Tooth replacement is a dental treatment in order to support better quality of life, make chewing as using natural teeth, replace space and make a person smile confidently. And also tooth replacement can form the original shape of jaw bones and face.
Types of tooth replacement
- Fix prosthesis
is dental product imitated the details of figure like natural teeth. This type of prosthesis is fix on main teeth both sides of the space and has pontic joint on these teeth “bridge” or fix into the jawbone in that space position “Dental Implant”. This type of prosthesis cannot be taken off for cleaning.
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is the replacement for the lost teeth. The steps for making it is not difficult , reasonable price, be able to take off for cleaning, but the efficiency of using is quite different from the natural one. A patient needs to practice how to control his cheek and tongue muscle to get along well with this denture, practice pronunciation and chew some food naturally.
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- Metal base is a stronger than other type that can be designed to cover gum tissue or palate thinly as possible. This efficiency will decrease unclear voice or cover food touching area during having food.Some areas served dentures are needed to use acrylic also.
- Acrylic base is likewise hard plastic. It is necessary to design for at least 2 mm- thick base and cover most gum tissue or palate in order to extend the area for adhering soft tissue. This kind of denture is easier broken than other material. Moreover the disadvantage of capillary from acrylic is the smell or staining on the acrylic surface.
- Valplast is a denture base that has high flexibility with light weight and hard to be broken Anyway this base is not suitable to serve several dentures for chewing because of over flexibility base that decreases chewing efficiency and it may make jaw joints move or decadent.
- After having a tooth pulled out, a patient needs to wait about 2 months before having his denture mold done. ( In case a patient needs to wear dentures as soon as possible, it can be done but his denture base has to be added up the base after 2–month period of pulling tooth out because the bone socket will resorb after complete healing.)
- A dentist will check his teeth and gum in order to plan for treatment before wearing dentures . If his teeth and gum are not so strong, it will decrease the efficiency of his dentures and lasts not so long ; for example, in case of a cavity adhered the edge of dentures. It has risk for filling not attach to the denture if having filling treatment after wearing denture and causes food scraps stuck easily.
- Mouth molding is done for teeth model, then sent to dental laboratory for dentures. It will take only 1 – 5 days if a patient still has more natural teeth. On the contrary , if a patient has less natural ones, it may take 10 – 20 days. Here are more steps should be done:
3.1 Mouth molding with customise tray that can copy more details and to imitate the details of the ridge as similarly as natural one.
3.2 Wax trying out is the measurement of teeth range to match face structure and occlusion.
3.3 Teeth trying out is checking the colour of teeth, teeth range for both beauty and biting before making denture.
- Try in denture : A dentist will have to examine and correct the pain press point on the gum, the high biting point from biting and the fitting of dentures before delivering them to a patient.
- A dentist will suggest how to put dentures on and how to take them off ; including how to take good care of them.