Safe & Easy Guide: Removing Your Dentures – Prevent Damage & Costly Repairs

Whether you have full or partial dentures, proper care must be taken when removing them from the mouth. Otherwise, the cost to repair or replace damaged dentures -- or to seek treatment for a mouth injury -- could take a bite out of your bank account.

Things You'll Need

• Towel
• Warm water or mouthwash

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Instructions

• 1

  Rinse the mouth out with warm water or mouthwash.

• 2

  Fill a sink with warm water or place a towel on the counter to cushion the blow, if the dentures should fall during removal.

• 3

  Place a thumb against the back of the top two teeth, and push forward and out.

• 4

  Grasp the inside lower front teeth with the first two fingers and thumb, and gently rock the bottom denture, while pulling it out.