enow.com Web Search

Search results

1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network

2. Dentures - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentures

   Dentures can help people via: Mastication: chewing ability is improved by the replacement of edentulous (lacking teeth) areas with denture teeth.; Aesthetics: the presence of teeth gives a natural appearance to the face, and wearing a denture to replace missing teeth provides support for the lips and cheeks and corrects the collapsed appearance that results from the loss of teeth.

3. Geriatric dentistry - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geriatric_dentistry

   Conventional style dentures are removable appliances and are designed to be either a complete denture or a partial denture anchoring to adjacent teeth. There are many denture designs, some which rely on chemical bonding or clasping onto teeth or attached via dental implants known as fixed prosthodontics.

4. Dental implant - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_implant

   When a removable denture is worn, retainers to hold the denture in place can be either custom made or "off-the-shelf" (stock) abutments. When custom retainers are used, four or more implant fixtures are placed and an impression of the implants is taken and a dental lab creates a custom metal bar with attachments to hold the denture in place.

5. Dental restoration - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dental_restoration

   Removable dental prostheses (mainly dentures) are sometimes considered a form of indirect dental restoration, as they are made to replace missing teeth. There are numerous types of precision attachments (also known as combined restorations) to aid removable prosthetic attachment to teeth, including magnets, clips, hooks, and implants which may ...

6. Tooth transplant - Wikipedia

   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tooth_transplant

   Following Nicholas Dubois de Chemant's development of "mineral paste dentures", which he patented in 1788, allotransplantation was gradually replaced by dentures that at that time were claimed to not decay in the mouth. [19] [20] Towards 1950, autotransplantation began to appear in dental literature, renewing interest in tooth transplantation. [21]

7. Kanye West's 'titanium teeth' are permanent, rep says - AOL

   www.aol.com/news/kanye-west-gets-metal-teeth...

   The artist formerly known as Kanye West has a new "titanium dentures." Despite reports, he did not have his teeth removed, a source close to him says. Kanye West's 'titanium teeth' are permanent ...