How to care for removable dentures?
Having a prosthesis should not mean that we will pay less attention to our oral hygiene.
On the contrary, it is necessary to take more care than our normal oral care.
Removable prostheses must be removed after each meal and food residues must be cleaned under water and rinsed with mouth water.
At the end of the day, it should be cleaned using a brush with a liquid cleaning agent.
Denture cleaner special effervescent tablets should be used daily.
Dentures should never be placed in solvent-containing liquids such as bleach, as they disrupt the structure of the prosthesis, increasing its fragility and roughening its surface, causing more contamination.
In case the dentures are not cleaned
Bad breath
Irritation in the tissues under the prosthesis and formation of fungal infections
Aesthetic problems
Wounds and infections in the mucosa
Deterioration of the fit of the prosthesis may occur due to the irritation in the tissues