Flexible Dentures: Comfort & Solutions for Sensitive Mouths

People who suffer from pain and discomfort due to wearing hard dentures are now encouraged to ask their dentists about soft, flexible dentures. Although they are more expensive, flexible dentures can make a world of difference.

Problems

• Although some people can wear dentures without a problem, many others experience pain or discomfort when chewing foods.

Causes of Pain

• The general cause of such pain is improper fit, since mouth conditions continually change. Pain occurs when gums are positioned between a rock-hard jawbone and the hard acrylic denture liner that holds prosthetic teeth.

Features

• Soft dentures do not require adhesives and can adjust to your mouth's irregularities for greater comfort.

Function

• Flexible dentures are clipped into the undercut of the gum ridge so they will remain stable when eating tough foods.

Advantages

• Flexible dentures' final inner coating is made of flexible resins that are longer-lasting than traditional hard dentures and are non-porous so that bacteria does not build up.