Stability gets the headlines, but how your teeth meet also matters a great deal. Meadows West residents wondering how bite affects implant-retained dentures can ask at our McPhillips Street clinic.
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Bite comes up repeatedly in snap-in denture care. It is examined at the assessment, recorded before the denture is made or adapted, and looked at again during later examinations. Chewing capacity depends partly on it, and so does how a current denture might be judged for conversion.
Attachments add resistance to lifting and sliding, but they do not correct the way upper and lower teeth contact one another. That is why a denture that feels uneven when you close deserves a separate look, whichever kind of denture you end up with.
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How you close is examined along with your bone, gums, health history and existing denture.
Bite records help set tooth position in relation to the implants once they have healed.
Later examinations include your bite as well as the implants, attachments and gums.
A few parts of snap-in treatment depend on how the teeth come together. Here is where it matters, and what you may notice if something is not quite right.
These are the parts of the process that take your bite into account.
None of these has one single cause, so they are simply useful observations to pass along.
These observations are not a diagnosis. An assessment with the dentist will establish what is going on, and whether snap-in treatment is a suitable answer.
Implant number, timing and the choice to adapt or replace your denture all vary. This is where your bite enters the sequence, whichever way your plan goes.
Request your visitAlongside bone quantity, gum health and medical history, the dentist will look at how your teeth or dentures contact one another.
Imaging joins your restorative goals to guide where implants should go and how the attachments will be arranged.
Your implants integrate following the clinical plan. Next, records capture the bite and tooth position relative to those healed implants.
Retention adjustments and a check for pressure areas come at connection, and the removal technique is taught. Describe how it feels when you close.
You do not need any special knowledge. Spending a few days noticing when and where your denture feels uneven will give you something useful to describe.
If something about your bite is bothering you already, you are welcome to describe it when you contact the clinic.
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It feels high on the left is a perfectly useful way of putting it. Tell us what you experience in your own words, and the dentist can take it from there.
Showing the spot with a finger can be clearer than any description of it.
If an adjustment changes something for better or worse, we would like to know.
You are welcome to ask how your bite is influencing the recommendation you hear.
Contact and wear
How often retention elements need maintaining or replacing varies with use and alignment. So keeping an eye on the bite is also part of keeping the attachments working.
Retention elements are expected to wear, and the rate can differ from one person to another.
Your examinations give the dentist an opportunity to see whether contact has shifted.
More movement or a weakening snap should prompt you to contact our team.
If your bite suddenly feels different, call the clinic and describe the change.
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Winnipeg North Dental
Unit-5 2358 Mcphillips Street, Winnipeg, MB R2V 4J6Get directions (opens in a new tab)Meadows West is in Winnipeg, and residents having this looked at come to Winnipeg North Dental, Unit 5, 2358 McPhillips Street. Use the link in this section to get directions.
Filling in the form starts a conversation about timing, and only the clinic’s confirmation secures a visit. Urgent problems call for a phone call instead.
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Helpful details about snap-in dentures in Meadows West.
Ask our teamPhone (204) 338-3003 or send the form here, and describe what feels uneven. Your examination would be arranged at 2358 McPhillips Street in Winnipeg, at a time the clinic confirms.
Not by themselves. Implants and attachments add retention, whereas tooth contact has to be addressed through how the denture is made and adjusted. Ask the dentist what applies in your mouth.
It can, yes. Conversion is sometimes possible when fit, bite, strength and tooth position are all suitable, and a problem with any of them may point toward a new denture.
It is one possible influence, since use and alignment both affect how often retention elements need attention. Your examinations include a look at the attachments and bite together.
The denture has to relate properly to the healed implants as well as your opposite arch. Records establish that relationship, along with where each tooth will sit.
Your assessment may also lead you to want to read about these other forms of restorative care.
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