How to make dentures

Many people have experienced dental problems. Once a tooth falls out, it will always bring us a lot of inconvenience and affect our chewing ability, and it is easy to cause deformation of the surrounding teeth. Therefore, if teeth fall out, dentures must be installed. However, many people have a fear of installing dentures, fearing that it will cause pain and oral discomfort. Let's learn about how to make dentures.

How to make dentures

Removable dentures are another method of restoring missing teeth. It uses the remaining natural teeth and the underlying tissues (mucosa, alveolar ridge) for support, and relies on the denture's retainers and base to achieve retention and stability, and the patient can put it on and take it off by themselves.

The following is the process of making removable dentures:

1. Oral examination and preparation: The doctor will conduct a comprehensive examination of the patient's missing and remaining teeth, make a preliminary design for the dentures, and modify the shape and occlusion of the remaining teeth according to the plan to create favorable conditions for making dentures.

2. Tooth impression and plaster model: The patient's oral condition is reproduced on the plaster model.

3. Design dentures on the model: According to the wearing direction of different types of dentures, design the size of the denture "hook" and plastic plate on the model.

4 Denture making stage: Make the "hook" by casting or hand-bending according to the model design, use the finished teeth to arrange the teeth in the position of missing teeth, use wax as the base, and complete the wax model of the entire denture. Then, a plaster negative mold is made, filled with plastic, heated and boiled to harden the plastic. Finally, the dentures are polished and finished.

The above is an introduction to how to make dentures. After understanding it, we know that dentures are made according to the condition of our own teeth in our mouths, so that they can fit the mouth better and will not cause discomfort. In addition, there are many types of dentures and we must choose according to the damage to the teeth when choosing.