What is an Immediate denture?
An immediate denture is a denture that is made before a patient’s remaining teeth are removed so there is no period in which the patient has no teeth. Making an immediate denture involves taking impressions of the patient’s mouth before the remaining teeth are removed. Since the immediate denture is placed over the extraction site, it helps prevent swelling. However, bones and gums can shrink over time, especially during the healing will process. That means an immediate denture have to be relined. Another type of denture is referred to as a conventional denture. A patient doesn’t receive her conventional denture until after remaining teeth have been removed and the tissue has healed. A third option is an overdenture. This is an appliance that fits over a small number of remaining teeth if the dentist believes those teeth are strong enough to support a denture. Overdentures are most frequently applied on the lower jaw. Talk with your dentist to determine if you are a candidate for a den
Immediate dentures are inserted immediately after the removal of the remaining teeth. To make this possible, the Denturist takes measurements and makes the models of the patient’s jaws during a preliminary visit. One of the main advantages of immediate dentures is that the wearer does not have to be without teeth during the healing period. However, bones and gums can shrink over time, especially during the period of healing in the first six to nine months after the removal of teeth. When gums shrink, immediate dentures will require relining to fit properly. One of the main disadvantages of immediate dentures is that you cannot have a try-in… this makes it very difficult to predict how the denture is going to fit and how its going to look once your teeth are extracted and the denture is in place. With only one or two teeth being removed its not too bad but if you are getting many teeth removed this can be a real problem and perhaps a temporary denture can be fabricated for the short t
You’ve been advised to have an Immediate Denture. But whatis it and how is it done? We hope that this information will help to explain the concepts and clear up any of the questionsyou might have regarding this type of denture. The following example will help to explain an immediate denture. Suppose, for instance, that you have eight (8) remaining upper teeth. These teeth are, unfortunately, poor and cannot be utilisedin any way to support a new prosthesis. If you were to have atraditional denture made, it would be necessary to have all ofthese teeth extracted first, the bone and gums would have to healand then a denture would be fabricated. This process could takeseveral weeks, if not longer, and for that time period you wouldhave to go around without any teeth. In order to avoid thistype of problem, we provide an Immediate Denture technique.This involves taking impressions of your mouth while your teethare still present. At the same time that your teeth are extracted,we have a dentur
An immediate denture is one that is inserted in the mouth immediately after the surgical removal of natural teeth. Immediate dentures have the following advantages and disadvantages: Advantages: In addition to allowing you to avoid going without teeth for an extended period of time, your immediate dentures will: • function as a band-aid to protect your tissues and control bleeding and swelling • allow you to establish normal speech patterns early • enable you to chew better than without teeth • minimize any facial distortion • help to maintain your ridges and avoid excessive loss of these bone structures • allow for easier duplication of your natural teeth and inter-jaw relations • prevent you from over-closing and causing excessive trauma to your TMJ (temporomandibular joint) Disadvantages: • You won’t be able to preview the appearance of your dentures. The aesthetic effect cannot be evaluated until after your teeth have been extracted and your dentures have been inserted. • The initi
An immediate denture is a complete denture or partial denture inserted on the same day, immediately following the removal of natural teeth. The thought of placing a denture on sore gums immediately after teeth have been extracted sounds quite uncomfortable. I find however, that the patient usually experiences less discomfort then they expected. The dentures keep pressure on the healing gums and protect them from the food the patient is eating. The dentures act like a bandage and usually seem to decrease the discomfort the patient feels. Immediate Dentures do have certain limitations: 1. Since we are unable to try in the denture prior to extracting your teeth, we are unable to control the esthetics of the denture as accurately as we can when we extract the teeth before starting denture fabrication. 2. As the gums heal, they will shrink in size they can shrink as much as 50% of their total volume. As this happens, the denture will become looser. Most patients will require that the immedi
