shape of the palate, as well as the new position of the teeth.
You will have to practice speaking and eating with a denture! When laughing, or making exaggerated facial gestures, your denture may move around a little.
You may find that your mouth produces more saliva than usual.
It takes longer to chew food when you're wearing a denture, so choose soft food, cut it in small pieces, and be patient.
Try to get into a habit of chewing with both sides of your mouth at the same time to keep your denture in place.
Chewy, sticky food is best avoided.
Upper dentures cover most of the taste buds on the roof of your mouth: you may lose your sense of taste! If you find that your new denture is irritating your oral tissues, and the gums are sore in places, the parts of your denture need to get adjusted by your dentist.
A denture is supposed to rest tightly against the gums, and not rub against them.
Otherwise, it can cause discomfort, pain and swelling, and even lead to a condition called epulis that requires a surgery to remove.
Complete lower dentures never fit so well as the upper ones do.
That's because after having all the teeth removed, over time, the ridge of the bone in your lower jaw becomes flat.
There is nothing to hold the denture in place! The nerves passing through the bone can end up closer to the surface and cause pain when a person wearing a denture bite down.
People wearing dentures are prone to yeast infections in the mouth.
The most common ones are stomatitis and cheilitis.
Stomatitis is manifested by the redness on the roof of the mouth, while cheilitis causes cracking at the corners of the mouth.
To prevent these and similar problems, remember that the false teeth require just as much care as natural teeth do!
Unfortunately, that is not so: it takes time to get used to a new denture, and there are many potential problems that come with having false teeth! The majority of these problems has to do with the fact that, once your teeth are gone, the bone underneath undergoes constant changes, and so does your gingiva - on which the denture is supposed to grip.
Since the gums are changing shape and shrinking, the denture may get loose, and you will need to have it remade.
Artificial teeth also wear out more quickly than the natural teeth do.
When you get a new denture, your tongue and face muscles have to get used to the new shape of the palate, as well as the new position of the teeth.
You will have to practice speaking and eating with a denture! When laughing, or making exaggerated facial gestures, your denture may move around a little.
You may find that your mouth produces more saliva than usual.
It takes longer to chew food when you're wearing a denture, so choose soft food, cut it in small pieces, and be patient.
Try to get into a habit of chewing with both sides of your mouth at the same time to keep your denture in place.
Chewy, sticky food is best avoided.
Upper dentures cover most of the taste buds on the roof of your mouth: you may lose your sense of taste! If you find that your new denture is irritating your oral tissues, and the gums are sore in places, the parts of your denture need to get adjusted by your dentist.
A denture is supposed to rest tightly against the gums, and not rub against them.
Otherwise, it can cause discomfort, pain and swelling, and even lead to a condition called epulis that requires a surgery to remove.
Complete lower dentures never fit so well as the upper ones do.
That's because after having all the teeth removed, over time, the ridge of the bone in your lower jaw becomes flat.
There is nothing to hold the denture in place! The nerves passing through the bone can end up closer to the surface and cause pain when a person wearing a denture bite down.
People wearing dentures are prone to yeast infections in the mouth.
The most common ones are stomatitis and cheilitis.
Stomatitis is manifested by the redness on the roof of the mouth, while cheilitis causes cracking at the corners of the mouth.
To prevent these and similar problems, remember that the false teeth require just as much care as natural teeth do!
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