Metal Partial Dentures - in Your Local Area
Interstate Dental Clinic
Appointments: (503) 285-5307
Edward Ward D.M.D.
Interstate Dental Clinic
5835 N Interstate Ave
Portland, OR 97217
Portland area cosmetic dentist Edward Ward, D.M.D. has extensive experience creating beautiful smiles. They're one of the first things people notice about you.
Our professional team will be happy to discuss your aesthetic dentistry options. The attractive results you'll get from Interstate Dental Clinic can change your life!
If you're looking for denture repair in the Portland area, our team at Interstate Dental Clinic offers friendly service. Dr. Ward understands the importance of reliable dentures that fit properly.
We'll get your repairs done professionally and quickly. You'll be able to eat and smile again with confidence as soon as possible.
If you're looking for dentures that look great and last, look no further than Interstate Dental Clinic located in the Portland, OR area. Edward Ward, D.M.D. will assess your needs and fit you with durable, comfortable, natural-looking dentures - at a price you can afford.
Portland area restorative dentistry at Interstate Dental Clinic can produce natural-looking results. If you have a damaged or missing tooth, we can help.
Our highly skilled team will assess your need for a crown, bridge, implant or other procedure to restore or improve your smile. Our goal is to provide quality dental care for your life-long oral health.
If you're interested in natural-looking false teeth, Portland area dentures dentist Edward Ward, D.M.D. has solutions. Our team uses modern materials and techniques to achieve the natural results you envision.
We'll evaluate your situation and create your personal treatment plan. You'll enjoy eating and smiling with your comfortable new dentures.
Paul E Dugas DDS
Appointments: (985) 641-3245
Paul Dugas D.D.S.
Paul E Dugas DDS
59070 Amber St
Slidell, LA 70461
A beautiful smile can brighten your life! If you are continuously hiding your chipped, stained, or cracked teeth from others, it's time for a change! Paul Dugas, D.D.S., a trusted Slidell area dentist, can fix chips, cracks, and stains to reveal a great new smile - and a new you. You'll look so good you'll wonder why you waited so long!
We understand you have a busy life, and "going to the dentist" is one more task you need to check off your ever-growing "to-do" list. That's why here at Paul E Dugas DDS, located in the Slidell, LA area, we offer people hours, not office hours. Dr. Dugas and his staff put your needs first by providing flexible scheduling options to ensure you obtain an appointment that is convenient and workable for you.
Dr. Paul Dugas has a gentle touch and provides comfortable cleaning for a whiter smile. Offering dentures in the Slidell, Louisiana area, Dr. Dugas assures you that a bright, healthy smile is the result of regular, preventative, professional dental cleanings.
There are a variety of payment options available to our valued patients. Paul E Dugas DDS accepts debit cards, credit cards, checks and cash, and even offers convenient monthly payment plans for those who qualify. Call our Slidell area dental office today to discuss the right financial options for you.
Paul Dugas, D.D.S. is proud to be a trusted Slidell area Zoom!® teeth whitening dentist. Our patients love the short amount of time the tooth whitening treatment takes as much as they love the results.
You'll be able to relax in our comfortable surroundings. In just about an hour, you'll have a sparkling white smile!
A.I.R. Dentalplex
Appointments: (412) 931-7900
Brian Borodaty D.M.D.
A.I.R. Dentalplex
101 Bellevue Rd Suite 101
Pittsburgh, PA 15229-2132
If you are quite anxious about visiting the dentist, A.I.R. Dentalplex offers pre-medication sedation to help you relax before you arrive for your appointment. Once you've arrived at our Pittsburgh area office, the full sedation medication will be administered, and you will wake up to the results you desired - relaxed and with little or no memory of the dental treatment itself.
A.I.R. Dentalplex welcomes emergency appointments. We know that dental emergencies can occur at any time. Our 24-hour voice mail alerts Pittsburgh area dentist Dr. Brian Borodaty to your need. We are here to help you at any time.
For natural-looking prosthodontics, Pittsburgh area dentures dentist Brian Borodaty, D.M.D. has extensive experience. Our team uses quality materials and current techniques to deliver the results you want.
We'll assess your situation and design a treatment plan to replace your missing teeth. You'll be able to smile again with confidence and ease.
For your convenience, A.I.R. Dentalplex offers same days relines and repairs. If your dentures need repair, call Pittsburgh area dentures dentist Dr. Brian Borodaty immediately. Any repairs that are needed as a result of your reline can be taken care of on the same day as your reline appointment.
