How to remove the odor from denture gaps?

Many people need to wear dentures. People who wear dentures need to pay attention. They must pay attention to cleanliness and hygiene, especially brushing their teeth or rinsing their mouths correctly after meals. Otherwise, food residues will remain between the nails, which will cause bacteria to grow, and then bad breath will occur, and it will also cause gingivitis, etc. If there is an odor between the gaps of the dentures, you can take the following methods to help remove it.

How to remove the odor from denture gaps?

1. When you first wear dentures (whether removable or fixed), if you feel that the dentures are too large and uncomfortable, your pronunciation is unclear, your chewing is unnatural, your gums are abraded, you have difficulty swallowing, your cheeks or tongue are abraded, or you have bad breath, you should immediately ask a dentist to study how to improve them. Perhaps they only require slight adjustments or redesigns, or perhaps you just need to practice more and adapt for a while. This is all decided by the dentist, and you need to work closely with the dentist to get a correct denture.

2. Dentures should be installed or removed in the correct direction by pressing down or taking them out steadily with your hands. Never bite down directly with your real teeth. This will not only make it difficult to install or remove, but will also cause damage to the hooked teeth or soft tissues, and may also cause the denture to deform. If you find that the hook of a removable denture is loose, you should ask a dentist to adjust it. Never adjust it on your own to prevent the hook from deforming or breaking.

3. Since removable dentures are made of resin, which is flammable, they should not be placed near heat or baked. They should not be cleaned with gasoline, alcohol or organic solvents. If you want to clean it, you can take it off after each meal and wash it with a soft-bristled toothbrush dipped in soap powder. You should also take it off after wearing it for a day and put it in water to prevent it from deforming. As for the dental plaque or tartar on the dentures, you can first use a plaque indicator to make it visible, and then clean it with a special denture cleaning solution. In addition to cleaning the dentures, the adjacent teeth or the teeth that are hooked must also be cleaned very carefully each time. Sometimes a small gauze strip can be pulled back and forth to clean the surface of the tooth adjacent to the denture.

4. If the gums are inflamed, pathological changes occur in the gums or soft tissues, nausea and vomiting occurs, surgery is underway, or the patient is in a coma, the removable dentures must be removed immediately and properly stored. They can only be worn again when everything returns to normal.

5. If you have fixed dentures, you cannot take them off for cleaning, so in addition to brushing them with the correct method, you also need to pay attention to the gap between the denture bridge and the gums. If there is food residue that cannot be removed, you can rinse it with a water spray, or pass dental floss under it and pull it back and forth to remove it. You also need to have your dentures checked and cleaned regularly by a dentist to prevent them from being contaminated by food and becoming discolored.

In short, you should always pay attention to keeping your dentures clean and follow the dentist's instructions to avoid unnecessary losses and pain.