{"id":2763,"date":"2017-02-15T11:50:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-15T11:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2017-02-15T06:15:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-15T06:15:30","slug":"preventative-care-for-dentures-in-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/preventative-care-for-dentures-in-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Preventative care for dentures in Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good health is a lifestyle choice, and it is the small choices that we make every day that build the foundation of a healthy life.<\/p>\n<p>Good oral hygiene is very important for the care of dentures as it reduces the risk of serious illnesses and infection.<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2764\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/dentures-in-richmond-1-e1487139316750.jpg\" alt=\"dentures-in-richmond\" width=\"325\" height=\"217\" \/>Create a routine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best thing about creating good habits is that they are hard to break, the longer you commit to a habit the harder it is to break.\u00a0 Think about it, if every day you have a shower and one day you don\u2019t, most people will find they feel uncomfortable and just not quite right.<\/p>\n<p>If you wear <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/loose-dentures-richmond.html\">dentures in Richmond<\/a>, create a habit and commit to a daily routine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended routine<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Committing to a good oral hygiene routine will pay dividends and committing to the following steps will ensure the correct care for your denture:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Remove and rinse your dentures after eating;<\/li>\n<li>Brush your dentures at least once a day with a soft toothbrush, nail brush or denture brush and a good denture cleaner;<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t use toothpaste to brush your dentures; it is too abrasive;<\/li>\n<li>Dentures should be stored in water or an alkaline peroxide treatment specifically for this purpose;<\/li>\n<li>Brush your gums and tongue everyday with an extra soft toothbrush (a different one to the one used to clean your dentures);<\/li>\n<li>Rinse your dentures before putting them back in your mouth.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If dentures are not cared for properly, and good oral hygiene followed, the underside of dentures can become a breeding ground for oral bacteria and fungi which can cause odours, inflammation and disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended brushes and cleaners for dentures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you are not sure what or how to effectively clean your <strong>dentures in Richmond<\/strong>, discuss this with the team at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/\">Sheen Dental<\/a> and ask for recommendations on the best products and correct techniques.<\/p>\n<p>Remember it is your health and well-being that is important and it is much easier and cost effective to prevent disease than to treat it. If you think it takes too much time to implement a good routine, time yourself, it can really surprise you on how little time it actually takes to do something compared to how long we think it will take.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good health is a lifestyle choice, and it is the small choices that we make every day that build the foundation of a healthy life. Good oral hygiene is very important for the care of dentures as it reduces the risk of serious illnesses and infection. Create a routine The best thing about creating good &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/preventative-care-for-dentures-in-richmond\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Preventative care for dentures in Richmond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dentures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2765,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions\/2765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}