Upper and Lower Dentures

While having lower dentures is preferable to having none at all there are many issues that can occur with the fitting and wearing of lower dentures. lower dentures can prove troublesome to the wearer.

These problems include; 

• Lower dentures interact with more movable mouth surfaces than an upper denture.
• The lower denture has less surface to rest upon. There is no roof of the mouth to rest against as in an upper denture.
• Loss of jawbone over time brings a lower denture into closer contact with tissue extensions called frenum attachments, which create dislodging forces.

Inserting dental implants into the jawbone and wearing implant retained dentures will help stabilise the lower denture, while still allowing for comfortable and easy removal for cleaning.