{"id":3062,"date":"2018-02-26T07:20:01","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T07:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3062"},"modified":"2018-02-26T07:20:01","modified_gmt":"2018-02-26T07:20:01","slug":"a-new-generation-of-dentures-in-richmond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/a-new-generation-of-dentures-in-richmond\/","title":{"rendered":"A new generation of dentures in Richmond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dentures get a bad rap: many a comedy sketch has shown them slipping or falling out at an inopportune moment, slurring speech, looking clunky and unreal, or getting stuck trying to a toffee or in an apple. Add this to the need to stick them on with adhesive in the morning, then pop them into a glass on your bedside table at night, and dentures look like high maintenance with not much in return.<\/p>\n<p>However, if you do need to replace your whole set of teeth in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/loose-dentures-richmond.html\">Richmond, dentures<\/a> are the go-to option. Thanks to the wonders of modern dental technology, there is now a way to improve the denture experience.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-3063\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dentures.jpg\" alt=\"Dentures in Richmond\" width=\"325\" height=\"217\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dentures.jpg 325w, https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dentures-50x33.jpg 50w, https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/dentures-200x134.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/>At <strong>Sheen Dental Implants in Richmond<\/strong>, dentures can be stabilised on dental implants to make them more functional. We call these implant-retained dentures and they have many advantages over the removable kind.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How does it work?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our dentist will place between two and six dental implants into your jaw. After a healing period of up several weeks, your dentures can be fitted onto the implants, holding them securely in place.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>No more adhesives: implant-retained dentures are secured and so don\u2019t need to be glued in with adhesive;<\/li>\n<li>Eat whatever you want: no need to avoid crunchy or chewy foods, on implants dentures can handle any food your natural teeth could;<\/li>\n<li>No more keeping your teeth by a cup on your bedside \u2013 though you can elect to be able to remove your dentures from the implants for cleaning;<\/li>\n<li>Laugh, smile and chat with abandon: your implant-retained <strong>dentures in Richmond<\/strong> aren\u2019t going to slip out and embarrass you in social situations, or cause you to slur your speech;<\/li>\n<li>Get the feel of natural teeth back: patients who have dental implants tell us that they feel as though they have their own teeth again, with all the functionality of natural teeth restored;<\/li>\n<li>Improve your oral health: no more rubbing against your gums as dentures can do, causing soreness and irritation;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Improve the overall look of your face: as dental implants mimic tooth roots, they help rebuild density in the jawbone. This restores the structure of the face, which can start to sag once you lose natural teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dentures get a bad rap: many a comedy sketch has shown them slipping or falling out at an inopportune moment, slurring speech, looking clunky and unreal, or getting stuck trying to a toffee or in an apple. Add this to the need to stick them on with adhesive in the morning, then pop them into &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/a-new-generation-of-dentures-in-richmond\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A new generation of 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-3062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dentures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062","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=3062"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3064,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3062\/revisions\/3064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sheendentalimplants.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}