トップへ » I have partial dentures. They make it difficult for me to talk and pronounce words correctly. It is quite troubling.
I have partial dentures. They make it difficult for me to talk and pronounce words correctly. It is quite troubling.
Q. My upper dentures are giving me trouble. I am missing 1 molar on the right side and 2 molars on the left side. I had partial dentures made about half a year ago, but the other day they began to feel really awkward. I can't talk or pronounce words correctly and it is really grieving me.
The bar in the upper jaw pops up and I have to support it with my tongue. I am forced to think about my dentures all day long.
When I bite into food, there is no taste and only pain. The dentist who made them for me told me I would get used to them but I have been practicing with them for 6 months now. What should I do?
A. Everyone experiences an awkward feeling when first getting dentures. But most people get used to them after some time.
But this actually depends on how well they fit with your own teeth.
Dentures that do not move around in the mouth are made on the premise that they should adhere to the point where air and water do not cause them to move. .
Some reasons why dentures fall out in the case of full dentures is that air gets under the inner edges, or the dentures lose muscle support because they are too small. In the case of partial dentures, with each bite, they wiggle around the clasps that support them. This eventually causes the denture to lose their tight fit.
Dentures that move around in the mouth like this require constant support from the tongue and in turn make it difficult for patients to get used to them.
Our clinic uses the German-developed telescope system. These dentures are made to prevent the teeth from wiggling as much as possible. If the dentures are not wiggling your teeth, this means that they fit well and will not move or fall out.
Even in the case of full dentures, we can make ones that do not allow air to get in. We do this by using the maxillomandibular simultaneous impression method modeled after Strack dentures. We use this method to make a complete copy of the inside of your mouth.
As for the thin pink bed of the dentures, by using a polymerization system called the Ivocup system, we are able to make a thin yet strong bed, which pleases our patients greatly.
Of course we also do a pronunciation check and make adjustments if there are any problems.
▼Regions that effect pronunciation
We conduct a pronunciation check by applying Vaseline to the palate of the dentures, sprinkling on some powder, and having the patient pronounce some words. Through this method we can locate regions of the palate that may be effecting pronunciation and then file them down. We can also make adjustments by adding to the shape of the palate.
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