What are removable dentures? When should you use removable dentures?

What are removable dentures and their advantages and disadvantages

Removable dentures are one of the widely used methods of restoring lost teeth, but this method also has its own advantages and disadvantages. Let’s find out with BIK International Dentistry what are removable dentures? Should you use removable dentures? through the article below.

1. What are removable dentures? Advantages and disadvantages of removable dentures

To cover up areas of missing teeth, removable dentures are a simple and quite cost-effective method compared to porcelain bridges or implants.

What are removable dentures?

Removable dentures are the optimal dental restoration method to replace many or all missing teeth without grinding teeth or implants. Removable dentures have the same function and aesthetics as real teeth and are often prescribed for older patients.

The structure of dentures has 2 main parts: the dental frame and the teeth. Dentures are made of porcelain or plastic and are installed directly into the dental frame to replace the missing teeth. The dental frame is made from materials such as plastic, metal, screws, etc. and is designed to fit tightly into the patient’s real jaw to support and shape.

Illustration: Full-jaw removable denture

Advantages and disadvantages of removable dentures

Advantages of removable dentures

Cost savings: Compared to fixed dentures and other tooth restoration methods, removable dentures are cheaper.

Safe for the body: Removable dentures are made of Titanium, porcelain or dental plastic, which are very benign and safe for the body.

Easy to remove: Removable dentures can be easily removed for cleaning when necessary. Therefore, users can be completely proactive in eating and chewing as well as daily activities.

Preventing misaligned teeth: When teeth are lost for a long time, bone loss will occur, creating gaps in the jaw. Gradually, the remaining teeth will become misaligned if not restored. Making removable dentures is also a measure to help stabilize teeth on the jaw, minimizing misaligned teeth that affect the bite.
Removable dentures are easily adapted to all subjects

Disadvantages of removable dentures

Besides the outstanding advantages, using removable dentures also has some of the following limitations:

Inconvenient to use: Because it is a removable denture, when using the denture, you feel quite loose and easy to fall, entangled in the mouth.

Limitations in chewing: Although removable dentures help you chew stably. However, when using it, it is still limited when you want to eat hard and chewy foods.

Low lifespan: Compared to other dental restoration methods, full dentures have a lower lifespan.

Using removable dentures requires careful oral hygiene

2. The most popular types of removable dentures today and their costs

Currently, there are many different types of full dentures to help customers have more choices. Here are the 3 most popular types of removable dentures today:

Plastic-based removable dentures

<h4What are plastic-based removable dentures?

This is the first popular type of removable denture, using flexible or hard plastic to create a gum base and plastic dentures will be pressed tightly into this plastic base to form a unified block to fit into the patient’s real gums.

However, this type of denture is quite bulky, so it is not suitable for treatment in cases where the patient has a low palate.

Cost of plastic-based removable dentures

Plastic-based removable dentures have a simple implementation process, do not require high techniques, so the cost is low. However, plastic dentures only ensure good chewing in the beginning, a short time later the denture will stretch, not adhere firmly to the gums, causing a lot of difficulty for the owner.

Plastic-based removable denture

Elderly people

For elderly people who have lost teeth, dental implants are a suitable solution to restore teeth quickly and without affecting real teeth.

People with weak jaw bones

In cases where teeth are lost but the jaw bone structure is not strong enough for implant placement or the adjacent teeth cannot be used as pillars for porcelain bridges, removable dentures should be used.

Jawbones are not strong enough, so choose removable dentures instead of implants

Losing many teeth but do not want to get porcelain teeth or implants

For those who have lost 3 or more teeth but want to save money and not get porcelain bridges or implants, they can get removable dentures.

4. Are removable dentures good?

In general, removable dentures are relatively suitable for those who want to save money, but in the long run, this method is still not really the best because after a period of use, bone loss complications will occur and new dentures will need to be made to avoid any impact.

5. Methods to replace removable dentures

To overcome the disadvantages of removable dentures, there are now many more modern and suitable methods of restoring lost teeth. Let’s refer to the following methods with BIK International Dental Clinic:

Loss of multiple teeth on one jaw

Porcelain bridge

Porcelain bridge is an application of the porcelain crown method used to replace one or more lost teeth. The dentist uses two crowns on the two abutment teeth next to the lost tooth as a bridge, the position of the lost tooth will be in the middle.

Dental bridges can be applied to the front or back teeth, both of which provide high aesthetic chewing efficiency and look very natural like real teeth.

Compared to the implant method, porcelain bridges are cheaper and faster to perform.

Porcelain bridge to replace removable dentures

Implant

Implant is a fairly perfect new dental implant solution, helping to overcome the situation of losing one tooth, many teeth or the entire jaw. To perform this method, doctors will perform surgery to place the implant into the jawbone, to replace the old tooth root.

Trống răng implant thay the denture

Condition of total tooth loss

Restoring total tooth loss on implant pillars is the most optimal method to replace removable dentures. If in the past, people with tooth loss had to wear removable dentures or implant 6-8 implants to restore the entire jaw, now All-on-4, All-on-6 implants can bring an aesthetic and safe set of teeth.

All-on-4

All-on-4 implants are a method of full jaw tooth restoration that many people choose today. All-on-4 replaces lost teeth by implanting 4 implants in each jaw, restoring chewing ability and aesthetics close to real teeth at the most affordable cost.

The basic feature of this dental implant method is to use the least number of implants possible, limiting bone grafting surgery. Therefore, the full-jaw dental implant procedure is performed quickly, helping to save maximum time and treatment costs.

All-on-4 replaces the entire removable denture

All-on-6

The All-On-6 dental implant solution is optimal for cases of complete tooth loss in the upper or lower jaw but the jaw bone is too weak. Compared to the All-on-4 solution, with the All-on-6 solution, the doctor will implant 2 more Implant pillars in the back teeth area, helping the support process to be better and more solid.
Performing the All-On-6 full-mouth implant will require fewer surgeries, so the treatment time will be quick, the recovery after the implant will also be faster, helping the patient feel much more comfortable.

Illustrative image of the All – on – 6 method

Each dental restoration option has different advantages and disadvantages. You should consider your own needs along with the advice of your doctor to have the most suitable choice for yourself.

Through this article, BIK International Dental Clinic hopes that you have a better understanding of the method of replacing lost teeth with removable dentures and answered the question of what removable dentures are for you.