Tooth loss can cause many serious consequences, affecting the patient’s ability to chew and causing jaw bone loss. Therefore, early dental implantation will be considered the only solution to prevent those effects. When you want to make dentures in the upper jaw, you can do it with a removable jaw, porcelain bridge or dental implant. However, to know which method is the most suitable, it will be based on a number of criteria. Refer to the article to know the exact criteria to help you get the desired restoration results!
3 methods for making upper dentures
Currently, when teeth are lost, if restoration is not performed, it will cause many dangerous health complications such as: Disappearing jawbone, reduced chewing ability, and aesthetic effects. Therefore, making upper or lower dentures is equally necessary. Specifically, there will be 3 main methods:
Removable dentures on teeth
Removable dentures are a long-standing restoration method, but still receive a lot of popularity today. Dentures are designed with frames, crowns and gums that simulate real teeth. There will be two main types of functions: partial functions and full functions.
Advantages
- Cheap cost, ranging from 500,000 – 3,000,000 VND.
- Users can flexibly disassemble it without fear of being constrained.
- Does not cause invasive activities during the restoration process.
Disadvantages>
- Poor chewing ability, only able to restore 30 to 40% of chewing function.
- Poor lifespan, only used for 3 to 5 years.
- Not suitable for applying prosthetics to young people, should only be applied to the elderly, without high aesthetic requirements.
- Easily falls or slips when eating, chewing or talking.
- Does not prevent jaw bone loss.
Ceramic dental bridge for dental restoration
Ceramic dental bridge is a popular solution for restoring fixed upper or lower dentures, chosen by many customers. To make a porcelain bridge, the doctor must grind two adjacent teeth to create supporting pillars. Then make a ceramic crown on top to fix it, like a porcelain bridge will include adjacent ceramic crowns fixed on the tooth abutment.
Advantages
- Fast restoration time, non-invasive to surrounding soft tissues.
- Ceramic teeth have high aesthetics and beautiful colors. Customers can freely choose the tooth shapes they want.
- The ability to eat and chew can be restored to a level of about 70%.
- The cost is reasonable, currently ranging from 3,000,000 – 30,000,000 VND at My Auris dentistry.
Disadvantages
- Affects real teeth when grinding them for posts, over time the teeth will gradually weaken.
- Jaw bone loss still occurs and causes your face to sag, affecting aesthetics.
- The lifespan of a porcelain dental bridge is quite short, about 5 to 7 years.
Dental Implant
Dental implants are known as the most modern and effective restoration method at the present time. Implant teeth will have the same structure as real teeth, the tooth root is inserted directly into the jaw bone, above is a joint and the tooth crown is a porcelain crown with the same shape and color as real teeth.
Advantages
- Highly sturdy teeth, completely restoring the patient’s ability to eat and chew.
- Ensures aesthetics identical to real teeth on the jaw.
- Dental Implants are highly durable, can last up to 20 years, and some people can even use them forever if they know how to take care of their oral health scientifically.
Disadvantages
- The treatment time is quite high, about 3 to 6 months.
- The cost of treatment is quite high, ranging from 12,000,00 – 45,000,000 VND/dental, full jaw will be from 155,000,000 – 377,000,000 VND/jaw at My Auris dentistry.
- Not suitable for people have chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, hemophilia, blood pressure, diabetes.
Criteria to help choose the appropriate dental implant technique
Each method of supporting upper or lower dentures has its own advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, this can also cause many people to wonder and hesitate when not knowing which solution is best to choose.
Understanding this, My Auris dentistry will help you choose the methods. Dentures are suitable only through 3 simple criteria: justify;”>People with healthy oral health, the remaining teeth on the jaw are strong, with few defects, can have porcelain bridges. However, dental implants are still considered by doctors to be the best option because it helps effectively protect real teeth, absolutely preventing jaw bone loss.
These Patients with missing teeth who are older, have underlying medical conditions or are in poor health should not applyThis technique interferes with the jawbone, so removable dentures are considered the most convenient at this time.
Use time of dentures
As you know, removable dentures and porcelain bridges have a shorter lifespan than dental implants. As for removable dentures, they can only be used well for 3 to 5 years. Therefore, it is only effective for patients who do not need long-term dental restoration and do not require aesthetics. On the contrary, if anyone requires aesthetics and a lifespan of about 10 years, they should choose a porcelain dental bridge.
On the other hand, dental implants have a lifespan of several decades, so they are always a good option for customers who want long-term, solid tooth restoration. However, you have to accept that it will take a few months to complete.
In some cases, customers over 70 years old can still have their upper teeth reduced with Implant if needed. The reason many people choose this technique is because it is the most complete method in terms of quality and aesthetics.
Depends on each person’s economic conditions disease
Depending on each patient’s financial ability, you can balance and choose a technique that suits needs such as aesthetics, implementation time and durability. Regarding cost, removable teeth are the cheapest, followed by porcelain bridges and dental implants will have the highest cost.
If you want quality dental restorations but are still concerned about the cost, you can refer to existing promotions and installment policies at dental facilities to reduce the burden.
Above is all information about methods and criteria to support the choice of technique for making upper or lower dentures. You should also consult your doctor by having a direct examination. Because only when examined will you know the exact level of your condition and the doctor will also be able to provide appropriate treatment.
My Auris dental doctors are always ready to support you in examination and treatment to bring about the expected results. Contact us immediately to receive treatment with the most attractive incentives!
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