Why Wear A Denture When You Can Have An Implant?

Many patients come to our Buckinghamshire Dental Implant practice fed up of having to wear a denture that replaces a missing front tooth or teeth (known as a partial denture). Dentures tend to move during eating and food can get stuck underneath them. This can lead to bad breath, gum disease and decay. If it is an upper denture, it will have to sit in the roof of the mouth and cover a large part of the palate. This reduces taste sensations from food and the amount of space the tongue has to move. Dentures are also meant to be taken out before going to sleep, not the most romantic notion!

A bridge can be made to replace a missing tooth or teeth but this requires utilizing adjacent teeth and is not always possible. This is where implants come in. They can replace the missing tooth or teeth without relying on the adjacent ones and they look, feel and act just like natural teeth.

Here is a recent case in which we used a single implant to replace a one-tooth upper partial denture. The patient was extremely happy to not have to wear the denture ever again.

Patient wearing a one-tooth denture that covers the roof of the mouth

A single-tooth implant leaves the roof of the mouth free. The implant tooth feels completely natural and much more comfortable.