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Dentures are artificial substitutes used to replace all or some of the lost teeth and adjoining tissues to maintain function, health and esthetics of the tissues. So in simple words dentures help to replace lost teeth.
A complete denture is a dental prosthesis that replaces all the teeth and contiguous oral tissues in order to help restore the function, health and the appearance of the patient. Complete dentures can be made for the lost upper and the lower teeth.
Under certain circumstances only the upper or the lower denture is made and this is called a single denture.
Complete dentures fabricated before the extraction of the teeth and inserted soon after the extraction are called immediate complete dentures.
All dentures are made of a denture base and teeth. The denture base is usually made of acrylic resin, which is usually colored pink to resemble the oral gum tissues.
The teeth are made of acrylic resins, which is the most preferred. Teeth are available in various sizes, forms and colors to suit the needs of the patients
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