If you prefer home teeth whitening for convenience, set up an appointment with Brian Borodaty, D.M.D. at his practice in the Pittsburgh, PA area. You'll be able to whiten your teeth in the privacy of your home, and on your own schedule, even while you watch television or read a book. You'll be very pleased with the results of Dr. Borodaty's natural home tooth whitening process.
More Dentures Dentists in the Pittsburgh, PA Area Near You
Valley Community Health Centers Dental Clinic
212 S 4th St Ste 101
Grand Forks, ND, 58201
(701) 757-2100
K ALEX POOLE II D.D.S.
2835 HORSE PEN CREEK RD STE 106
GREENSBORO, NC, 27410
336662807
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Neil W Daby Dmd
15 E 7th St
Grafton, ND, 58237
(701) 352-0730
Beatrice Haddad D.D.S.
704 E Colorado Blvd
Pasadena, CA, 91101-2102
(626) 792-4300
Why Have Regular Comprehensive Denture Check-Ups?
Regular and comprehensive examinations by a dentist are critical to ensure not only the proper function of a denture, but also the maintenance of total oral health.
Two significant things happen to a denture over time:
- It loosens -- Jaw ridges (alveolar ridges) will shrink in size and become smaller due to gradual and continuing bone loss (bone resorption) that occurs in everyone to varying degrees. This results in dentures becoming increasingly loose because they were fabricated originally to fit larger alveolar ridges.
- It wears -- Denture teeth will wear from use. In addition, uneven and irregular tooth wear develops as a denture becomes loose and starts shifting.
Denture loosening combined with uneven tooth wear results in a reciprocal and cyclical reinforcing synergism between the two destructive processes.
As a denture increasingly shifts on its soft tissue and jawbone foundation, it rubs and chafes the alveolar ridge. This causes irritation, soreness, and various types of pathology, including accelerated bone loss. In turn, this will cause more uneven tooth wear, which will cause more accelerated bone loss, and so on, back and forth. This is a gradual and unrelenting process that worsens over time, frequently at the expense of excessive jawbone loss, the thinning of overlying gum tissue, and the need to prematurely replace a denture -- unless detected and corrected in a timely manner.
If these problems are detected early, as during a regular check-up, they often may be remediated by adding plastic (acrylic resin) to the inside of a denture in order to allow it to fit closely against the alveolar ridge again (called relining or rebasing). In addition, irregularly worn teeth may be adjusted, or sometimes replaced or built up. Eventually, a denture will need to be replaced, but generally this will not need to be done too soon if a person visits their licensed dentist for periodic examinations.
Some Other Check-Up Considerations
- The need to adjust a denture, as determined by regular check-ups, helps keep a proper relationship between the jaws and thus maintains esthetics. Keeping jaws in a proper functional relationship, and sometimes building out certain denture surfaces, will support the face and help prevent a premature aging appearance.
- The temporomandibular joints or TMJs (the jaw joints located in front of each ear) undergo constant change in shape throughout life by a process called bone remodeling. This process is a functional response. If improper jaw function occurs, as a result of unadjusted dentures and improper bite, it is possible for the TMJs to remodel into a pathologic relationship. This could result in numerous pathological conditions, including impaired jaw function, headache, and other head and neck pains.
- Sometimes, more importantly than finding denture problems, is the opportunity to detect serious oral pathology, such as cancer, that may be discovered in early stages rather than later when radical and sometimes devastating therapy is necessary. The maintenance of healthy oral tissues is essential for optimum comfort in long-term denture wearers.
by Joseph J. Massad, D.D.S.
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Mini Dental Implants and Denture Stabilization
Denture implants are a great solution for patients whose dentures just don't quite stay put.
Also known as mini dental implants, they are slender titanium screws that a dental implant dentist or prosthodontist attaches to your jawbone in a simple surgical procedure. Just 2-4 mini implants attached to your lower jaw can ensure that your denture never wanders again.
Mini implants are considerably smaller than standard tooth implants, so the dental implant surgery is less invasive, takes less time, and heals faster. In addition, denture implants cost less.
Denture patients will often be given a provisional denture to immediately wear over their implants. Once the implants have healed, a permanent denture can be fabricated, or the patient's existing denture can be retrofitted to accommodate the denture implants. The removable denture will snap on to the implants to provide added support, stability and retention.
Many a denture dentist loves being able to offer dental implant therapy. "I have done around 20 cases using mini implants under lower dentures," said one dentist. "I feel this is one of the best things I have done for my patients and my practice."
Agreed another, "In the correct situation and understanding how to use them, they are a wonderful long-term solution."
As with regular dental implant surgery, the dentist will need to take X-rays an possibly bone scans to make sure there is enough bone to support the implants. Since the cost of dental therapy is significant, there's no sense placing implants that are likely to fail.
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