In situations of partial toothlessness and when it is not possible to make a permanent bridge over teeth or over implants, the doctor will make a removable partial denture, the purpose of which is to add to the oral cavity the the tooth or the missing teeth. The partial denture is made of a metal skeleton that connects the two sides of the jaw (even if the lack of teeth is unilateral) and is held on to the teeth with the help of hooks and supports. In the toothless areas, the skeleton is covered by a base with teeth made of plastic material, in a color matched to the remaining teeth and a ridge in the same color Gums pink
The prosthesis is manufactured in a complex process that combines processes in the clinic and the laboratory.
The partial denture must be removed from the mouth for cleaning.
There are several types of partial dentures:
- Removable partial denture with a metal base - Vitlium or cobalt chrome denture - the most common type of partial denture as a long-term denture. Made of a metal base and on it teeth and a ridge made of plastic.
- Removable partial denture without metal - A partial denture made of advanced and flexible materials such as Valplast whose main advantage is its flexibility as well as its appearance because the hooks that hold the teeth are the color of the tooth or gums, which allows for improved aesthetics, because no metal is used.
- Acrylic removable partial denture - a denture made of acrylic material, with hooks made of metal wire and which is often used as a temporary denture, for example as an intermediate denture before performing Implants.
- Immediate partial denture - a denture made of acrylic material, is used as a quick solution to complete teeth, from session to session, in preparation for tooth extraction, as a quick and temporary solution.
- Flipper - a removable partial denture that is very small in size and whose function is to complete the lack of one or two teeth.
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