If you have missing teeth, dentures give you the courage to smile. You may get full, flexible, or partial dentures, also known as bridges, on the same day. If you don’t want to go a day without teeth, visit a group of denture specialists open on Saturday for affordable same-day dentures made right in the Bronx dental practice. Our dentists can place flexible dental bridges shortly after your natural teeth are removed.
You don’t have to go one more day with missing teeth. If you’ve had a tooth extraction or you’re ready for replacement teeth, flexible or flexible partial dentures may be your answer. Either type of artificial substitutes for missing teeth fills in the gaps caused by missing teeth.
Whether you’re ready for a complete set of teeth or you simply need to fill a small gap, your dental specialist in the Bronx provides fast and easy same-day dentures that let you have your smile back immediately.
Flexible Full and Partial Dentures in One Day
Getting fixed with traditional dentures used to take months and many visits to the dentist. Recent advancements provide you with a much quicker way to get a reasonably well-fitting denture the same day as an extraction. Your teeth are removed for various reasons including:
- Dental caries
- Trauma beyond repair
- Loss of natural teeth with old age
Until recently, the procedure included waiting for your gums to heal after tooth extraction. And the dentures were manufactured off-site at a lab. Now you can get flexible or flexible partial dentures in one day because our dental practice has a lab on-site. They can take out your teeth and fit you with cheap same-day dentures that you can choose.
What Are the Benefits of Dentures?
Because your dentist is both a general dentist and a cosmetic dentist, he can take care of your basic dental care needs and help you maintain your appearance. If you need teeth extracted, our qualified dental specialist makes sure you know ahead of time to make arrangements and decisions about replacements. If you have an emergency extraction, he can give you same-day dentures so you don’t have to walk around with a gap in your smile.
Either way, the benefits of dentures on demand are numerous. Not only are they available immediately, but they’re also usually cheaper. Other benefits include:
- Helping the healing process
- Maintaining the structure of your face without any lapse
- Maintaining your bite and your ability to chew and communicate properly
- Being easier to clean than more traditional dentures
What’s the Difference Between Porcelain and Flexible Dentures?
Getting dentures may seem daunting, but the whole process isn’t painful. Dentures are simply artificial replacements for your natural teeth. The tooth part of the denture is made out of resin or porcelain. Newer flexible dentures can also be made out of acrylic resin or metals like stainless steel. The frame that the teeth fit into is made out of acrylic resin, flexible polymer (nylon), or chrome cobalt.
These newer flexible and flexible partial dentures provide an easier, better fit because they’re more easily molded to your gums. They usually hook around your existing teeth or implants. Porcelain dentures may last longer, but their rigidity often doesn’t allow for a proper fit.
The Denture Procedure
Whether you choose your same-day dentures early or decide to have them manufactured on-site the day of your extraction, the whole process starts with getting a mold of your mouth. Your dentist puts an impression material in your mouth and waits a few minutes for it to harden. While slightly uncomfortable, it’s not painful. The better the mold, the better the fit.
After the mold is taken, it’s sent to the lab where your dentures are manufactured. Dental clinics that offer same-day dentures have labs on-site so you can get your dentures soon after your extraction. Traditional dentures are fitted once your gums healed, but affordable same-day dentures are fitted immediately after tooth extraction. Placing artificial filler in the open space where the tooth was will reduce the inflammation and kick-start the healing process.
Immediate dentures also maintain the structure of your face and jaw so sagging doesn’t take place while your gums heal. This also means that you’ll experience minimal discomfort when it comes to chewing, biting, and speaking. Even though flexible and flexible partial dentures take time to get used to, having replacement teeth immediately makes the adjustment to dentures much easier.
How Long Do Dentures Last?
Your dentist (open on Saturday) will give you the advice to make your transition easy and worry-free. He informs you how to take care of your new flexible dentures. Follow a good oral hygiene routine and your dentist’s instructions to make your flexible partial dentures last as long as possible. Tips and tricks include:
- Don’t wear them 24 hours a day
- Clean them with a denture cleanser or water every night
- Brush with a denture brush or soft-bristled toothbrush
- Rinse the denture thoroughly to remove all cleanser
- Store them in denture solution or water when not in use
- Have a towel or sink full of water below when you handle your dentures
- Maintain proper oral hygiene
- See your dentist for any fit problems; don’t try to fix them yourself
- Get regular checkups and realignments as necessary
Having to get your teeth replaced, even if it’s necessary, is daunting and may feel unnatural. Your dentist, open on Sunday, can arrange an appointment in case of an emergency. And for your convenience, you have a Saturday dentist to provide you with planned procedures. Cheap same-day dentures provide you with that smile makeover you’ve always wanted.
