One arch behaves and the other one wanders. If that describes your dentures, our McPhillips Street clinic can look at how anatomy, movement and fit are affecting each of them.
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People are often surprised that a pair of dentures can feel so unalike. It’s easy to assume something has gone wrong when the top seems settled and the bottom doesn’t, or the reverse.
Part of the explanation is anatomy. Your upper and lower jaws have different shapes, and the tongue, lips and cheeks act on each denture in different ways. That said, a difference you’ve only recently noticed could also reflect wear, tissue change or damage, so an exam is worthwhile.
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Anatomy and movement explain why the same person’s two dentures rarely behave identically.
Pressure areas, retention and bite can be reviewed separately for the top and the bottom.
When a denture’s behaviour changes, that’s a reason for assessment, even if it once felt fine.
Support comes from different sources depending on your design. Understanding those sources explains a good deal of what you feel when eating and talking.
Without natural teeth to lean on, a complete denture relies on the tissues beneath it and the form of the jaw, so those structures matter a great deal to its stability.
With a partial denture, your remaining natural teeth contribute alongside the oral tissues, giving the appliance planned retention and support.
Your combination of arches is your own, so your dentist’s findings count for far more than general descriptions like these.
Whether you need an adjustment or an entirely new appliance, the process is about understanding each arch. For new dentures, the work happens across several appointments.
Request your visitYour tissues, jaw relationship, teeth and current dentures are examined. Describe when each arch moves, such as during meals or in the middle of a conversation.
If new work is planned, impressions or scans are made, and jaw records show how the upper and lower arches relate to each other.
At the try-in, tooth position, your smile, speech and bite get evaluated while changes can still be made before processing.
Once finished, each denture is checked for retention, pressure and function, with follow-up planned for adjustments that come up afterward.
Vague complaints are hard to examine, but specific ones help. Try to notice whether the trouble comes with certain foods, particular words, or simply opening wide.
Please wear your dentures to the appointment if you comfortably can, so the dentist can see how they sit in your mouth.
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Some technique helps both arches, though no technique replaces a proper fit check. These ideas come from how dentures generally behave during the adaptation period.
Chewing on both sides at once helps keep the pressure more even across your dentures and can aid stability.
Taking a smaller bite gives each arch less to manage, particularly while you’re still learning how they react.
Your tongue is busy down there and may need time to learn how to work with the appliance rather than against it.
Keeping both arches in check
Gums and jaw tissue go on changing after tooth loss. That change may not affect your upper and lower arches equally, which is one more reason for ongoing review.
A denture that starts moving more, collecting food or making your gums sore is telling you it’s worth an assessment.
Depending on the findings, adjusting, relining or replacing might apply to just one denture or both of them.
Take them out and brush them using an appropriate brush and cleanser, then look after the gums and tongue beneath.
If one denture suddenly becomes a problem, a phone call to the clinic is a good first step.
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Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Templeton-Sinclair is an area of Winnipeg. Denture exams and adjustments for its residents are at Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street, and there’s a directions link here for you.
Choose whichever is simpler for you, the form or the telephone. Nothing is booked until the clinic has responded and agreed a time with you.
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Helpful details about dentures in Templeton-Sinclair.
Ask our teamUpper and lower dentures do behave differently, because of anatomy and movement. It’s still worth having it checked, particularly if the feeling is new or making eating difficult.
Yes. A complete denture takes its support from the jaw’s shape and the tissues over it, and these keep changing after teeth are lost.
Ask after your assessment, since it depends on what’s found. The options for a poor fit include adjustment, a reline or replacement, and each arch can be looked at individually.
Pressure can build wherever an appliance doesn’t sit evenly on the tissues. Keep from altering it yourself, and have the rubbing area adjusted at the clinic.
They’re retained by dental implants, which may be worth raising as a question. Whether you’d be suitable for implants is determined through assessment.
Fill in the request form, or phone (204) 338-3003 and mention which arch is troubling you. All appointments happen at the McPhillips Street location in Winnipeg.
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Top, bottom or both
Templeton-Sinclair residents can send us a request for a denture assessment in Winnipeg, and the clinic will respond to arrange it.
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