A wise Earl once said, “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well.” This couldn’t be more true for replacement teeth and is unfortunately proved true by palateless dentures.
Although palateless dentures may seem like a cheaper alternative to full mouth dental implants, you may find yourself regretting them for the same reasons so many people regret getting dentures.
When replacing your teeth, you want to do it right and not end up with the option that will cost you more in the long run. Don’t waste your money on palateless dentures before learning the truth…
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What Are Palateless Dentures?
Palateless dentures are also known as “dentures with no palate”. And they are exactly what they sound like—upper dentures with no palate.
Typical dentures have a synthetic palate that completely covers the natural soft palate. Covering the soft palate prevents you from fully experiencing the taste and texture of your food, plus it is so large that it can often hit your gag reflex and cause you to unintentionally gag.
So, upper dentures without a palate are awesome, right? Now you don’t have that giant piece of plastic in the way making you gag and miss out on the taste of your food.
Don’t get too excited. While they may be a step up from dentures, the answer to this question includes a significant drawback.
How do these palateless dentures stay in place?
How Dentures With No Palate Work and Stay in Place
Now, that is a great question. Regular upper dentures would be held in place by suction, cheek muscles, adhesive, and prayers. That is not how palateless dentures work at all.
Palateless dentures are upper dentures without the palate that require dental implants to hold them in place.
These can be used with as few as two screws holding a plate in place. Your new teeth will snap onto this plate.
This might sound like a great way to securely hold your dentures in place and have some of the benefits of full mouth dental implants.
Unfortunately, there are a few BIG problems with palateless dentures.
Drawbacks to Two-Screw Palateless Dentures
Two screws holding palateless dentures in place is just not going to cut it in the long run. You could find yourself contending with bone loss.
The roots of our teeth stimulate the bone cells to regenerate whenever we bite down and chew, keeping those bones healthy and strong. So, when teeth are missing, so are those very useful roots and the bone begins to atrophy. Hence, bone loss occurs.
The screws from implants act like the roots of our teeth, stimulating bone cell regeneration. But, two screws isn’t enough to stimulate all of the bone cell growth needed to permanently prevent bone loss.
As your bone atrophies, the denture plate will no longer be the right size. That means you’d have to replace it. This leads to more costs and will continue to happen as the jaw continues to shrink.
This is a major problem that denture wearers often run into that in some cases may disqualify them from getting a permanent solution like zirconia teeth with dental implants.
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Another drawback to palateless dentures is that they are often made from acrylic plastics. Think of the stuff they use at a nail salon.
Acrylic dentures are not as strong or durable as fake teeth made from other materials like zirconia. They may also be prone to breaking or chipping and can cost money to repair.
The Real Solution to Missing Teeth: Permanent Teeth in 24 Hours
As the saying goes, “Whatever is worth doing at all, is worth doing well”. There is no sense in paying for expensive palateless dentures and the two dental implants that hold them in place if you’ll still experience bone loss, refittings, and costly repairs.
Full mouth dental implants are designed to last a lifetime and use 4-6 dental implants for each upper and lower set of teeth which stimulates the jawbone to prevent bone loss.
You can also get permanent teeth made from zirconia at Nuvia. Zirconia is an incredibly strong and durable material that makes natural looking and beautiful false teeth.
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Dental implants with permanent, zirconia teeth sound great, right? Thousands of Nuvia patients say they are.
But wait!
You should know that there is one significant drawback to getting dental implants the traditional way. It may take up to 10+ months AFTER the dental implant procedure to get your permanent teeth. In the meantime, patients are given a temporary set of teeth that aren’t customized for their mouth.
This will not be your experience at Nuvia.
You can get your permanent, customized teeth in 24 hours after your dental implants are placed. After years and millions of dollars in research, Nuvia has developed a way to deliver permanent teeth in 24 hours, a completely different experience than traditional methods of dental implants offer.
Don’t waste time or money trying palateless dentures when there is a complete and permanent option like dental implants.
Restore your smile, oral health, and ability to live life without worry about your teeth with full mouth dental implants.
See if You May Be a Candidate with this 60-second Quiz
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