Snap-on Dentures - Types and Advantages
If you struggle daily with your ill-fitted dentures and suffer a great deal of discomfort, irritation, and pain due to the removable dentures, then you can benefit from a unique innovation called Snap-On-Dentures.
Dentures have been used for the past few decades as a standard teeth replacement option for people who have already lost all of their original teeth. But this removable dental appliance has several shortcomings. For instance, improperly fitted removable dentures can damage or break adjacent teeth. Even well-adjusted dentures can become loose when the underlying soft tissues and bone shrink over time.
These shortcomings of traditional dentures can be overcome with modern type of over-denture that is stabilized by attaching to a dental implant with a standard ball abutment.
What are Snap-on Dentures?
It is a type of over-denture that gets some support from the implants that it snaps onto. Unlike regular dentures that rest on the gums and tend to fit less firmly in the mouth, this unique dental appliance is anchored to multiple implant posts and therefore does not slip or slide in place while eating and speaking.
For the placement of this dental appliance at least two titanium posts are planted on the lower jaw and four implants on the upper jaw. Then the device with special removable attachments and false teeth snaps on to the implants. This dental device does not require adhesives to fit firmly in the mouth. The implants provide strong anchorage to the denture. This denture type can be snapped on and off easily.
Types
Different types of snap on denture available in the market include the full and partial types as well as bar retained and ball retained.
The full snap on denture is an excellent choice for people who do not like the feeling of a denture on the roof of the mouth (the palate). This palate-less dental appliance is attached to 4-5 implant posts for a firmer hold. People in need of a few to several teeth replacements can opt for partial snap on dentures.
Bar retained snap on dentures require at least three implants, while ball-retained dentures need at least two. For bar retained dentures three or more dental implants are placed into the jaw bone, then a thin metal bar that runs along the curve of your jaw is attached to these implants. The denture fitted with clips or other types of attachments rests on this bar.
Ball retained snap on dentures work with a ball and socket mechanism. A dental implant in the jawbone holds a metal ball-shaped 'male' attachment that fits into a socket or 'female' attachment on the denture.
Advantages
Snap-on dentures can result in a host of oral health benefits, in addition to renewed self-confidence and improved lifestyle.
This dental device improves your facial aesthetics and gives you improved speech clarity.
It eliminates the need for creams or messy denture adhesives to keep the device stay firmly in place.
With this innovative prosthetic denture, your chewing efficiency improves, and you can eat every kind of food.
Implant supported dentures prevent the jawbone from resorbing.