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Absolutely. So that’s really good. And what I do is I think it’s all about we’re going to manage the patients as well in this situation. So what I’ll say to the patient is at the beginning of the appointment “Look, I’m going to try this chrome framework in here. Sometimes it takes quite a long time to do this, I might need to keep putting it in and out in and out to adjust it. So there’s nothing wrong with that, that is totally normal, because we’ve got a plaster model which is going to be different than your mouth.” So I just try and put the patient’s mind at rest because if I didn’t say that to them and I have done you know, in the past to be like Is everything okay? Is it fitting all right? You know, so it just lays and manages the expectations straightaway.
Would you rather soak your dentures overnight in a cleaning solution or brush them with a denture paste? Or, you may want to place them in an ultrasonic cleaner.We started by discussing the benefits of using Loom for video communication with patients and lab – it adds a personal touch. Genius!
Cover the dentures in warm water and add 20ml (4 teaspoon) of Dentural. Leave for 20 minutes. Rinse thoroughly in running water before replacing dentures in mouth. Physically removing debris from a denture is the most important step to cleaning a denture. You can see an example in our post on how to clean dentures.
Full dentures and partial dentures should be cleaned differently. If you have partial dentures, the metal parts need to be cleaned with a separate brush from what you use for your natural teeth. Denture brushes should be replaced every 3 months, the same as your toothbrush. Examples of denture cleaning brushes include: