If for some reason you have to extra protect all or some of the teeth, the most common solution to chew well and wear a nice smile is to use a dental prosthesis (or dentures), complete or partial. And to keep it in perfect condition, it is important to know how to care.
Currently, dental prostheses (or dentures) are made so as to look as possible to your natural teeth, so that no remarkable changes in your appearance or better. However, you may feel strange (or) to start using them, until the muscles of your cheeks and tongue learn to keep them in place and you feel comfortable (or) to wear them and to take them off. You may also experience some irritation in the mouth, and increased saliva production at first. But these problems usually disappear as your mouth gets adjusted to use.
Most likely, your dentist will advise you to use your new dentures all the time (even sleeping) during the first days. Although this will be uncomfortable, it is the fastest way to adapt to the prosthesis and identify areas that need some adjustment. Once you make the necessary adjustments and you feel comfortable, you must take your dentures before bed to give rest to your gums and your tongue and allow your saliva to make a work of cleaning your mouth. The next day, can again put the prosthesis.
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In the early days, might as well have some difficulty pronouncing certain words.The simplest solution is to practice, saying those words out loud until you sound normally. As for the food, you may need a few weeks of practice before you feel comfortable (or) to chew. It is best to start with soft foods cut into small pieces.Chew slowly with both sides of your mouth, until you get used to use his prosthesis. Yes, be careful with hard foods, sticky or too hot, and try to avoid chewing gum.
Dental implants are a good alternative to dentures, because they are the closest thing to natural teeth. Can be used to assert the bridges permanently, thus eliminating the need for prosthesis. But not all people are good candidates for implants, except that the cost is much higher than that of the prosthesis.
Watch your prosthesis to go further and work perfectly.
Getting your denture last longer in good condition and kept clean and fresh all the time, you have to spend few simple. For example:
- Remember that dentures are fragile and can break if dropped in the sink or on any hard surface. When handling it, do it on a soft cloth, and protect if you slip from their hands.
- Brush your dentures after meals to keep clean as you do with your natural teeth. But use a brush and a paste or cleaner designed especially for prostheses. The bristles of these brushes are very smooth to avoid scratching the teeth, the denture cleansing pastes are too soft, not abrasive.
- If you find it inconvenient brush your dentures after eating, rinse your mouth with water to remove any food particles that has been trapped between the teeth. In addition to cleaning your dentures, you need to brush your gums, tongue and the inside of the mouth with a soft bristle brush twice a day. So you remove the plate and you stimulate circulation, which keeps your gums healthy. And it’s good that you wash your face daily with a mouthwash or warm salt water.
- Use your dentures every day to make sure it is well suited to your mouth.Over time, the gums and jaw line change and tend to retreat. If you are using the prosthesis daily, you minimize the problem.
- Anyway, the prosthesis should be adjusted from time to time to take a good look. If you care properly, usually lasts five to seven years before you must replace it with a new one.
- Give a rest to your gums: Remove your dentures when you go to bed. And to avoid hitting or deform when you are out of your mouth, keep it in water, to which you can add some disinfectant tablet.
- If the prosthesis still bothering you after a while prudent, go to the dentist.You may need an adjustment. If it moves when you speak, or is released when you laugh, you smile or coughs, also speaking with your dentist for the fit you properly.
- Examine your mouth regularly. If it bothers you, if there is a painful area, or if you notice not healing, see your dentist immediately. This is especially important if you suffer from diabetes.
If your dentist recommends the use of a prosthesis, consider it. With the great advances in recent years, dentures have lost the stigma it had in the past.Currently manufactured in different shapes and colors to look natural, and the patient may choose the smile “to the extent” that always wanted. If you are using a dental prosthesis, thinks that only takes a few minutes a day to keep it in good condition. Care becomes a habit, until it becomes part of your daily routine, and your denture will maintain its appearance, will last for years … and no one will notice that your smile is not entirely natural.
