If you’re considering a partial, or wearing one now, your remaining teeth have a bigger job than before. Here’s how to look after them, with care at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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When a partial denture goes in, attention naturally goes to the new teeth. Yet the teeth that have been there all along are just as important. They help to support and hold the appliance, and they need steady care in order to keep doing that.
That’s the thinking behind this page. It’s meant for people who still have some natural teeth and want to keep them in the picture. A partial is planned around what’s in your mouth, so a change in one of those teeth can also change how the appliance performs.
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A partial’s planned support and retention depend partly on the natural teeth around it.
Removing the appliance gives your toothbrush proper access to every surface.
Ongoing professional care for remaining teeth is part of wearing a partial.
What’s left in an arch usually points toward one kind of denture or the other. Still, the choice follows an examination of how those teeth are doing.
Selected missing teeth get replaced, and your natural teeth and tissues share the job of holding and supporting the appliance. The plan is built around their position and health.
Should an arch lose all of its teeth, a complete denture is a different appliance altogether. Support shifts entirely to the jaw shape and the underlying tissues.
Whether a given tooth can keep doing this job is a question for an exam. The dentist can walk you through what they find and what the options are.
You’ll usually come in more than once, because a good fit, bite and appearance take several steps to develop. Your natural teeth are considered during every one of them.
Request your visitAssessment takes in the condition of your remaining teeth and tissues, plus your jaw relationship and any appliance already in use.
An impression or scan captures the teeth and gums, while a bite record shows how your upper and lower jaws meet.
Ahead of processing, the dentist reviews your speech, smile, bite and where each tooth sits. Look at how the new teeth blend in with your own.
At delivery, the dentist checks retention, function and any pressure areas. Ask to be shown how to put it in and take it out.
Daily care isn’t complicated. It simply needs to cover both the appliance and the mouth it comes out of, which is easy to forget once you have a routine.
Regular toothpaste can be too abrasive for denture material, even if it’s right for your natural teeth. Ask which product belongs on what.
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New partial wearers often notice temporary differences in speech, chewing and saliva. Beyond that, keep track of anything that seems to be affecting a particular tooth.
Tell the clinic if a tooth that supports the partial feels sore or changed. It’s a good reason to phone rather than wait.
Sore spots from the appliance need adjusting by the dentist. Home modifications could affect how it’s meant to seat.
Evenly distributing small bites on both sides can make a partial steadier, and may also keep it from favouring one side.
Long term
Gum and jaw tissues keep changing after teeth are lost. So, a partial that fit nicely when new may eventually start moving or trapping food.
These cover your teeth along with your tissues, the appliance’s fit and how it’s working.
An assessment shows if adjusting, relining or replacing the appliance is appropriate, so let the dentist know if it’s shifting.
If a tooth has changed or been lost, the partial may be affected. Mention it and the dentist can look at what to do next.
Have a question about one specific tooth? Call the clinic and they can tell you how to proceed.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)People who live in Downtown Winnipeg come to Winnipeg North Dental for denture care, at Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street.
Tell the clinic about your natural teeth and any appliance you wear when you call or send the form. You’ll get a response about a time, and the appointment isn’t set until then.
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Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about dentures in Downtown Winnipeg.
Ask our teamTake out the appliance and brush those teeth thoroughly, paying attention to the areas it contacts. Ask to be shown any technique that suits your design.
It might, since those teeth help with support and retention. Don’t try to work out the fix alone, and call the clinic so it can be checked.
They can be relevant to planning, so tell the dentist about any dental work you’ve had. The exam will show how those teeth might fit into the design.
Any tooth that’s helping to hold a partial is doing structural work. If it becomes unhealthy, it can affect the appliance as well as the tooth itself.
That depends on the design and on what an assessment finds. Tell the clinic what’s happened, and bring the partial when you come in.
Call (204) 338-3003 or request a visit through the form, mentioning your partial and your natural teeth. Visits take place at our clinic on McPhillips Street.
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Downtown Winnipeg residents can request a visit at our clinic on McPhillips Street. Expect the clinic to contact you about timing.
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