Dentures Rockville MD

A complete set of artificial teeth created to be as close to the shape and size of a patient’s original teeth as possible.

Used in cases where there are still a few healthy teeth in the area to be filled, they fit into the mouth but around the healthy teeth, giving them support. 

Hybrid dentures combine the security of dental implants and the comfort of dentures to create a fixed and natural smile. Hybrid dentures, unlike traditional removable dentures that are attached to dental implants surgically implanted into the jawbone, are securely anchored. This design offers superior support, preventing issues such as slipping and discomfort common with traditional dentures. Hybrid dentures can be used by patients who are missing most or all their teeth, but still want to have a reliable and permanent option. These hybrid dentures not only restore functionality and aesthetics but also maintain jawbone health through prevention of bone loss.

We’ll need to prepare your mouth. Whether you’re getting a full or partial denture, there will be teeth to extract before we can do anything else. If there are any issues with mouth tissue or bone shape that could interfere with properly positioning your dentures, this would be the time to take care of that, as well.

Extractions and gum surgery are routine procedures but they are also very traumatic experience for the mouth. Depending on how many teeth are extracted, how much surgery is required to remove them and how extensive any other preparatory procedures are, your mouth may need up to several weeks in order to heal properly before continuing the process. 

Once you have healed from your extractions and any additional oral surgery required, we will take impressions of the upper and lower portions of your mouth, as well as some careful measurements. The dental lab will need all of this information in order to be sure that your denture will align and interact properly with the teeth above or below it. This is also when we would discuss the size, shape and shading of the teeth in your denture.

After the dental lab has fabricated your teeth, they’ll be set into wax molds made to the dimensions measured at previous appointments. This step helps to make sure the measurements used in making your denture work as well in practice as they do on paper. If the wax version of the denture doesn’t sit properly, adjustments will need to be made to your measurements and forwarded to the dental lab.

Once your denture is completed and the dental lab delivers it to your dentist, you’ll be brought in for an appointment during which your dentist will carefully position the denture and make any final adjustments necessary for it to feel comfortable and interact properly with your other teeth. This usually involves shaving off a bit of the “gum” portion of the denture to make it rest better in a certain area.