People don’t always get used to wearing dentures. For many, it’s little more than an inconvenience, as useful as it is in maintaining proper oral hygiene. Indeed, dentures falling off can be a pain for the wearer.
Traditional dentures consist of false teeth and a plastic mold that has been custom-fitted to the wearer’s mouth. This type of dentures is the result of more than a century’s worth of evolution from the first acrylic dentures that came out in the early 1900’s.
Prior to this, false teeth made use of costly materials like ivory and vulcanite. Even further back, dentures were made with a steel frame and real animal and human teeth. Not only were these hard to use, they were also unsightly, which made it hard for people to talk in public.
Thankfully, when dental implants were introduced in the latter half of the 20th century, a window of opportunity opened up for denture technology. Dental implants have spawned a new type of false teeth, known as denture implants, which assures a more secure attachment to the mouth and better and longer structural retention.
In denture implants, a set of false teeth is attached to the gums through tiny posts implanted into the jawbones. The process requires some surgery to place the implants, but the result is a prosthesis that won’t detach or fall off easily. With well-placed denture implants, wearers can avoid embarrassing moments when talking or eating.
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