Explaining the Difference Between Bridges and Partial Dentures, and Dental Implants
The options to replace one or multiple missing teeth include:
- fixed dental bridges
- partial dentures
- dental implants (all-on-4 Dental Implants)
The choices open to you may depend on the number of teeth missing, their location, and the condition of your remaining natural teeth.
The easiest and most cost-effective way to restore missing teeth is with a partial denture.
Partial Dentures
A partial denture has a gum-colored acrylic base that sits directly on the gums and supports denture teeth. It is usually strengthened with a lightweight metal framework made from cobalt chrome. Often, there are clasps that fit around your existing natural teeth and which help hold the denture in place more securely. Sometimes these clasps are visible when you smile or talk.
Advantages of partial dentures. One advantage of having a partial denture is that the process to make and fit it is relatively non-invasive, and no surgery is needed. However, your dentist might need to adjust your natural teeth slightly to accommodate the clasps. If you are missing teeth in different areas of your mouth, a partial denture can be made to replace them all. Sometimes additional teeth can be added to the partial denture if you lose teeth in the future.
Disadvantages of partial dentures. While a cost-effective choice, a partial denture is far from perfect. Because it rests on the gums, it can create sore spots, and the pressure accelerates bone loss in your jawbone. The teeth fitted with clasps need to be strong, but the additional strain may damage them over time.
It is a removable dental appliance, meaning you need to take it out to clean it regularly and leave it out overnight to give your gums a chance to recover. If you are looking for a fixed solution, you may want to investigate a dental bridge.
Dental Bridges
A dental bridge uses the teeth adjacent to the gap for support. These teeth are substantially reshaped by your dentist and are covered with dental crowns. The dental crowns are attached to the replacement tooth. If you have several teeth missing that were originally side by side, it may be possible to create a dental bridge covering this gap. The bridge is permanently cemented onto the adjacent teeth called abutment teeth, and the replacement tooth, which is called a pontic, is shaped to look exactly like a real tooth, resting on the gums.
Advantages of a dental bridge. One advantage of choosing a dental bridge is if the abutment teeth are already decayed or stained and would benefit from being covered up with dental crowns. It’s another relatively non-invasive treatment that typically only takes a couple of weeks to complete.
A dental bridge should last at least seven years or possibly longer if you care for it properly. It is important to maintain good oral hygiene, cleaning around the abutment crowns and underneath the pontic thoroughly.
If you are missing one tooth or more and the abutment teeth are in good condition and don’t need crowning, another option is dental implants, and there are other advantages of this treatment.
Dental Implants
Dental implants are the most modern way to replace missing teeth and are a tried and tested solution used for several decades. The implant consists of a small titanium alloy or ceramic post surgically inserted into the jawbone during a short procedure. The post is specially designed to integrate with the bone around it, encouraging new bone growth to become fused in place gradually.
Once the implant is fused to the jawbone, it acts as a replacement tooth root, supporting a new implant crown. An implant dentist can also use dental implants to support a fixed implant bridge, where several missing teeth used to be side by side. The fixed bridge is cemented or screwed onto the dental implants and is only removable by a dentist.
It can be a good option if the adjacent or abutment teeth aren’t strong enough to support a dental bridge or are missing entirely.
There are several other advantages in choosing dental implants, and one of the most important is the protective effect on your jawbone. Usually, when you lose teeth, the bone that previously surrounded the natural tooth root gradually resorbs because it doesn’t receive any stimulation from the root anymore.
Because a dental implant artificially replaces a tooth root, it provides this vital stimulation, ensuring new bone cells are renewed as they die off, maintaining the strength and quantity of jawbone.
Do you have any questions about same-day, full, or flexible partial dentures in the Bronx, NY? Would you like to schedule an appointment with the best-rated cosmetic dentists? Please contact our denture practice for a consultation with a dental bridge specialist Farzin Farokhzadeh, DDS.