Awkward words, careful bites and a mouth that seems full of something foreign are common early on. Here’s how to get through that stretch, and when to return to our McPhillips Street clinic.
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Delivery day can feel like the finish line, though in practice it opens a new phase. Your tongue, lips and cheeks have spent years working around a different shape, and they now have to learn this one through regular use.
Struggling at this point doesn’t mean something has gone wrong with your appliance. Equally, you aren’t expected to tolerate a sore spot in silence. Follow-up visits exist because fine-tuning a denture often depends on how it behaves once you’ve been living with it.
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Speech, chewing and saliva often shift for a while as your mouth meets the new contours.
A pressure spot is something for the clinic to adjust, not a test of how much you can put up with.
Reading aloud and starting with manageable foods give your mouth repetition in low-stakes moments.
Which denture you’ve just received shapes what you’ll be getting used to, since complete and partial designs are held in place by different things.
With an entire upper or lower arch replaced, support now comes from the tissues beneath it and from the form of your jaw.
Selected gaps are now filled, and the remaining teeth share planned support and retention with your oral tissues.
Your dentist’s wearing instructions for your own denture come ahead of any general advice on this page.
If this is your first denture and it’s still being planned, here’s the full sequence. If it’s already in your mouth, you’re at the final step, which includes coming back.
Request your visitTissues, any teeth you still have, the way your jaws relate and any older appliance all get assessed.
With impressions or scans in hand and a record of how your jaws meet, the denture can begin to be designed.
Tooth position, your smile, speech and bite are evaluated at this point, while changes can still be made before processing.
Pressure areas, retention and function are checked as the denture is delivered, then follow-up is planned around how you’re finding it.
An adjustment goes more smoothly when you can describe what’s been happening. Rough notes on a phone or scrap of paper are plenty.
Unsure how long an adjustment visit takes, or whether a fee applies? Those are fair things to ask when you book.
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None of this calls for special equipment. It’s mostly a matter of giving your mouth easy practice and speaking up when something is sore.
Hearing yourself work through tricky sounds lets your tongue get used to the new shape in private.
Manageable foods cut into smaller bites ask less of a denture that you’re still learning to control.
However tempting a home fix seems, altering the denture yourself isn’t the answer to a tender area.
Once you’re into a routine
This is a good moment to set the routines you’ll keep. Both the appliance and the mouth under it need daily attention, even while everything still feels new.
Choose a brush and cleanser suited to the appliance, since plenty of toothpastes are too abrasive for denture materials.
Gently clean your gums and tongue, along with any natural teeth, each time you take care of the denture.
Most wearers are told to leave a denture out for part of each day so tissues can rest, so check what applies to you.
If soreness is getting in the way of wearing it, phone the clinic and explain what’s going on.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Sinclair Park is an area in Winnipeg, and denture care for its residents is provided at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. Use the directions link here to plan your visit.
Phone or send the form, as you like. A time is only set once the clinic has replied, so a submitted form on its own isn’t a booking.
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Talk with our team before your visit or learn about CDCP.
Helpful details about dentures in Sinclair Park.
Ask our teamNot at all. It’s a new shape for your tongue and cheeks to work around. If it’s sore rather than simply unfamiliar, mention that to the clinic so it can be checked.
Changes in saliva are often part of the temporary adjustment that comes with a new denture. Bring it up at your follow-up if it’s still bothering you.
That varies, as the tongue is adapting to new contours and only certain sounds may need work. Reading aloud will show you which ones to practise.
Call the clinic and describe the problem, then follow the advice you’re given for your situation. A sore area is usually a reason to have the denture looked at.
There isn’t one fixed number, because it depends on how your mouth responds. Follow-up is planned at delivery, and you can ask about it then.
Yes, you can request a visit at our McPhillips Street clinic in Winnipeg by phoning (204) 338-3003 or by using the form below. Let us know what feels off when you get in touch.
A new denture is often only one part of looking after your mouth. These pages describe care that sometimes comes up for wearers.
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Something rubbing or slipping?
If you live in Sinclair Park, ask for an adjustment visit at our Winnipeg clinic, then watch for a reply about when you can come in.
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