Achieve Optimal Oral Health With Dentures

When you've replaced your lost teeth with dentures, you will have to start a new kind of oral health routine in order to retain a healthy smile. If you don't take care of the three major steps you have the potential to compromise your oral health and your teeth, jaw, and gums. You put yourself at risk for disease, and decay. Cleaning, flossing, and using them often will be crucial to getting used to your new smile.

Dentures are a prosthetic. It's something that you place in your mouth to complete your smile and help you chew and communicate but it does come out of your mouth. Because your prosthesis is a part of your mouth, you will have to take care of it as if it was your natural teeth. There are a number of things you will now have to do differently. This kind of dental work is not as strong as your natural teeth. Since they are more susceptible to wear they are more susceptible to breed bacteria and introduce that to other areas of your mouth. Make sure that you brush with a soft bristle so as not to damage the surface and cause small scratches and indents. You may even consider special toothpaste. Make sure that you fully clean them at least once a day. You should also be brushing your teeth regularly, focusing on the gum line to maintain healthy gums as well as clean teeth.

Flossing may be one of the least enjoyable tasks you have when it comes to oral health care but it is extremely important, especially when it comes to dentures. You shouldn't only be focusing on your natural teeth but don't forget to handle your prosthesis. You may be soaking them overnight of for several hours, but the toughest spots are still accessed just like natural teeth - with floss. Also make sure to floss by the gum line nest to the teeth you've retained. These are most susceptible for disease and decay. 

What is the most important part about dentures? Use them! It will be very important to wear your prosthesis and use them to eat and communicate as often as possible because of the risk of bone loss. When you do not have teeth in connected to your jaw, you loose some of the bone density in the parts of the jaw that used to support the tooth. Most dentists today are suggesting one handle this risk by choosing to install dental implants and crowns instead but most insurance plans do cover dentures in full, making them an easy affordable replacement. Implants are usually not covered in full and could cost you several thousand dollars to complete depending on how many teeth you need to replace.

If you want to maintain your oral health with your new dentures, make sure to build up three simple habits: clean, floss, and use them often. With these simple steps you can have a clean, healthy mouth for years to come.