Many times when someone is missing all of their teeth, they want to know whether to start with the upper or the lower. The usual complaint is the lower jaw. Often times I use dental implants to replace just the lower teeth, and some type of denture for the upper teeth.
Of course, there are those that want or need dental implants for both the upper and lower. Sometimes the denture is just used as “transition teeth” while we wait for the dental implants, bone grafts, or extractions to heal.
Conventional Dentures
One of the first types of dentures is the conventional, or full denture. These dentures are made for patients who have already missing all of their teeth in one or both jaws. Conventional dentures rely on suction to keep them in place and require as much surface area as possible in order to remain stable.
They also have the tendency to make some patients
