Custom Dentures Designed for Comfort, Function, and Confidence
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Living with missing teeth can drastically impact your quality of life, making it difficult to speak clearly, chew nutritious foods comfortably, and smile with confidence.
At Pesis Family Dental, our experienced team provides highly customized, advanced dentures solutions, including full dentures, and partial dentures, designed to completely restore your oral health and facial aesthetics.
Whether you have lost your teeth to severe decay, advanced periodontal disease, or injury, we offer state-of-the-art restorative options to meet your exact clinical needs.
Comprehensive Tooth Replacement: Our Denture Options
We understand that no two smiles are exactly alike, which is why we do not believe in one-size-fits-all dentistry.
We proudly offer a full spectrum of removable dentures and permanent prosthetics to patients across Michigan, ensuring that you receive a solution perfectly tailored to your anatomy and lifestyle.
Full Dentures
When a patient is missing an entire arch of teeth—either in the upper jaw, the lower jaw, or both—full dentures offer a complete and reliable tooth replacement.
A conventional full denture consists of a meticulously crafted, flesh-colored acrylic base that rests comfortably over your natural gums. The upper denture features a wide plate that covers the roof of your mouth to create natural suction, while the lower denture is shaped like a horseshoe to leave ample room for your tongue.
By replacing all your missing teeth at once, full dentures prevent the sunken, aged facial appearance associated with bone loss, helping you look younger while restoring your smile.
Partial Dentures
Partial dentures are attached to a metal frame that is connected to your natural teeth and are used to fill in where permanent teeth have been removed.
These custom-made appliances blend seamlessly with your existing smile, acting as a crucial barrier that prevents your remaining natural teeth from shifting, drifting, or tilting into the empty spaces.
For patients exploring alternatives, dental bridges may also be considered to replace missing teeth by anchoring to adjacent natural teeth for added stability. Dental bridges are an excellent, fixed alternative for patients missing one or two consecutive teeth who prefer a non-removable option.
Implant-Supported Dentures (Implant-Retained Dentures)
For patients seeking the best in stability and biting force, implant-retained dentures represent the gold standard in modern tooth replacement. Instead of relying on natural suction or messy dental adhesives, these specialized overdentures snap securely onto titanium posts that have been surgically embedded into your jawbone.
This innovative approach provides a permanent, slip-free solution that allows you to eat a completely unrestricted diet. Furthermore, the implants act as artificial tooth roots, actively stimulating the jawbone to prevent the deterioration that typically follows tooth loss.
Immediate Dentures
We firmly believe that you should never have to endure the embarrassment of going without teeth. Immediate dentures are fabricated in advance and placed in your mouth on the exact same day that your failing teeth are extracted.
While this ensures you leave our office with a complete smile, as your gums and bone heal and shrink over the following months, these temporary prosthetics will become loose. They will require professional adjustments and a permanent reline to maintain a proper, comfortable fit.
Denture Repairs & Relines
Because the natural bone structure in your jaw slowly resorbs over time, even the most precisely crafted prosthetics will eventually lose their snug fit. When your appliance begins to feel loose, wobbly, or causes sore spots, we provide professional denture relines. A reline resurfaces the tissue side of your denture with new material, perfectly adapting it to the current, altered contours of your gums.
Additionally, if your denture cracks, chips, or breaks, our clinic offers fast, reliable denture repairs. Attempting to fix a broken denture at home with toxic household glues can permanently warp the acrylic and harm your mouth, so always rely on our professional team for safe repairs.
Long-Term Denture Care & Maintenance
- Brush gently: Use a gentle cleanser to brush your dentures regularly, just like natural teeth.
- Keep them moist: Always ensure your dentures remain moist when they are not in use.
- Maintain oral hygiene: Remember to keep your tongue and gums clean as well.
- Handle with care: Hold your prosthetics over a folded towel or a basin filled with water to prevent them from shattering if accidentally dropped.
- Avoid abrasives and heat: Do not use regular abrasive toothpaste, stiff-bristled brushes, or hot water. These can scratch or warp the delicate acrylic, creating microscopic hiding spots for odor-causing bacteria.
- Remove at night: Take your teeth out before bed to allow your gum tissues to rest.
- Soak overnight: Store them in a mild, dentist-approved solution to keep the acrylic pliable and properly sanitized.
Who Is a Good Candidate for Dentures?
Dentures are an ideal solution for adults who have lost multiple teeth or entire arches due to extensive decay, periodontitis (gum disease), or traumatic facial injury. A good candidate also has healthy gum tissue and sufficient jawbone density to support the appliance comfortably.
During your initial consultation, our experienced dental team will perform a comprehensive examination to evaluate your oral health, discuss your cosmetic goals, and help you determine whether a traditional removable denture or an advanced implant-supported prosthetic is the best choice for you.
Benefits of Modern Dentures
The days of bulky, unnatural-looking false teeth are long gone. Advancements in modern dental materials and digital manufacturing allow us to create highly customized prosthetics that offer incredible benefits:
- Exceptional Aesthetics: Premium acrylics and porcelains perfectly mimic the translucency, shine, and color of natural enamel, working much like our cosmetic dentistry treatments to provide a stunning, flawless appearance.
- Restored Functionality: Regain the vital ability to chew a varied, nutritious diet, which significantly improves your digestion and overall systemic health.
- Clearer Speech: Missing teeth often cause noticeable lisps, whistling, or slurred speech. A well-fitting prosthetic allows you to articulate words clearly and confidently in any setting.
- Crucial Facial Support: Dentures provide internal structural support to plump your cheeks and lips, instantly reversing the sunken, aged look caused by bone loss.
What to Expect During the Denture Process
Designing and creating the perfect set of replacement teeth requires clinical precision and artistic vision, typically involving several appointments over a few weeks:
- Impressions and measurements: First, we take highly accurate impressions and physical measurements of your jaw to ensure an exact fit.
- Laboratory crafting: These records are then sent to a specialized dental laboratory where your custom prosthetic is crafted layer by layer.
- Wax mockup "try-in": You will return for a try-in appointment using a wax mockup. This allows us to evaluate the fit, verify the bite alignment, and ensure you love the appearance before the final acrylic version is cast.
- Final placement: Once your final appliance arrives, we will place it in your mouth and check for any pressure points.
- Adjustments and education: Finally, we make any necessary adjustments for comfort and provide you with comprehensive care instructions.
