Brookside Dental Care

Dentures are a great way to replace missing teeth. In addition to restoring your smile, dentures provide several other benefits too, such as providing support for facial muscles, restoring the natural contours of the face, and improving speech. At Brookside Dental Care, in Stockton, CA, Dr. Alexander Pritsky, Dr. Ravneet Nijjar, and Dr. Emil Tanase are your dentists for dentures.

Different Types of Dentures

There are two main types of dentures and several options within both types. The two main types of dentures are partial and complete. Partial dentures are used to fill in the gaps from missing teeth for patients who still have some of their natural teeth. Complete dentures, also called full dentures, are used for patients who need to replace all of their natural teeth along the top or bottom arch (or both). Partial and complete dentures both offer patients many of the same benefits, such as restoring both their smile and the natural shape of the face.

One type of partial denture is the removable partial denture. This type of denture has the benefit of filling in the gaps from missing teeth, while preserving any natural teeth that still remain. Two common types of full dentures include immediate and conventional. Immediate dentures are worn temporarily until a patient’s conventional dentures are ready. With immediate dentures, patients have the benefit of being able to wear them right away, while conventional dentures are custom made for the best fit possible and are meant to be worn long term.

Benefits of Dentures

A few benefits have already been mentioned in relation to each of the different types of dentures available in Stockton. However, both partial and complete dentures also offer several shared benefits, including:

• Filling in gaps
• Restoring smiles
• Improving speech
• Supporting facial muscles
• Boosting confidence

All types of dentures fulfill an important benefit of filling in gaps where natural teeth have been lost or extracted. Filling in those gaps has multiple benefits—with a full set of teeth, patients can once again resume biting and chewing with greater ease and even distribution, thus reducing any additional strain off teeth that were previously compensating for missing ones.

Filling in gaps also has the benefit of improving speech. When teeth are missing, tongue placement when speaking is altered, which can change the way a person talks. Filling in the gaps from missing teeth also has the benefit of restoring the natural contours of the face by providing support for facial muscles, which can sag and droop when teeth are missing. Finally, restoring facial contours gives some patients a more youthful appearance.

For dentures in Stockton, schedule an appointment with Dr. Pritsky, Dr. Nijjar, or Dr. Tanase by calling Brookside Dental Care at (209) 952-8804.