Dentures Same Day

One of the biggest misunderstandings related to dentures and tooth loss is the idea that there is a several day, week, or month waiting period once the last tooth is lost or extracted until the day when the dentures arrive. This wait time is due in part to the need for the tissues around the teeth to heal. This misunderstanding would lead you to believe that you will have to go several days, weeks, or months without teeth. Understandably, the fears of this toothless waiting period has kept many people from pursuing dentures and in turn have held on to painful, infected teeth far longer than they had to.

If you are one of these people, hanging on to infected and painful teeth because you are afraid of being without teeth for an extended period of time, there is great news for you. You don’t have to hang on to those teeth any longer. The invention of immediate dentures has made it possible for you to have your teeth extracted and replaced on the same day. The process for same day dentures is simple. Your dentist will extract the teeth and will fit you and install partial or full dentures on the same visit. You won’t have to spend any time without teeth.

Advantages

There are several advantages to opting for this form of dentures. For one, you will not have to face the embarrassment of being in public without teeth. Additionally, the immediate dentures will aid in the healing process of the tissues around the extracted teeth. This is because they will protect the tissues as they heal. Traditionally, you would have to still chew your food without the teeth as the tissues healed. This would cause a delay in the healing process and in some cases cause you to be longer without teeth. Along the same lines, these dentures will make for a quicker transition to talking, chewing, and the general function of your mouth with dentures quicker. Typically the process is that you get used to being without teeth for a long time and then add teeth back into the mix suddenly, which can take some time to get used to. Talking, eating, and using your mouth would seem awkward after spending an extended period of time without teeth. Using the same day method eliminates the time spent getting used to being toothless, which means your denture transition will be much faster.

There are a few downsides to this approach to tooth replacement. It is a guarantee that you will have to have the dentures relined or even replaced after the tissues in your mouth have healed. This is because as the tissues heal, the form of your mouth will change and the prosthetics will have to be resized or remade to fit the shape of your healed mouth. This means that these immediate dentures are realistically a temporary solution. This additional step means that this method of replacing your teeth is typically more expensive than the traditional method.

If you are worried about time spent toothless and this worry is causing you to remain in pain, you may want to consider the additional cost. Talk to your dentist today and see if you are a good candidate.

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