If you have a complicated case of tooth loss, this could mean missing teeth across the arch of your smile. This is too severe for a bridge to handle alone, but you may have enough natural teeth in place that a full denture is not needed. In a case like this, we have an option! In today’s blog, Dr. James R. Stewart, DDS, PC, talks about taking on complicated cases of tooth loss in Livonia, MI, with our partial dentures.
Complex Cases of Tooth Loss
When you have lost a single tooth or as many as two to three in a row, then we can handle that with a dental bridge. If you have lost the majority of your smile, then we could extract the remaining few and provide a complete set of prosthetics. But what about the in-between cases, in which you have several gaps across your smile, but a significant number of natural teeth still in place? We can take on complicated cases of tooth loss with partial dentures, which can fill all of these gaps at once and offer a complete smile.
Creating a Prosthetic
To begin, we will examine your smile and take detailed digital images of the entire bite, using these to create a 3D impression so we can design and craft your new prosthetic. The partial will contain new ceramic teeth, which can be shaded to blend with our smile, and which can handle daily bite forces easily. These are set in a base that looks like gum tissue, made from a durable acrylic. The prosthetic can fill all these empty spaces at once, taking on complicated cases of tooth loss and returning function and beauty to your smile again.
Securing Your Partial
To secure your partial, there will be clasps that connect to natural teeth. This helps secure your new denture firmly in place while you eat and speak. At night, you can clean and soak your denture nightly to help it last for years to come. Our team could also secure them with dental implants, which means they will be fixed in place and never need to be removed for cleaning or soaking, instead acting like natural teeth.
If you have any questions about how we take on complicated cases of tooth loss with partial dentures, or if you want to start your journey to a full smile, then contact our team today to learn more and get started.
Schedule A Visit for Custom Dental Prosthetics With Dr. Stewart, DDS
We can take on complex cases of lost teeth and offer complete smiles again, so talk to our office about help with a custom prosthetic. To learn more about our dental prosthetics, call Dr. Stewart, D.D.S., P.C. in Livonia, MI at 734-425-4400.