Physiological Dentures

There are different types of dentures, complete and partial, but they share their common function. They replace teeth that have become loose, lost due to bone loss or when teeth become non-restorable. When bone loss around the roots of teeth is great enough to loosen them or let them fall out, it's time for dentures.

Relax. No one enjoys losing their natural teeth, but you can still eat and talk regularly. Dentures are actually the easiest form of full mouth reconstruction that there is available. Dentures are not just to replace your teeth, but to re-establish how your bottom jaw fits to the rest of your head. The position of your bottom jaw effects not only how well you can chew, and speak, but it also effects how well you can breath, muscle tension in your neck and your posture. A denture is not just a denture, it is a critical part of your overall health.

Our dentures are fabricated using a technique, engineered to ensure that they are physiologically compatible with your body, and to optimize the effects of your jaw position on the rest of your body.  This means that it is not a wham-bam process.  In most cases, two sets of prosthetics are made:  diagnostic and definative. 

The diagnostic appliances are used to figure out where your bite needs to be.  Often times, your bite is not ideal to begin with, and going to removable prosthetics is the opportunity to find out where it really should be.  Diagnostic testing is done on the treatment appliance before it is used as the model position for the final prosthetics.   This lets us decide if you function best with flat teeth, or steep teeth; short teeth or tall teeth; white teeth or tan teeth.  The electrodiagnostics described in the High Tech area of this webpage are used to verify that the diagnostice appliance is objectively where your body is happy with it.