Well, in some people their teeth cannot be saved and so, we do have to remove them and look to alternatives like dentures. There are three main options when it comes to dentures. There's the traditional dentures where it just sits in your mouth. It comes in and out really easily, but it's not retained by anything except the tissues in your mouth. There's also some implant-retained dentures that are attached to the implants in your mouth that kinda like a button snap that you would have... find on your coat. And there's also another kind of implant retained dentures where the implant is actually...the denture is attached to the implant, and it does not come in and out of your mouth except for when you come to the dental office for your cleanings. So, there are many ways of doing dentures with a lot of technology that we have, and the different labs that we use. We can really change the process and make it go from being a five-visit to only a two or three-visit appointment for you.
And so, a lot of times we can do 3D printed dentures, which are great. When you come into our office, and if you need to have teeth removed, after removing your teeth, you'll get what's called a healing denture. You'll wear it for a few months, and then you'll get a whole new denture that will fit your new tissues and your new mouth after it's all healed. So, it really is an excellent process that's come a long ways in the past few decades from being the process that maybe your parents or grandparents knew.