Dentures Mesquite

What Qualifies You for Dentures?

Dentures are often a great option for people who:

• Have lost all or most of their teeth throughout a dental arch. If you still have some healthy teeth left, you might need a partial denture instead of a full one.
• Have natural teeth that are in bad shape. For example, they might have severe decay or extreme sensitivity.
• Have healthy gum tissue. If your gums are not currently healthy, we can design a treatment plan to improve their condition.
• Are looking for a cost-effective way to rebuild their smile. Dentures are affordable for most patients.

Alternative Tooth Replacement Options

Of course, dentures are not ideal for everyone. There are a couple of other tooth replacement options:

• A fixed bridge uses two crowns that are attached to the remaining natural teeth. The crowns support one or more artificial teeth between them. Fixed bridges are often recommended for individuals who have minor tooth loss.
• Dental implants are prosthetic tooth roots. They are surgically placed into the jawbone and can support crowns, bridges, or dentures. Although they cost more than other forms of tooth replacement, they offer many benefits that make them a worthwhile investment. For example, they preserve the jawbone and prevent it from deteriorating.

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Psychological Benefits

For most people, tooth loss is a difficult reality to accept. By depriving you of pearly whites, it diminishes your confidence and self-esteem, too. With time, such effects can then lead to sadness and depression.

Thankfully, dentures can restore mental health alongside your smile. They give you a new set of teeth so that your confidence and body image improve. From there, you’ll feel more at ease when it comes to your looks, speech, and chewing ability in social contexts.

Clearer Enunciation

When you lack teeth, speaking gets a lot more difficult. Without them, your lips and tongue can’t correctly position themselves. The result is that some words are nearly impossible to pronounce well.

That said, dentures act as substitute teeth. Their placement helps your tongue and lips position themselves for speech. Taking advantage of that fact is just a matter of adjustment. Once you’ve practiced enough while wearing your dentures, you’ll begin to speak more clearly around others.

Improves Nutrition

Alongside speaking, eating also takes a hit from tooth loss. That’s only natural – teeth are crucial for chewing food! Worse, though, these meal challenges can lead to malnutrition or indigestion. Plenty of healthy foods have tough textures – veggies and fruits, lean proteins, etc. If chewing them gets too bothersome, you might be tempted to cut them from your diet.

Fortunately, dentures will keep that latter possibility at bay. Your new teeth will allow you to chew food almost as well as natural teeth, widening your diet options accordingly.

Preserves Oral Health

It isn’t just physical well-being that missing teeth harm; they even diminish oral health. For example, smile gaps provide harmful bacteria with breeding grounds. At the same time, the spaces will cause surrounding teeth to tilt and fall out.

Dentures protect your mouth by “filling” your smile. Without gaps between teeth, nasty germs will have fewer places to grow. By filling the spaces, your teeth won’t tilt either.

Expands Opportunities

For better or worse, your smile is essential to first impressions. Research even shows that it is often the first thing people notice when meeting someone new. Given these facts, it’s best to have a grin that’s pretty and full. That way, you’ll have a better time with friends, family, and coworkers.

Dentures, of course, give you the grin described above. As a result, they lead to improved relationships and even superior job prospects. You’d then be able to pay for the treatment with earnings from a smile-induced promotion!

Factors that Affect the Cost of Dentures

In general, three big factors influence the cost of dentures:

• Preparatory procedures: You may need treatments like gum disease treatment or tooth extraction before getting dentures, which will add to the overall cost.
• Materials used: We use high-quality materials like gum-colored acrylic and tooth-colored porcelain to craft our dentures to ensure the best, most lifelike results.
• Type of denture: A partial denture typically costs less than a full denture, and traditional versions of each are usually less expensive than their implant-retained counterparts.

Remember, cheaper is not always better when it comes to replacing missing teeth. We’re proud to offer fair and affordable prices for our high-quality, custom-made dentures to ensure you can enjoy the best results.

Are Implant Dentures More Expensive?

An implant denture is a full or partial denture that is held in place with a few dental implants, which are inserted directly into the jawbone. As such, implant dentures cost more time and money than their traditional, removable alternatives. However, they are certainly an investment that pays off in the long run! Aside from functionality, stability, and comfort that rivals that of natural teeth, implant dentures have the potential to last a lifetime. Since traditional dentures need to be replaced every 5-7 years, this means implant dentures can save you a significant amount of money over time.

Does Dental Insurance Cover Dentures?

In most cases, dentures are considered a “major restorative treatment” by dental insurance companies, which means they are often covered by at least 50%. However, since every dental insurance policy differs slightly, it’s important to review the details of your specific plan to determine what exactly is covered. Our experienced team will be happy to review your coverage with you and ensure that your benefits are being maximized, so you’ll know exactly what to expect before treatment begins.

Other Options for Making Dentures Affordable

At Soleil Dental of Mesquite, we believe that everyone deserves to have a complete, confident smile. That’s why we go above and beyond to make your care as affordable as possible with these options:

• Dental Financing: Most patients are eligible for flexible financing through CareCredit. These plans can break up the cost of your dentures into smaller payments that easily fit into your monthly budget.
• In-House Savings Plan: For a regular flat fee, you can skip the hassles of claim forms or waiting for eligibility and get fantastic discounts on most dental services by signing up for our in-house savings plan. Give us a call today or contact us online to learn more!
• Special Offer for Implant Dentures: For patients interested in implant dentures, we’re happy to offer a special deal. You can get an upper or lower arch implant denture, which includes four dental implants and a denture, for just $9,999!