You were excited to smile and eat with your dentures. But now that you have them, you’re finding that they slip, slide, and even fall out when you try to talk and eat. It doesn’t feel like a fair fight to pair floating dentures against a good meal.
When you feel like your dentures float like a butterfly in your mouth but fail to sting like a bee at dinner time, you need a solution that packs a punch. Mini implants secure your dentures, restoring your ability to bite and chew with confidence!
Dr. Ellis wants to put your floating dentures in their place using the power of mini dental implants.
What Causes Floating Dentures?
Your dentures were custom-made for you. But if they’re shifting and even falling out of your mouth when you’re talking and eating, you might feel frustrated that they’re not cooperating.
What causes your denture to shift and slide? Ultimately, jawbone loss is the culprit behind your floating denture woes!
You might not realize it, but your natural teeth actually played an important role in keeping your jaw healthy. When you used to chew with your natural smile, the roots of your teeth would put healthy stress on the bone, keeping it strong.
A traditional denture sits on top of your gums and does nothing to replace this stimulation to the jawbone, which causes it to shrink.
Because your false teeth were custom-made to fit your unique jaw shape, over time, they’ll start to fit worse as the bone changes shape and loses volume.
Once your dentures lose their footing in your smile, they start to slip and float, lacking a secure fit.
But it’s not over yet. Dr. Ellis can restore a solid foundation by stabilizing your denture with mini dental implants.
Stop Floating Dentures With Mini Implants
If you’re looking for a lasting alternative to secure your denture for the long haul, mini implants change the fight!
These small titanium implants anchor into the jawbone, providing strong support to your denture.
To place mini implants, Dr. Ellis simply makes a small hole in the gums and guides the implant into position.
By replacing the effect of your tooth roots, mini implants restore that healthy stress to your jaw, keeping it strong and preventing bone loss!
As a result, you’ll have a denture solution that supports a stronger bite and helps preserve the shape of the jawbone.
Your Secure Denture Options
Dr. Ellis proudly offers a variety of implant dentures to restore the look and feel of your natural bite.
The snap-in denture allows you to “snap” your denture on and off your dental implants. This denture is typically secured to 4-8 implants. You’ll be able to remove them for regular cleaning each morning and night. The snap-in denture is the most affordable way to stabilize your false teeth.
And for even more savings, you could request that Dr. Ellis retrofit an existing denture to a snap-in denture. One tradeoff of retrofitting dentures is that they’re made of a weaker acrylic material that isn’t designed to withstand higher bite pressure. They’ll naturally wear out over 7-10 years.
For longer-lasting results, consider other, more permanent denture alternatives. One option for a more premium denture experience is a semi-permanent denture. This set of false teeth is made of zirconia that usually secures to 6-10 implants.
With this solution, also known as Fix-on-Six®, you’ll never have to remove your teeth yourself. Instead, Dr. Ellis removes them in his office to provide a deep cleaning and positions them back onto the implants.
This offering is more expensive than snap-in dentures, but it also better matches the look and feel of your natural teeth.
Finally, the permanent roundhouse bridge is the most premium option, securing on to 10-12 implants. This solution permanently cements teeth directly on the implants, best replicating the look and feel of natural teeth.
No matter which denture you select, you’ll enjoy the benefits of a secure bite with a beautiful set of teeth.
Ready to bring your bite back? Dr. Ellis is happy to walk you through all of your denture stabilization options to provide you with a fixed set of teeth that stays ready at all times and performs under pressure!
Book a Free Consultation To Lock Down Your Denture
Bring back a stable, solid bite by putting your dentures in their place with mini implants! Dr. Ellis is able to convert an existing denture to a snap-in denture for an affordable smile upgrade. And for results that look and feel even more natural, consider semi-permanent and permanent denture options.
Dr. Ellis wants you to get back to the dinner table with a bite strong enough to tear into delicious food! Ready to lock down your denture? Book a free consultation today.
