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Flexible Denture
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The part of dentistry pertaining to the restoration and maintenance of oral function, comfort, appearance, and health of the patient by the replacement of missing teeth and related mouth or jaw structures by artificial devices. Types of denture/prosthesis: Removable and Fixed denture.
When considering a removable partial denture, many people find the Valplast Flexible Partial to be the most comfortable, esthetically good and affordable choice.
Compared to any removable partial denture, the cost of Flexible Partial Denture is often higher than a partial made with visible metal clasp because Flexible Partial is metal free, non-abrasive clasp arm and the material blends with tissue to allows the restoration to adapt to the constant movement and flexibility in your mouth, combined with strength and light weight, provides total comfort and great looks!
The preparation of Valplast flexible partial denture is relatively simple because your natural teeth don't need to be altered in any way, non-invasive procedure, and the results of restoration gives you confidence while talking, eating, and most importantly.....smiling!
Complete dentures or full dentures are worn by patients who are missing all of the teeth in a single arch.
Dentures can help patients in a number of ways:
1. Mastication - chewing ability is improved by replacing edentulous areas with denture teeth.
2. Aesthetics - the presence of teeth provide a natural facial appearance, and wearing a denture to replace missing teeth provides support for the lips and cheeks and corrects the collapsed appearance that occurs after losing teeth.
3. Phonetics - by replacing missing teeth, especially the anteriors patients are better able to speaks by improving pronounciation of those words containing sibilants or fricatives.
A Dental Crown (some people call it a "cap") is used to restore a tooth that would otherwise be in danger of breaking. It placed over a tooth thus covering the tooth to restore its shape, its size and its strength, thus making it look more attractive and normal. Crowns can be made of a variety of different materials, such as porcelain or porcelain bonded to gold. New materials are continually being introduced. There are different crowns for different situations and it is a good idea to discuss with your dentist which crown would be best for you.
A Dental Bridge is used when there is a tooth missing. It usually involves putting a crown on each tooth on either side of the missing tooth, and then a false tooth or teeth is suspended between the crowns. Bridges are ideal for people who don't like dentures or only have one or two teeth missing. Conventional bridges are made by crowning the teeth on either side of the gap and attaching a false tooth in the middle. They are fixed in the same way as crowns. These bridges are usually made of precious metal bonded to porcelain. Sometimes other non-precious metals are used in the base for strength.
With old technology, dental crown always needed to be made with a metal foundation. Today, we can make them out of pure porcelain. These are the best looking crowns, and probably the best bet for your money. You have more strength than the resin based, much of the strength of the metal crowns, but they look like real teeth.
Some dental crowns are made entirely of metal. The classic metal dental crown is one made of gold, or more precisely a gold alloy. Over the decades a variety of different metal alloys have been used in making dental crowns. Some of these metals are silver in color rather than yellow like gold.
Porcelain-fused-to-metal crowns look like natural teeth and are stronger than ceramic crowns. PFM crowns can be matched to your natural teeth so they provide an attractive appearance. However, the porcelain portion can be chipped off and the underlying metal can peer through as a dark line. Stronger than all-porcelain crowns, PFM crowns also wear down, and can show more of the dark line as the gum recedes. PFM crowns are a good choice for front or back teeth.
Gold/Metal dental crowns are by far the toughest. They can withstand daily wear and tear and they rarely break or chip. The only real drawback is that they look like metal and not a naturally white tooth. Metal dental crowns are usually placed on those teeth that are not overly visible when a person smiles (i.e., molars)
Having a gold dental crown made can be an excellent choice. Here are some reasons why:
1. Because of its physical properties, dentists find gold to be a very workable metal. This characteristic helps a dentist to be able to achieve a very precise fit with the crown.
2. Since they are metal through and through, gold crowns withstand biting and chewing forces well. They will not chip. It would be uncharacteristic for a gold crown to break. Of all of the types of dental crowns, gold crowns probably have the greatest potential for lasting the longest.
3. Although they are very strong, the wear rate of a gold crown is about the same as tooth enamel. This means that a gold dental crown won't create excessive wear on the teeth it opposes (the teeth it bites against).
