Dentures
Dentures
Dentures are always necessary when missing teeth or teeth that are not worth preserving need to be replaced or when heavily filled teeth and destroyed teeth cannot be permanently preserved using conservative treatment methods such as fillings. This includes crowns, bridges and removable dentures.
There are many ways to reach your goal and we will advise you in detail about the possible alternatives before treatment begins. You then decide on the best form of treatment for you personally.
Our practice specializes in metal-free dentures
Metal-free dentures
Made from the high-performance plastic "PEEK"
Polyetheretherketone, or PEEK for short, has been established in implant medicine for over 10 years as a spinal implant and can now also be used in dentistry, offering the best material properties such as:
- no metal
- Hardly any wear
- No corrosion
- Very good stability
- low weight
- High elasticity
PEEK replaces the usual metal framework. The tooth-colored veneers and the pink denture base are made with the usual or specially selected resins, depending on sensitivity and individual compatibility.
Prostheses made of PEEK with zirconium ceramic telescopes can be worn almost like your own fixed teeth and are only removed briefly in the morning and evening when brushing your teeth.
Dr. Jens Tartsch
Fixed all-ceramic crowns
If the tooth substance is too badly damaged by caries or root canal treatment, permanent preservation of the tooth can no longer be achieved by fillings alone. If the long-term prognosis is good, crowns are used to protect and replace the tooth structure for individual teeth.
The tooth is ground down and an impression is taken of this "preparation", which is then filled with special plaster. Depending on the esthetic requirements, the dental laboratory then produces the crowns with or without metal (gold alloys).
Fixed all-ceramic bridges
If one or more teeth are missing in a row of teeth and there is a desire for fixed dentures, a bridge restoration is the alternative to implants...especially if there is not enough bone for implants or the neighboring teeth have already been restored with old crowns.
Bridges are characterized by the fact that the abutment teeth (the teeth next to the gap) are ground down and the missing teeth are connected to the abutment crowns by bridge units. The gap is "bridged".
Partial dentures
If one or more teeth are missing in a jaw, they can be replaced with a removable implant as a non-surgical alternative to implants. "Partial denture" be replaced.
The components are: the replacement teeth made of plastic or ceramic, the base made of tooth-colored plastic and/or steel and the anchoring or retaining elements with which the prosthesis is attached to the natural teeth. There are a large number of different options for these retaining elements in particular, from the simple "Bracket" about "Dumping" up to "Telescopes"which influences the wearing comfort and the resulting quality of life.
Complete dentures
If all the teeth in a jaw have been lost, the only solution left is a complete denture...if you disregard implantology for a moment
Ideally, a complete denture is held to the jaw by negative pressure like a suction cup. Although one might assume that gravity would make it more difficult to give a maxillary denture sufficient support, the opposite is actually the case. The retention of a correctly fabricated upper complete denture is usually good, but the retention of a correctly fabricated lower complete denture is often unsatisfactory. This is due to the smaller contact surface and the enormous mobility of the tongue.
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