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How to Handle the Upper Plate of False Teeth

Sometimes getting dentures is unavoidable. Learning to adapt to dentures is challenging and frustrating, and it is going to require some patience and perseverance on your part. When you first get your upper dentures, realize that you are going to salivate more than you used to. You may also experience sore spots in your mouth, caused by the new upper dentures. Rinsing your mouth with salt water will help with the discomfort. However, if the soreness doesn't go away, you probably need an adjustment.

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Instructions

  1. Adapting and Adjusting

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      Adapting to your dentures overnight is probably not going to happen, particularly if the dentures were put in immediately after your teeth were pulled---which is often the course of action. If you have a full denture rather than a partial plate, this will require even more time to adjust. When you receive your dentures immediately after the removal of your teeth, this is called immediate dentures, notes Odscompanies.com.

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      Realize that the shape of your mouth will change when you've had teeth removed and will continue changing for about a month post-surgery. Your gums shrink. Your dentist will make several adjustments to your new upper dentures during this period of time.

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      Consider that when you start wearing upper dentures, it is going to impact the way you eat and talk. You essentially have to learn how to do both all over again. It will feel as though there is a foreign object in your mouth, which takes time to get used to. Furthermore, your food may taste like cardboard. You need to give your taste buds time to adjust to the dentures.

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      Remove your new dentures 3 or 4 times a day and rinse your mouth with warm salt water. Brush your dentures and then put them back in your mouth. The more you wear your dentures the faster you are going to adjust to them.

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      Consider that you may accidentally bite your tongue or cheeks while you are in the process of getting used to your dentures. Start out with soft foods. Never bite with your front teeth because this can cause your dentures to tip forward and fall out. Your speech may change and you might lisp. Practice speaking, and in time you will get back to normal.

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