Flexible Dentures
Losing your tooth due to health issues or injury does not mean you may need to bid farewell to your smile. Partial dentures are a terrific option to ‘filling up the gaps’ when tooth loss occurs and you still have a number of your natural teeth left. We can help you even if you have lost at most one tooth! Partial dentures are made from different sorts of base materials. Flexible dentures may well be a solution for you if you prefer to have no noticeable clasps or have had an earlier local response to acrylic dentures or you simply just need one tooth on the side included!
The products we use for flexible dentures at Elsternwick Denture Clinic are repairable as regretfully, we may not be able to refurbish a flexible denture if made at a different clinic as not all flexible denture manufacturers are repairable. Flexible dentures are built from a softer substance contrasted to acrylic dentures and at an appointment for flexible dentures we recommend to you the fantastic benefits and also any kind of drawbacks of flexible dentures. When you choose the treatment of flexible dentures you should find they are a fantastic option to tough acrylic dentures.
Our laboratory technician modifying a wax denture template
Clasps on flexible dentures tend to rest only above the tooth on the gum instead of on the tooth, causing an ‘undetectable’ appearance. Flexible dentures are warmed up in heated water which permits them to flex whilst you are putting them in your mouth each morning. If you mistakenly drop your dentures while washing or handling them they shouldn’t shatter like an acrylic denture may do if dropped, which is one of the great benefits of a flexible denture.
Flexible dentures give an opportunity for patients that can not put up with traditional dentures. A Flexible denture is typically thinner than conventional acrylic dentures and excellent for detailed applications.
Flexible dentures are among the many different solutions with partial dentures to assist renewal of your natural teeth functionality and should get you back smiling again.
Contact our team at Elsternwick Denture Clinic in Elsternwick on (03) 9528 1688 if you have any kind of concerns, would like more details on flexible dentures or to schedule an assessment.