The New Denture Fit
Most common issues people with new dentures face include sore spots, excessive salivation, and gagging. These problems will go away in time, however, can be an issue and a source of discomfort initially. Most people are not used to constantly having something in their mouth. This is where most denture issues start. You brain senses something foreign in your mouth and sends messages to the salivary glands which secrete saliva. Within the first day or so, the glands will continue to secrete, but shortly after, the salivary glands return to normal.
Discomfort and pain can also be caused by sore spots from the firmness of the dentures on the soft tissues of the gums. A few denture adjustments for the first few days after insertion can take care of this problem. You mouth will also adjust to the dentures and the soreness will eventually go away. Although not as common as the other issues, gagging is a problem some new patients face. Psychological gagging is the most difficult to treat. The mental denial of the dentures can be a difficult problem to overcome.
Denture problems usually begin with the patient. Most people are not used to having something in their mouth other than food and that’s where most denture issues start. With anything, once it hits your salivary glands in your mouth you begin to salivate. You brain senses this piece of equipment as food and sends messages to the salivary glands which produce and secrete more saliva and do this at accelerated rates. This will be a nuisance at first, but only for a short time. In the first 12 to 24 hours the glands will continue to secrete, but shortly after, the salivary glands return to normal.
Once you have had your dentures fitted into your mouth you can fix periodic gaps between the dentures and your gums with adhesives. There are a lot of adhesives on store shelve made specifically for dentures which help enhance the retentive crossing boundary between the plane of a denture and the underlying tissues upon which the false teeth rest. There is a small gap in the boundary between the inside of a denture and the jaw which is normally filled with your own natural saliva, but this gap can increases in size, leading to dentures that can become unstable. As this gap increases, a denture becomes less retentive and loses its biting strength.
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