Tooth Addition

Welcome to the forefront of dental innovation – Sydney Denture Clinic, your partner in transforming smiles and restoring confidence. If you’re seeking a seamless solution to missing or damaged teeth within your denture, our specialized denture tooth addition service is here to redefine your denture experience.

What is Denture Tooth Addition?

Denture tooth addition is a specialized dental procedure aimed at enhancing or restoring the functionality and aesthetics of dentures. It involves the addition of one or more artificial teeth to an existing denture, addressing gaps left by missing or damaged teeth. This process is meticulously performed to seamlessly integrate the new teeth into the denture, ensuring a natural appearance and comfortable fit.

Partial dentures frequently provide you the option to add additional dentures to the present plate rather than needing to get another partial denture altogether. By coming straight to Sydney Denture Clinic, a full-service denture clinic with a laboratory on-site, we can typically reduce the difficulty of being without teeth by finishing a denture tooth addition in no time with rates that take your financial burden.

Sydney Denture Clinic is your trusted resource in confidence restoration and smile transformation. We are at the forefront of dental advancement. Our specialized denture tooth addition service is ready to enhance your denture experience if you’re looking for a seamless solution to missing or damaged teeth within your denture.

What Is the Process of Tooth Addition?

• Options for adding a tooth or teeth to an existing disk vs a new plate are discussed during the consultation with our experienced dental prosthetist.
• Dentists take your teeth impressions and the colour and shape of the tooth or teeth chosen
• These impressions are taken to the laboratory
• A dentist or dental prosthetist inserts a denture that has had new teeth placed; the bite is adjusted and additional modifications are made as necessary to provide a comfortable fit.
• Check in to see if any other changes are required.

Patients may prefer to go through with the process of denture tooth extraction in certain situations when they may need to have teeth extracted. This allows the patient’s body to heal before adding a new tooth to their existing denture, which typically happens 2-4 weeks after the extractions. However, this can vary depending on the individual’s overall wellness and dental needs.

If, on the other hand, you have the new teeth added to your existing plate before the extractions, your dentist will be able to replace your missing teeth right away, preventing blood loss and promoting healing as the denture serves as a bandage and instantly restores your smile.

Benefits of Denture Tooth Addition 

Selecting denture tooth addition to replace lost teeth in the oral cavity has several benefits.:

• After completing the entire process of denture tooth addition, you will find these artificial teeth give the same mouth feel and experience as your natural teeth. 
• They require the same maintenance as real teeth.
• The natural teeth next to the denture tooth addition are not impacted or involved in the surgical procedure. It becomes one of the benefits of the teeth in question that have not had any previous dental work done on them.

Missing teeth within a denture can lead to difficulties in chewing and speaking. Denture tooth addition restores the complete set of teeth, allowing for more efficient chewing of a variety of foods and improved clarity in speech. With the new teeth in place, you can enjoy a diverse diet and communicate confidently without the worry of denture-related challenges.

Factors Influencing the Addition of New Teeth in the Current Denture Plate

1. Material Used While Making Dentures

In broad terms, acrylic denture tooth addition works best for quickly and affordably adding a new molar to an existing plate, safeguarding both money and effort. Furthermore, should the necessity arise, acrylic dentures provide the flexibility to change from a partial to a complete denture design. 

In most cases, extra teeth can be added to cast metal chrome partial dentures; however, this can be a more costly and time-consuming procedure as it might be necessary to weld a metal pin onto the plate to help strengthen the anchorage of the newly inserted tooth.

2. Check the Overall Costs, Location and Total Time Needed for Denture Tooth Addition 

Because the preliminary fabrication was examined and designed to suit the dentition that was missing at the time, the location of the tooth or teeth added can affect the path of insertion, fit, longevity, and strength of the denture. Depending on where and how many teeth are missing, the denture’s design may be changed to best accommodate the newly added teeth.

3. Examine the Condition of Your Original Teeth

It may be necessary to pull certain teeth to obtain imprints because they could interfere with the ease of the process. In most cases, repair of the underlying damaged teeth is required before denture modification. If not, this could impair fit after restoration and result in additional costs for adjustments down the road. In certain situations, it may be more cost-effective to have the remaining teeth pulled and replaced as part of the same treatment plan if your dentist’s prognosis is bad.

How to Care for Your Teeth After Denture Tooth Addition?

Like your natural teeth, your dental implant(s) requires maintenance. While they might not be susceptible to cavities, they might nonetheless get gum disease just like teeth do. Peri-implantitis is the term for gum inflammation and bone loss around the implant. If left untreated, this may lead to the implant coming loose or possibly failing.

Take the same care of your oral hygiene after tooth addition as you would your natural teeth. Make sure to clean your teeth down to the gum line twice a day. Use floss, interdental instruments or a water flosser to clean the space between the implant and the next-door teeth (or implants) daily. 

You should get guidance from your attending dentist or oral specialist regarding the finest products to use to take care of your denture tooth addition. To ensure proper maintenance of your implant, schedule routine dental hygiene appointments with your dentist, dental hygienist, or oral health therapist.

Sydney Denture Clinic: the Ultimate Place for Denture Tooth Addition Services 

The absence of teeth within a denture over time may cause the denture and the jawbone to shift in shape. Denture tooth addition keeps the prosthesis from getting loose or unsettling, which helps to preserve the denture’s ideal fit. Additionally, by closing up spaces between natural teeth, this process helps maintain better oral health and avoid future alignment problems by preventing the natural teeth from moving.

Our skilled technicians at Sydney Denture Clinic are committed to creating individualized and seamless denture tooth additions that suit your current denture. Get in touch with us right now to find out how denture tooth addition can improve your denture experience and provide you with a self-assured, full smile. Here at Sydney’s Northmead, you can begin your journey towards improved comfort and style.