Dentures – College Station, TX
A Versatile Solution for Rebuilding Smiles
Gaps in your grin left behind by missing teeth can negatively impact your daily quality of life in a few different ways. For instance, you might feel self-conscious about the changes to your appearance or struggle to eat and speak normally.
Regardless of how many natural teeth remain, our team is happy to provide a lifelike set of dentures, a versatile solution for rebuilding smiles. Continue reading to learn more about this standard solution for tooth loss to help determine whether it’s right for you!
Why Choose Wright Naeger Dentistry for Dentures?
- Compassionate Providers with Decades of Experience
- Members of the American Dental Association
- Advanced Technology for Enhanced Accuracy & Comfort
Who is a Good Candidate for Dentures?
You’re not alone if you’re frustrated by the spaces left behind by tooth loss. These gaps can affect everything from your self-esteem to your oral and overall health, but thankfully, our team can provide a lifelike set of dentures to rebuild some or all of your missing teeth.
But that doesn’t automatically mean everyone is a good candidate for this treatment. Our team must examine your mouth before proceeding to determine whether this is the best solution to meet your unique needs. We might recommend dentures for those who have suffered more severe tooth loss, struggle to enunciate words, or have challenges biting and chewing more wholesome foods to support their general well-being.
Types of Dentures
There are several types of dentures, and each has slightly different criteria for ideal patients. Once our team has had the chance to perform an examination, we can recommend one of the following options based on your current condition and the number of teeth that went missing:
Partial Dentures
These are used to replace multiple teeth that fell out sporadically throughout your mouth. They typically consist of an acrylic, gum-colored base that contains the required number of teeth to restore your arches. They often include metal clips that anchor to healthy enamel in your mouth to keep them in place.
Full Dentures
Complete dentures are the tried-and-true solution for tooth loss and usually are made from a gum-colored acrylic base set with a complete arch of customized ceramic teeth designed to look as lifelike as possible. They form a tight suction against your connective tissues to remain in place, so you must have healthy gums and a strong enough jawbone to support them.
Implant Dentures
These are the only restorations that involve positioning anywhere from two to eight dental implants into your jaw, which eventually fuse with the bone to become a more permanent part of your mouth. Once you have recovered sufficiently, our team will provide a lifelike prosthetic that attaches to your implants for a more resilient, long-lasting solution for tooth loss.
The Benefits of Dentures
There are several reasons to consider being fitted with a one-of-a-kind set of customized dentures, including:
- Improve your bite force. Wearing these teeth returns a portion of your original chewing power so you can enjoy a wider variety of wholesome foods to support your oral and overall health.
- Enhance your enunciation. These replacements can help you overcome changes to your speech patterns resulting from tooth loss.
- Boost your confidence. They’re specially designed to look and feel as lifelike as possible to improve your self-esteem.
- Preserve dental health. Any remaining teeth are prone to shifting out of alignment, which can lead to cavities, injuries, or TMJ disorders, which can potentially be prevented by wearing dentures regularly.
- Protect your budget. This is often the most cost-effective way to rebuild smiles that have suffered more significant tooth loss.