Do you wage a daily war against your dentures? Does it seem like they are constantly on the verge of slipping and causing your serious embarrassment. If so, dental implants may offer a solution to your struggles. By stabilizing your dentures, the dental implants can eliminate embarrassing situations and improve the comfort of your dentures. To learn more about implant dentures, take the following quiz from your Milford dentist, Dr. Mitchell I. Quintner, and check your answers below.
Take the Quiz
- True or False: Implant dentures will not improve speech problems created by dentures
- True or False: Implant dentures can improve patients’ tasting abilities.
- True or False: Traditional dentures tend to fit less and less securely as time passes.
Check Your Answers
- False. When dentures are unstable, they can impair a person’s speaking abilities. The facial muscles will tense in an effort to keep the dentures from moving in the mouth, and by doing so, speech becomes muddled and indistinct. With implant dentures, however, the dentures will be held in place with dental implants that are surgically placed into the jawbone. With such a stable foundation, the dentures will be held steady, allowing the facial muscles to relax and speech to become clearer.
- True. Traditional dentures are held steady by the suction they create by covering the palate. Because this suction is rendered unnecessary by the stabilizing force of the dental implants, the palate can remain uncovered with implant dentures. One great benefit of uncovering the palate is the improvement of tasting abilities.
- True. For traditional dentures to hold steady, the fit must be nearly exact so that the suction will remain. Unfortunately, the daily use of dentures causes the ridges in the jaw to wear down, which contributes to a poorer fit over time.
Schedule a Visit with Your Milford Dentist
Are you interested in implant dentures? If so, contact our 06460 dental office to schedule an appointment with your Milford implant dentist, Dr. Quintner, today by calling 203-878-6699. We proudly serve the 06460 area and welcome patients from Milford, Orange, Woodmont, West Haven, and all neighboring communities.