Dentures – Crown Point, IN
The Standard Solution for Rebuilding Smiles
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!
Why Choose Advanced Dental Concepts for Dentures?
- Customizable Materials for Lifelike Results
- Member of the American Dental Association
- Flexible Financing Available
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.
Denture FAQs
What Should You Do if Your Dentures Break?
Like your natural teeth, your dentures in Crown Point can break with enough force. That’s why it’s so important to take certain precautions, like washing them over a sink filled with water or a soft towel. With that said, accidents sometimes happen. If you find yourself with a broken restoration, the best thing to do is call our team at Advanced Dental Concepts. The sooner you do, the sooner we can begin the process of having it repaired or replaced.
Can I Sleep with My Dentures?
Unless instructed otherwise, you should take your dentures out each night before you go to bed. Not only will this help prevent soft tissue irritation, but it will also reduce your risk of pneumonia. Plus, this is a great opportunity to soak them in a dentist-approved cleaning solution so they are fresh and odor-free come morning!
Is It Hard to Talk with Dentures?
Although dentures are custom-made for each patient to ensure they don’t look or feel bulky, it is normal for there to be a bit of a learning curve. The good news is that you can speed up the adjustment period with practice, like reading your favorite book out loud or talking to a friend you know and trust. Just do your best to go slowly at first and be patient with yourself. It may take a few weeks, but you’ll sound like your usual self again in no time!
What Can’t You Eat with Dentures?
There are a few foods we recommend avoiding, including gummy candies, taffy, hard pretzels, raw almonds, and tortilla chips. With that said, there are far more foods that you CAN eat with dentures, especially if you’ve been struggling with moderate to severe tooth loss. All we ask is that you do your best to eat mostly healthy, well-balanced meals that are filled with nutrient-dense foods, like scrambled eggs, cottage cheese, plain yogurt, and cooked carrots.
Can I Use Regular Toothpaste to Clean My Dentures?
It’s not just brushing your dentures that’s important; it’s using the right products. Instead of using regular toothpaste, which can scratch the surface, we recommend using mild dishwashing liquid and a soft-bristled toothbrush to gently clean the surface after each meal. Then, before you go to bed at night, place your dentures in a glass filled with water or a dentist-approved cleaning solution.
Am I Too Young to Get Dentures?
Tooth loss is by no means limited to seniors. In fact, the National Center for Health Statistics shared that 33% of adults between the ages of 20 and 39 and roughly 66% of adults between the ages of 40 and 64 are missing at least one tooth. If you fall into either of these groups, we have good news: we may be able to restore the strength of your bite and the appearance of your smile with a custom denture!