Instructions for the use and protection of removable dentures

The movable denture is generally composed of metal rings and plastic brackets. When wearing it for the first time, there is often a sense of foreign body and unclear pronunciation, nausea, chewing discomfort, etc. Generally, you can adapt to it after 1-2 weeks of patient trial. The chewing function of dentures is not as good as real teeth, so practice eating softer food when you first wear them to gradually adapt to them. It is better not to eat too hard and too sticky food. The front teeth should not cut and bite too hard food. Please follow the instructions of your doctor to remove the denture, do not use violence or bite to make the denture in place. Do not use force or bite the teeth to make the denture sit in place. Avoid breaking the retainer or abutment and damaging the soft tissues in the mouth. The denture should be removed after meals and before bedtime and cleaned with water or denture cleanser. You can brush the smooth surface of the denture with a soft-bristled toothbrush, but do not brush the inner surface of the denture (the surface that is not smooth against the oral mucosa) to avoid reducing the degree of adhesion between the denture and the mucosa, and pay attention to the care of the real teeth in the mouth and effective brushing. In order to rest the supporting tissues of the denture, the denture can be removed and cleaned at night and then immersed in cold water. Especially for flexible dentures, they should not be placed dry or in boiling water, alcohol and other medicinal solutions. In order to avoid deformation of the denture. The denture can be temporarily removed if it causes mucosal pressure pain or rupture, and then put on again a few hours before the follow-up appointment so that the physician can quickly and accurately find the painful spot for modification. When wearing a full denture for the first time, the foreign body sensation is often obvious, and it is easy to fall off when eating. At this time, do not be anxious, after ruling out the reasons for denture making, patients should establish information to practice using, the time varies from person to person, generally 1-3 months. Pay attention to the correction of bad habits such as partial side chewing and jaw forward extension. When eating, you should first contact small pieces of soft and crunchy food, chew slowly with both sides of the back teeth, and gradually transition to general diet. Do not be impatient and blindly climbing. Porcelain restorations because of its brittle material, so should not be used to cut and bite hard objects, so as not to cause chipped porcelain. It is recommended that the denture be reviewed every six months to a year. If the denture is damaged or easy to fall off because of the loose ring should come to the hospital in time to repair and adjust. Do not wear it by yourself.