dentures
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Key facts
- Interventions.Name
- Dentures
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- Mr M's Complete Denture2.jpg
- Interventions.Caption
- A maxillary denture
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- D003778
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Article
30 sectionsContents
- Medical uses
- Complications
- Stomatitis
- Ulceration
- Tooth loss
- Types
- Removable partial dentures
- Complete dentures
- Copy dentures
- Materials
- History
- George Washington
- Manufacturing
- Prosthodontic principles
- Support
- Stability
- Retention
- Fit, maintenance and relining
- Costs
- Care
- Brushing
- Immersion
- Cleansers and methods
- Sodium hypochlorite cleansers
- Effervescent cleansers
- Acid cleansers
- Other denture cleaning methods
- Broken dentures
- References
- External links
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Dentures (also known as false teeth) are prosthetic devices constructed to replace missing teeth, supported by the surrounding soft and hard tissues of the oral cavity. Conventional dentures are removable (removable partial denture or complete denture). However, there are many denture designs, some of which rely on bonding or clasping onto teeth or dental implants (fixed prosthodontics). There are two main categories of dentures, the distinction being whether they fit onto the mandibular arch or on the maxillary arch.