Dental Health - Dentures Or Implants?
If your teeth deteriorate and need to be replaced, you should discuss your options with your dental health care provider. In days gone by, there were only two options: no teeth or dentures. Due to the cost of dentures at the time, for many, the only option was toothless. Today, that is no longer the case. Today, there are approximately three options for replacing teeth. You can have dentures, you can have dentures with implants, or you can have implants. There are definite differences, both in procedures, benefits and, of course, cost. First, let's look at the prosthetic option. With dentures, porcelain dentures are created after taking an impression of your mouth. Dentures are held in place with the use of denture creams that act as glue. This 'glue' needs to be replaced at least once a day, and often more than once a day. The upper denture is generally not a problem, in terms of staying in place, however many people report problems with the lower denture remaining in plac