Partial Dentures

Dr. Jigna. T. Thakkar, DDS, explains over here what are Partial Dentures, and who may

need them.

A removable partial denture is usually made to replace one or more missing teeth teeth, where you can keep your existing teeth, and wear a partial denture to the locations of missing teeth.

The Removable Partial Denture is customized to a patient’s specific requirements.

Removable partial dentures restore a person’s natural appearance and greatly improve the ability to chew and speak clearly.

Partial dentures is not intended to harm remaining natural teeth. A partial denture may prevent your natural teeth from shifting or drifting into the space left by the tooth loss. In fact, a partial denture may help maintain the position of your natural teeth by providing them with additional support.

With a partial denture, you’ll look better, feel better and chew better!

Your partial denture is an inexpensive solution to the problem of missing teeth and is designed to comfortably fill gaps left by missing teeth.

The number of teeth remaining, the position and the stability of the teeth are only a few of the factors that help to determine what style or type of partial denture would be best for you.

Depending on the teeth remaining in your oral cavity for anchorage, partial dentures may be completely tooth supported, tissue/tooth supported, and implant/tissue supported.

Partial dentures can be constructed out of a metal and acrylic composition or completely out of acrylic or flexible thermoplastic.

The design process involved in creating a removable partial (denture) is specific to the patient’s needs.