New Dentures

Considerable care has been taken in custom fabricating your new dentures, and once comfortably settled in, they will provide you with many years of service.

Man caring for new dentures by washing them - Brentwood Dental

First time with dentures?

Be patient, it may take some time to get used to wearing dentures. Some people adapt more quickly and learn to control their dentures in a shorter period of time. Having good ridges and bony support to seat the dentures can be a bonus.

First time denture wearers will have to overcome three main obstacles:

Saliva

Excessive saliva, for the first 24 hours. The mouth reacts to any foreign body as it would to food by salivation as the first step to digestion. Once the body gets used to having the prosthesis the salivation gradually decreases.

Speech

The denture covers the palate, so the tongue has to adapt to the extra thickness.

Eating

The teeth on a denture are all attached to one base and chewing on one side can cause the denture to tip.

Here are a few tips to help you:

Considerable care has been taken in custom fabricating your new dentures, and once comfortably settled in, they will provide you with many years of service.