Dentures

At Signature Dental Care, we understand that missing teeth can affect more than just your smile—they can also impact your ability to chew, speak, and feel confident. Our custom dentures are designed to restore both function and appearance, providing a comfortable, natural-looking solution for tooth loss.

What Are Dentures?

Dentures are custom-made dental appliances that replace missing teeth and surrounding tissue. Crafted from high-quality materials, they look and feel like natural teeth and are carefully designed to fit comfortably and securely. Dentures can be either full or partial, depending on the number of teeth missing and the specific needs of each patient.

Types of Dentures We Provide

At Signature Dental Care, we offer a range of denture options to suit diverse needs:

• Full Dentures: Full dentures are used when all teeth in the upper or lower jaw need replacement. These dentures rest on the gums and are custom-fitted for optimal comfort and stability.
• Partial Dentures: If only a few teeth are missing, partial dentures are an ideal choice. These dentures attach to surrounding natural teeth, filling gaps and helping to prevent remaining teeth from shifting.
• Implant-Supported Dentures: For those seeking added stability, implant-supported dentures offer a secure, long-lasting fit. These dentures attach to dental implants anchored in the jawbone, making them highly durable and dependable.

Our experienced team will help you select the denture option that best aligns with your lifestyle and oral health goals.

Benefits of Dentures

Choosing dentures comes with many advantages:

• Improved Functionality: Dentures restore your ability to eat, chew, and speak more naturally.
• Enhanced Appearance: Dentures support facial muscles, providing a fuller, more youthful appearance.
• Customization for Comfort: Each set of dentures is custom-made to ensure a comfortable fit that feels and looks natural.
• Preventing Bone Loss: Implant-supported dentures stimulate the jawbone, helping to prevent bone loss that often follows tooth loss.

The Denture Fitting Process

Our denture-fitting process is designed to provide you with a well-fitting, attractive result. Here’s what you can expect:

1. Initial Consultation: During your first visit, we’ll assess your dental needs, discuss the best options, and create a treatment plan.
2. Impressions and Measurements: We’ll take precise measurements and impressions of your mouth to ensure a comfortable, tailored fit.
3. Fitting and Adjustments: Once your dentures are crafted, we’ll make any necessary adjustments to optimize comfort, appearance, and function.
4. Follow-up Care: We’re here to help you adjust to your new dentures, with follow-up visits to ensure a perfect fit and continued comfort.

What To Expect When You Receive Your New Denture

At the office of Signature Dental Care, our patients' care and comfort are our top priorities. Our goal is to help patients enjoy optimal oral health and to keep them well informed every step of the way.

• Adjusting to wearing a new denture
  Getting used to wearing a new denture, especially a full denture, can take a little time. It’s not unusual to need some minor adjustments as you begin to speak, chew, and function with your new teeth. It can take a few adjustments to fit completely and feel comfortable. If you have a sore spot, try to wear the denture at least the day before your adjustment visit. In this way, we can see exactly where we need to relieve the area causing your irritation.
• More saliva than usual
  One of the natural responses to a new denture is for your mouth to produce more saliva. Not to worry, this is only a temporary reaction. The flow of saliva gradually decreases back to a normal level.
• Speaking with ease
  While it may seem challenging to speak clearly at first with a new denture, that feeling will pass within a few days. It’s important to keep talking, as usual, to allow yourself to adapt to your new set of teeth. You can help things along by reading some passages from printed materials or a computer out loud.
• Getting used to eating with a denture
  If this is your first denture, it can also take some time to adapt to eating with your new prosthesis. Getting used to eating with a full denture is typically more challenging than doing so with a partial denture. It’s best to start with soft foods and to avoid chewing on just one side. Your tongue, lips, cheeks, and soft tissues will soon adapt to chewing with your new denture, and from then on, you’ll be able to eat with ease.
• Taking care of your dentures
• It’s essential to keep your denture clean! Rinse your dentures after eating and brush them daily. In this way, you can prevent stains and bacteria from accumulating on your new set of teeth. It helps to use a brush designed for dentures. Also, remember to soak your dentures in water when you’re not wearing them and at least once a week in the recommended denture cleaner.
• Brush any remaining teeth as well as your gums to keep them clean and the tissues healthy and firm. If you wear an upper denture, rinse and gently clean the roof of your mouth as well.
• Take your dentures out at bedtime. This practice gives the gums and the jawbone a chance to rest, helping to prevent irritation and infection as well as bone resorption (shrinkage).
• Added stability
  Due to the status of the underlying tissues and other factors, there are some cases where full dentures benefit from additional means of retention. While denture adhesive is often sufficient, full dentures that are implant-supported or clip onto special attachments offer added stability and retention.
• Follow-up care
  Maintaining oral health and overall well-being involves routine checkups and care. At these visits, we not only check the fit and condition of your dentures but we also perform a comprehensive exam to check the status of any remaining teeth as well as assess the health of all of the soft and hard tissues in and around the oral cavity.
• Relines
  Over time, the tissues supporting the denture can change. As the shape and contours of these tissues shrink or remodel, your denture may not fit as comfortably or feel as stable as it once did. A separate procedure, which is known as a reline, may be recommended.

At the office of Signature Dental Care, we’re dedicated to providing the highest quality of care. If you have any additional questions or concerns about your new dentures, feel free to contact our office.