Dentures are a removable replacement for teeth usually when fixed bridges or implants are not possible or desirable.

A complete denture replaces an entire arch (upper, lower, or both) when there are no remaining natural teeth.

A partial denture replaces teeth in an arch (upper, lower, or both) which still has some natural teeth.

Options with Complete Dentures

Complete dentures can be made with a variety of types of teeth.  Options include:

• Standard plastic teeth
  • Wear out early due to low density material
  • Plain-looking esthetics
  • Can stain more easily
• BioBlend teeth
  • Long lasting stronger material
  • More natural, bright appearance
  • More stain resistant
  • Slightly higher cost than standard teeth
• Porcelain teeth
  • Very long lasting due to strength of porcelain
  • Crisp, porcelain appearance
  • Can cause "clicking" sounds
  • Slightly higher cost than standard teeth
  • May cause jawbone recession due to pressures
• Bladed teeth
  • Safe inner metal edges on teeth help in chewing
  • Slightly higher cost than standard teeth
  • A Glendale Dental Arts favorite

Options with Partial Dentures

Partial dentures benefite from all the teeth options listed above, plus many more base and clasp options.

• Standard framework and clasps

  • This is the customary highly polished Vitallium^® chrome-cobalt alloy that has been in use for over sixty years.

  • Includes pink acrylic base for the gum areas.

   

• Valplast^®

  • A flexible biocompatible thermoplastic nylon with unique physical and esthetic properties.  It's translucency allows your natural tissue tone to appear through the partial material.  A Valplast base is also stronger than standard acrylic.  The pink clasps look like your own natural gum tissue (no unsightly metal clasps):

• Valplast-Vitallium Combination

  • Partials can also be made using a standard metal-alloy framework but with a Valplast base and clasps.  This results in a stronger, more precise-fitting partial, but still with the cosmetic clasps replacing the metal ones: