Dentures – Crown Point, IN

Tooth loss can significantly detract from your daily quality of life in various ways. For instance, you might develop changes to your speech patterns, struggle to chew, or feel self-conscious about your altered appearance.

Fortunately, our team in Crown Point can fit you with customized dentures, the standard solution for rebuilding smiles. Regardless of how many natural teeth remain, we can provide lifelike replacement teeth to upgrade your grin. Continue reading to learn more about this popular service, and please feel free to contact us to schedule an appointment!

Who is a Good Candidate for Dentures?

Although dentures can rebuild your smile’s appearance and functionality regardless of how many teeth were lost, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best treatment to meet your unique needs. Before proceeding, you must consult one of our providers in Crown Point to ensure you’re a good candidate.

We might suggest one of these restorations for patients who have:

• Sufficiently healthy gums to support them.
• Suffered more severe tooth loss.
• A dense enough jawbone for them to form a strong bond.
• Difficulty enunciating certain sounds or words.
• Struggle to bite and chew different foods to support your general and oral health.

Types of Dentures

Once we’ve examined your current condition and determined that dentures are the best option to rebuild your smile, we will recommend one of the following options based on our findings and the number of teeth lost.

Partial Dentures

If you’ve lost a few teeth sporadically throughout your mouth, we’ll likely suggest a partial restoration. These typically contain a gum-colored base set with metal clips that anchor to healthy teeth in your mouth. This supports the required number of pontics (artificial teeth) to complete your arches.

Full Dentures

This is likely what you imagine when you think of dentures, and is the tried-and-true solution for tooth loss. These restorations also usually have an acrylic base designed to resemble your connective tissues, set with an entire arch of teeth intended to look as lifelike as possible. They remain in place by forming a tight suction to the tissues over the bony ridges in your mouth.

They are intended to rebuild entire rows of teeth, so if you have one or two remaining, they may require extraction.

Implant Dentures

Those seeking a more reliable and long-term solution for tooth loss might do well with implant dentures. This method involves surgically placing four to eight support rods into your jaw, which eventually fuse with the bone to become more permanently anchored. Then, we can provide customized dentures to cap them for a sturdier, more resilient restoration.

The Benefits of Dentures

There are many excellent reasons to consider getting dentures in Crown Point, including:

• One-of-a-kind solution. Your dentures will be as unique to you as the teeth you were born with and are customized to resemble your natural connective tissues and enamel.
• Boosted confidence. Addressing the spaces in your smile can upgrade your appearance and improve your self-esteem.
• Better bite force. You’ll be able to bite and chew a wider variety of foods more easily to improve your general health.
• Enhanced enunciation. You can overcome changes to your ability to speak, such as a lisp or slur, once you’ve adjusted to wearing dentures full-time.
• Cost-effective treatment. These restorations are often the most cost-effective way to rebuild your grin after losing permanent adult teeth.