Denture Maintenance and Oral Health

Maintaining the denture is closely connected with maintaining the oral health. Just because a denture wearer has no natural teeth does not mean that he/she does not need to take steps to maintain the oral health. The reasons for the denture maintenance are: cosmetic appearance, oral hygiene, oral health, denture function.

To maintain the cosmetic appearance of the denture and proper oral hygiene the dentures need to be cleaned daily. It is also recommended to rinse the dentures after every meal. The calculus or tartar will collect on the denture teeth the same way it does on the natural teeth. The denture cleaning should be done with the soft brush and mild soap (over the sink filled with water). Regular denture cleaning will also prevent the denture material from absorbing flavors from foods and cigarettes. Fore more details on How to Clean the Denture please click HERE.

To maintain the proper oral health it is important to maintain the oral hygiene and to take the denture out at night when we sleep. Overnight, the denture should be soaked in a cup filled with water. The denture supporting tissues need the time to rejuvenate and rest. The flow of saliva is restricted under the denture while wearing it, so the “rest” time is needed to restore the tissues under the denture. Some denture wearers, who wear their dentures at night, may develop bacterial or fungal infections of the tissues under the dentures. Our saliva has antibacterial properties and therefore is the best first line of defense against oral infections.

Taking the denture out at night also prolongs the proper fit of the denture and its function. Denture wearers who don’t take their dentures out at night will most likely need a denture reline sooner then the ones who do (few months vs. 2-5 yrs respectively). It is well worth to take the denture out at night to maintain the oral health and save $$$ on less frequent relines at the same time.

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Choosing Your Denture Provider

The denture can be obtained by a patient through a dentist or a denturist. There are several states in the U.S. that have passed the legislations allowing the denturists to maintain their own practices, to work directly with the patients and to provide dentures to them. Washington State is one of those states. It is also the only state in the U.S. that has a college program for the Denturists at Bates Technical College in Tacoma, WA.

The denturists licensed in Washington State can provide the services pertaining only to the removable dental prostheses (dentures): fabricating, adjusting, fitting, and repairing. Most of the denturists also fabricate their dentures. By doing that and by working directly with the patients, they have full control of the final product. This also gives them the opportunity to design the denture accordingly to the patient’s anatomy, his or her needs, as well as cosmetic requests.

Every dentist provides a broad range of services pertaining to oral health and that makes it very convenient for the patients with various dental care needs. At the same time the denturists focus only on one aspect of dental restoration – dentures; that makes them a great choice to consider for patients looking for the denture provider. Whatever the choice, it is important for the patient to understand the process of designing and making a denture, ask the questions, talk to more than one provider, and then make a comfortable decision.