If you just recently had dentures made for your mouth, here are three tips that will help your new dentures last a long time.
#1 Take Your Dentures Off
Dentures are not designed to be worn twenty-four hours a day. They are designed to be taken out of your mouth for at least a portion of each day. Generally, the best time to take your dentures out is when you go to sleep, as you don't need your dentures in to sleep well.
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It is recommended that in order to have good oral health, you visit with your dentist twice a year. You should be brushing your teeth twice a day and flossing once. This strategy works great if you are healthy overall, but when you have issues that impact your health, you may need to see your dentist more often. Patients who are diabetic often see an increase in gum disease, while those that take medications that cause dry mouth may have problems with their gums.
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Dental implants are a very useful tool that you can use to help prevent or resolve a wide variety of dental issues. Listed below are three reasons to consider speaking to your dentist about getting dental implants.
Prevent Teeth From Shifting
One of the most important reasons to consider getting dental implants is that they can prevent your teeth from shifting after you have lost a tooth or had it extracted.
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Dental implants offer superior comfort with a natural look and feel. But dental implants also require you to have decent jawbone health or else the bone-supported root won't heal properly and the implant could fail. If you don't naturally have the jawbone health required, there are a few bone surgeries your family dentist can perform to get you ready for implant success.
Here are three bone surgeries that can help prep your mouth for dental implant success.
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It's not unusual to see elderly adults with dentures or implants because their natural teeth fell out or had to be removed. But while this is common, tooth loss in older adulthood is by no means unavoidable. Here are some things you can do now as someone in your 20s, 30s, or 40s, to increase your chances of keeping your teeth as you age.
Avoid overly acidic foods.
Acid is not good for your tooth enamel, which is the outermost layer of your teeth.
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