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2. Dental extraction - Wikipedia

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   Part of a shortened dental arch plan, which revolves around the fact that not all teeth are required to eat comfortably, and only the incisors and premolars need be preserved for normal function. This is usually the choice taken if the reason of dental extraction is due to impacted wisdom teeth or orthodontics because of limited space.

3. A comprehensive guide to dentures and other false teeth ... - AOL

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   Dentures need to be cleaned as often as regular teeth, though you'll use a denture brush with bigger bristles. You can also soak them in cleaning solutions, like the dissolvable tablets, at night ...

4. Complete dentures - Wikipedia

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   A complete denture (also known as a full denture, false teeth or plate) is a removable appliance used when all teeth within a jaw have been lost and need to be prosthetically replaced. In contrast to a partial denture , a complete denture is constructed when there are no more teeth left in an arch; hence, it is an exclusively tissue-supported ...

5. Dentures - Wikipedia

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   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.

6. Alveoloplasty - Wikipedia

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   Alveoloplasty is a surgical pre-prosthetic procedure performed to facilitate removal of teeth, and smoothen or reshape the jawbone for prosthetic and cosmetic purposes. [1] In this procedure, the bony edges of the alveolar ridge and its surrounding structures is made smooth, redesigned or recontoured so that a well-fitting, comfortable, and ...

7. Removable partial denture - Wikipedia

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   A removable partial denture (RPD) is a denture for a partially edentulous patient who desires to have replacement teeth for functional or aesthetic reasons and who cannot have a bridge (a fixed partial denture) for any reason, such as a lack of required teeth to serve as support for a bridge (i.e. distal abutments) or financial limitations.