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It is increasingly common these days for a dentist to use dental implants to stabilise your dentures. The Guildford Dentist<\/a> has a skilled implantology team who have successfully placed many implants, giving patients back the freedom of a jaw full of natural teeth. If your dentures are currently making you frown, why not book a consultation at our Guildford clinic to see how denture stabilisation could help?<\/p>\nThe problem with traditional dentures<\/strong><\/p>\n Traditional dentures are effective at replacing the crowns of lost natural teeth, but do nothing to replace the tooth roots. When those roots are missing for a considerable period of time, the jaw bone is likely to resorb or shrink back, which is the primary reason behind the most common denture woes.<\/p>\n A shrinking jaw bone will make dentures that once fitted well become increasingly loose. This can make it difficult to eat anything other than soft foods, seriously limiting your diet and your ability to maintain good nutrition, which can have many negative consequences for your general health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n Loose dentures may also affect your ability to speak clearly, and if they develop a habit of slipping or falling out entirely in public, you may find your confidence plummeting and your social life severely curtailed.<\/p>\n Resorbtion of the jaw bone has other consequences, too; the skin around the lower face and jowls may start to sag, and in some cases the whole structure of your face can change.<\/p>\n How dental implants can help<\/strong><\/p>\n Dental implants<\/a> are titanium tooth roots placed in direct contact with your jaw bone. They form a bond akin to that of natural roots and actively prevent bone loss.<\/p>\n Your dentures will be securely attached on top and you will once again be able to eat what you choose, to smile, speak, laugh, and socialise with confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dentures of one form or another have been used for several centuries as a method of replacing natural teeth. The modern versions are highly realistic in terms of both function and appearance, and will behave very much like your natural teeth. However, many denture wearers still experience problems with fit. It is increasingly common these … Continue reading Using dental implants to stabilise your dentures<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":106,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103\/revisions\/106"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theguildforddentist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}