Heritage Hill

Denture Clinic

Which is better - fixed or removable implant dentures?

Fixed implant dentures, bridges or hybrids claim to replace your teeth, and as such, they satisfy a need to abate the psychological trauma of learning that you are losing all of your teeth.  In the long-term, a fixed prosthesis costs far more, takes much more time to maintain, and tends to promote poor oral care as the wearer cannot take them out to clean them.  Yes, you can brush them like you would natural teeth, and use a waterpick to rinse under them, however it is impossible to rinse away all of the food, bacteria and sloughed-off cells.  The eventual result is odour and a poor taste in the mouth.

With a little patience, it is my opinion that a far better solution is a removable denture or bridge that snaps onto the implants.  It is not loose in the mouth, as someone promoting a fixed solution may claim.  I can customize how strongly your denture is held in place; four implants can require as much as 32 lbs. or as little as 2 lbs. of force to remove your appliance.  Cleaning and all maintenance is a breeze when compared the fixed solution.