If you are new to wearing dentures, you might find yourself with a few questions regarding how to properly care for them. After all, the last thing you want is to have gone through all of that work to make sure that the dentures were made as a perfect fit for your mouth and then have to do it again because you did not take proper care of them. Therefore, you are going to want to take a moment to review the following three tips for caring for your dentures. This way, you can continue to have a beautiful smile for many years to come.

Clean Them Daily

Do not make the mistake of assuming that just because dirty dentures will not physically affect you the way dirty natural teeth would does not mean that you should not clean them everyday. The best thing to do is to gently brush your dentures at night before bed. This way, you are getting all of the grime off of the dentures. They will then be ready to wear out again in the morning.

Soak Them At Night

After a good brushing, you will want to gently place your dentures in a cup to soak in a denture cleaner. This will not only give your mouth time to rest without having the dentures in, but it allows the dentures time to soak in water. Also, this will help keep the dentures safe at night. After all, you would not want your dentures to accidentally come out in the middle of a rough night of sleep, only to turn over onto them causing them to break into pieces.

Repair Them Promptly

While you should not have any problems with your dentures for many years to come, accidents can always happen. Therefore, you are going to want to make sure that you are repairing any such imperfections that happen. Do not assume that you can live with a loose tooth in the dentures. Eventually, if the problem is ignored, you might lose that piece of the denture and it will be a lot more costly and time consuming to have it repaired.

As you can see, there really is not a lot that has to go into properly caring for your dentures. All you have to do is follow the direction of your dentist, like Michele A Bibeau DDS, to make sure that you are staying on top of the few things that you have to do and you should have many happy years with your new dentures.

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