What are fixed dentures

I believe everyone is familiar with dentures. When people get old, their teeth become useless and various dental diseases arise. At this time, dentures appear in your life and they can play a big role. The job of dentures is to replace natural teeth to help you chew food and ensure that you can eat normally. Dentures are also classified, so what are fixed dentures? Next, let me give you a brief introduction to fixed dentures.

Fixed dentures use the natural teeth on one or both sides of the edentulous area as abutments, with various types of retainers made on the abutments and a bridge made in the edentulous area. They are connected into a whole through connectors and finally fixed to the abutments with adhesives. Patients cannot take them off and put them on by themselves. Because its structure is similar to that of a bridge, it is also called a fixed bridge.

1. Fixed dentures, also known as "dead teeth", are a type of restoration used in dental clinics to restore lost physiological functions and morphology, and patients cannot remove them on their own.

2. Fixed dentures include metal porcelain teeth, metal steel teeth, and dental implants, which are widely used in clinical practice and are popular among people as a type of restoration for missing teeth. Fixed dentures generally consist of three parts: retainers, bridges and connectors. It is the natural teeth, tooth roots, or bridge abutment teeth that support the fixed bridge; in addition to bearing the combined force exerted on itself, the abutment teeth must also bear the additional combined force exerted on the bridge body.

3. Fixed dentures are small in size, close to the size of the original missing teeth, without any foreign body sensation and are comfortable. The main disadvantage of fixed dentures is that they are relatively expensive, and a certain amount of real tooth tissue needs to be removed during the production process!

In general, the characteristics of fixed dentures are: good simulation effect, high chewing efficiency, little foreign body sensation, beautiful appearance, but the production is complicated and the price is slightly expensive. However, dental experts point out that fixed dentures have high requirements on the patient's oral abutment teeth. The teeth on both sides of the missing teeth must be strong, normal in shape and position, without excessive wear and tilting, healthy periodontal tissue, and no gingival atrophy. Secondly, the number of missing teeth should not be too large, with 1 to 2 teeth missing being appropriate. The alveolar ridge in the edentulous area should not be severely absorbed, and should be flat, smooth and pain-free.

The above is my brief introduction to fixed dentures. As for the question of what fixed dentures are, I believe everyone has a certain understanding of some common knowledge about fixed dentures. Fixed dentures are much easier to clean than removable dentures. In addition, in daily life, we mainly use toothbrushes for cleaning, which can remove food residues and reduce bacteria attached to the teeth.