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At Aspen Dental, we recommend and custom-craft dentures based on your needs. Whether you’re replacing a few teeth or your entire smile, dentures can help you restore gaps in your smile, maintain your jaw structure and give you confidence again.
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Denture types FAQs
What are upper dentures?
Upper dentures are created to custom fit your mouth by following the shape of your upper jaw. They replace either your entire upper row, or arch, of teeth and can be secured using adhesives; or they replace a section of missing upper teeth with a partial denture. Upper partial dentures may contain metal clasps to help secure them into place.
What are lower dentures?
Lower dentures are created to custom fit your mouth by following the shape of your lower jaw. They can replace the entire bottom row of your teeth, or a lower partial denture can replace a section of teeth. Due to where it’s located in your mouth, these types of dentures can feel loose or uncomfortable for some patients.
When replacing a full row, or arch, of teeth with a lower denture, some medical providers will use suction cups or clips to help you secure your lower denture in your mouth. While these can help temporarily, they can also lead to discomfort on your gums or cause sores. At Aspen Dental, our best, clinically-recommended solution to help ease any potential discomfort with a lower denture is implant dentures. These types of dentures create the most natural feeling denture by having the most secure fit of any traditional or removable denture available.
What are implant dentures?
At Aspen Dental, our implant denture solution is a fully removable denture that replaces missing teeth with a precise, custom-fitted Comfilytes® denture. The Comfilytes® denture snaps onto dental implants, providing a secure-fitting and long-term solution if you need to replace an entire row of teeth or require a full mouth restoration.
What are full dentures?
A popular smile replacement solution for total tooth loss, full dentures are removable dental appliances or prosthetics made by your Aspen Dental Denture Experts to replace a complete upper or lower arch of missing teeth (or both). Dentures restore your smile’s appearance, functionality and ability to chew and speak so you smile easy again. Custom-made to fit your smile in our onsite labs, our dentures are composed of artificial teeth set in a gum-colored acrylic base, with options to personalize your smile further based on the denture package you select.
What are partial dentures?
A removable smile solution that’s customized by your Aspen Dental Denture experts for your unique smile, partial dentures are prosthetics that replace partial tooth loss for multiple teeth so you get a seamless fit between your natural teeth. They consist of artificial teeth attached to a gum-colored plastic or metal framework. Partial dentures are custom-made to fit your mouth so they’re supported by your remaining natural teeth or dental implants and they restore the look and functionality of your smile.