Many adults may benefit from having dentures or partial dentures. New dentures and partials can provide the proper support for your face and lips and allow you to smile and speak with confidence again. Dentures and partials can help you chew your food properly and enjoy a varied diet.

If you’re missing all your teeth or just some of them, dentures or partials can fill in the gaps and create a complete smile for you. Whether you’re missing teeth due to injury, decay, gum disease or another reason, your dentures and partials can be made to look perfectly natural.

Full dentures and partial dentures can be ready for you in as little as one day if you’re already scheduled for an appointment. Our prosthodontist is an expert at fabrication of dentures and denture relines. Whether you need replacements or new dentures, you can expect best-in-class care. The time frame for having dentures made varies, but it should not take more than six weeks if you’re getting new dentures.

Dentures stop fitting properly over time and become loose because of wear and changes in the supporting jaw structure. Implants eliminate the need for adhesive and let you enjoy chewing food properly again.

Over time, some people with dentures may need replacing due to poor fit or from hundreds of thousands of chewing cycles that wear out the biting surfaces of the teeth and flatten them. This may wear out the front teeth and make them much shorter. A denture reline may be necessary for ill-fitting dentures.

Studies have shown that the supporting bony structures underneath dentures resorb over time, causing dentures and partials to fit less securely. Impression technique is paramount in making dentures and partials that fit as well as your anatomy allows. You can count on our San Diego prosthodontist to help you with your dentures and partials with this in mind.