Enjoy a Healthy, Complete Smile with Natural-looking Full or Partial Dentures
Missing teeth can lead to more than awkward smiles. They affect your chewing and eating abilities, not to mention their impact on your confidence and bite. Dentures and partials in Livermore, California, are ideal for restoring your smile, whether you have lost one or multiple teeth. Expertly placed at Sycamore Family Dentistry with high-quality materials and excellent precision, dentures can revitalize your smile and life.
What denture options are available to me?
When you lose teeth, you may wonder whether your smile will ever be complete again. Dentures are removable appliances that replicate your teeth to restore appearance and functionality.
Dr. Lori Ross Tijerino provides the following denture options in our office.
- Complete dentures: Full dentures are suitable for patients who have lost all their teeth in one arch or both. These dentures consist of several artificial teeth mounted on a gum-colored base. Upper dentures rely on natural suction against the palate for stability, while lower dentures can be secured with dental adhesives.
- Partials: Sometimes, you might lose a tooth or two due to an injury or severe decay. If you still have healthy teeth remaining, full dentures aren’t necessary. A partial denture is an ideal solution for replacing one or more missing teeth using neighboring teeth as anchors. Like a bridge, the partial denture fits securely in the gap, restoring your smile. Partials are removable for easier care and maintenance.
What is denture stabilization?
As mentioned, conventional dentures remain anchored in the mouth with suction and adhesives. Unfortunately, these mechanisms aren’t as secure, especially when the jawbone loses its volume and density. We provide the ultimate denture experience by stabilizing them with dental implants. Known as all-on-X or full-mouth dentures, implant-supported dentures are more stable and encourage bone regeneration in the area where they are placed.
What can I expect from the denture procedure?
Whether you need a partial or complete denture, the process starts with a consultation with our dentist. We’ll thoroughly assess your oral health, discuss your specific needs, and determine the best treatment plan for you. We’ll also discuss costs and timelines and explain what to expect during each treatment stage.
Next, we’ll take precise measurements of your teeth and gums, which act as a blueprint for fabricating your dentures. Our dentist carefully considers the unique characteristics that define your smile, including your facial features, gum contours, and the color, shape, and size of your teeth, to create personalized dentures that look natural and fit comfortably.
Once we complete your denture design, our partner lab will craft your restorations with high-quality materials and excellent precision. Unlike what you saw your grandma wear, our dentures offer a comfortable fit when speaking, smiling, or eating. They also look so natural— they’ll be hard to differentiate from natural teeth.
Do you need dentures in Livermore, CA?
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There are many people, a surprising number, in fact, who are missing many teeth or all their teeth for a long time, and it’s a significant struggle. At Sycamore Family Dentistry, we have many options that can help. There are many people, a surprising number in fact, who have been missing many teeth for many years or have had no teeth for a long time. At our office, we have a variety of solutions that can help. We offer many full-arch solutions here. Something as simple as a denture in some cases. There are pros and cons to that. Of course. We also offer a clip-in smile where the denture can still come in and out but has implants to support and stabilize all the way up to an all-on-X or full arch. Typical full arch surgery takes less time than you might think. It’s done in a few hours.
So which solution will work best for you? Depends both on what you’re looking for, of course, what your oral health is like, how much bone is there or isn’t there, and what timeline you’re looking at going forward with. So, one of the things I like about these options is they can be done strategically. So you have the option of moving from one plan to the other. So, for instance, if right now the clip-on option is the best for you, we try to plan it so that you could easily transition to an all-on-X or a fixed solution down the road. Many people when they’re thinking about dentistry or implant options, are concerned about discomfort or the amount of downtime that they’ll experience. I am pleased to let you know that the discomfort is very minimal. We generally have people come back and say that they’re surprised at how easy the process was and how comfortable they were throughout and that’s one of our priorities is to keep you comfortable and functioning in your life and in your day-to-day routine as much as possible.
So there’s no one-size-fits-all solution for dentistry, and implant dentistry is no different. The factors we look at are your health in general, your bone, and the state of the teeth you have left, and we look at all of those things to determine which path is the most effective for you. Implant dentistry is amazing, and I really love to see how it transforms someone’s life and their smile. They go from talking to their friends like this or not being willing to go out and be with friends or family at all to resuming their lives. They’re able to pick up their social aspects. They’re able to eat whatever they want comfortably and in a relatively quick period of time. To find out more about full arch dental implants and how it can affect your smile, please give our office a call and set up a consultation.
