What are Dental prosthesis?

You must have been listening about Dental prosthesis and stuff but do you know what is it’s literal meaning ? 

These prosthesis are used intraorally in the mouth for replacing or reconstructing the missing parts of the oral cavity like teeth or other oral structures. So if you also have any part missing in your oral cavity like teeth or have clefts which creates problem in your speech or while eating then we consider you to go for these prosthesis.

So how are dental prosthesis helpful for the people ?
These are nothing but a replacement of the original structure which is lacking in your mouth like the palate or teeth etc.they help in achieving the form and functions of the original structures by being its duplicate alternative. So before we move forward let’s discuss what are the different type of prosthesis which are used in dentistry ?

Dentistry provides various prosthesis which can be used by the dentists in patients for there chief complaints.

 One being the obturators which can help in duplicating a palate in anybody who has a cleft or is missing the same.there are various kinds of obturators designed for different types of patients with different types of clefts or deformity in the oronasal region .
CD or complete dentures are other alternatives used in patients who are fully edentulous like the super adult patients . Crown and bridges are the ones used for replacing few teeth at a time and help in maintaining the aesthetics and mastication of people. These are called Fixed partial dentures as they are fixed and can’t be removed by the patients.

Dental implants are another type of prosthesis which is fixed and placed inside the bone of the patients mouth. 

These prosthesis are very well designed and thus needs a very good care for proper Functioning in mouth. You need to maintain proper hygiene of your mouth by brushing regularly two times a day and flossing as well. Not taking good care of your prosthesis will lead to many problems intraorally like halitosis or gingival and periodontal diseases . Inflammation in your mouth leading to severe complications like peri implantitis in case of dental implants. It moreover requires proper storage area for keeping the removable prosthesis during night or else it can break . 

Thus, we want you to know that just getting a dental prosthesis won’t help your oral conditions ! You should be able to take a good care and maintain a good hygienic environment so as to increase the durability of your prosthesis and cutting the cost of visiting your dentist every month. 

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