One of the most common complaints with traditional dentures is how difficult it can be to chew food. They rely on suction and sometimes messy dental glue for support, but neither offers much stability. Unstable dentures tend to shift around as you eat, talk, or laugh, making them uncomfortable and limiting your ability to enjoy the foods you once loved. At Bivona Family Dentistry, our doctors believe you should be able to eat more than just steamed broccoli and mashed potatoes! Our doctors use snap-on dentures secured by mini implants to stabilize your smile and make mealtime a breeze.
Explaining Snap-On Dentures
Implant dentures replace all of your teeth using dental implants for better stability and comfort. Implants are titanium posts inserted through the gums and into the jawbone. Over time, they bond with the bone, providing robust support for your full-arch prosthesis.
Snap-on dentures are a type of implant denture that uses 4-8 mini dental implants to anchor the false teeth. The great thing about snap-on dentures is that, as their name suggests, they can “snap” on and off the implants at any time! They offer excellent stability when attached, while the removable design makes cleaning simple and convenient.
Because implants anchor the prosthesis, these dentures don’t require the bulky upper palate that traditional dentures need for support. Their sleeker design leaves the roof of your mouth uncovered, allowing you to fully enjoy the taste of your food again. Additionally, these stabilized dentures eliminate the problem of loose dentures, giving you back your biting and chewing power. While traditional dentures offer limited ability to chew like natural teeth, implant dentures restore much more of that function!
Understanding Mini Dental Implants
Our doctors stabilize snap-on dentures with mini dental implants, which are small titanium posts less than 3 millimeters in diameter. Like traditional implants, mini implants go through the gums and into the jawbone, providing a stable base for your restoration. However, mini implants offer many benefits that traditional implants don’t.
While traditional implants are effective, they are also an invasive procedure. Because these implants are about 5 millimeters in diameter, they require incisions, stitches, and large holes in the bone. The invasive procedure makes the healing time for a traditional implant much longer than the healing period for mini implants. Traditional implants are also composed of many parts, creating small spaces where bacteria can gather and potentially cause gum disease.
Mini implants are sleek, one-piece designs that eliminate these bacteria breeding grounds and offer a much less invasive process. With no incisions or stitches required, the healing period for these implants is significantly reduced. Mini implants provide greater comfort, faster healing, and effective results, all while maintaining the stability of traditional implants.
Benefits of Snap-On Dentures
Thanks to 4-8 sturdy mini implants, snap-on dentures are an excellent solution for restoring your ability to eat the foods you love. With loose traditional dentures, eating sticky, tough, hard, or chewy foods can be almost impossible, often leading to poor nutrition or unwanted changes in your diet. But when you opt for snap-on dentures, you can chew your favorite foods with ease.
We often provide brand-new snap-on dentures for our patients, but in some cases, we can stabilize your existing ones. If your current denture is in good condition and you’d like to keep it, we can convert it to snap onto the mini implants. To determine if you’re eligible, we’ll use advanced scanning technology to assess both your denture and jawbone. These scans allow us to determine if we can place implants to perfectly align with your existing denture. You’ll be surprised how often we can stabilize an existing denture using implants, giving you a more secure and comfortable fit.
Whether you have a new or converted snap-on denture, you can look forward to a better quality of life. When it’s time to eat, snap-on dentures give you the freedom to enjoy meals without worrying about shifting or discomfort. After eating, cleaning is simple—just pop the denture off the implants to clean it and snap it back into place. And when you’re not eating, the snug fit ensures your denture stays secure, giving you newfound confidence while talking, laughing, and going about your day!
Restore Your Chewing Ability: Book a Free Implant Consultation!
Eating the foods you love with traditional dentures can be challenging, but snap-on dentures offer a great solution. At Bivona Family Dentistry, we can stabilize your current denture or replace missing teeth with snap-on dentures secured by mini dental implants. These implants keep your denture securely in place, so it only comes out when you want it to. With this added stability, you can enjoy your favorite foods again—without worry. Contact us today for a free consultation to find out if mini implant snap-on dentures are right for you!
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