Which is the best choice of dental veneers for the elderly?

Experts said that although the elderly loose teeth is a normal phenomenon, but it will bring a lot of trouble to daily life. First of all, the missing teeth will affect the harmony and beauty of the face; secondly, some of the elderly are multiple teeth missing, there will be a leakage of speech, pronunciation, affecting the normal communication and exchange; lastly, the missing teeth will lead to a decline in mastication, resulting in digestive disorders, the normal body of the nutrients required by the body is difficult to take, affecting the physical health of the elderly.

There are many different ways to fix the teeth of the elderly, and the more commonly used ones are about three: movable denture, fixed denture and dental implants. The characteristics and restorative effects of each restorative technique are different:

Active denture

Active denture, as the name suggests, is a denture that can be removed and worn by the patient himself or herself, and it is suitable for patients who have multiple missing teeth in the whole mouth and have fewer remaining real teeth. The advantage of removable dentures is that patients can remove them for cleaning, and the remaining real teeth are less burdensome, but the chewing efficiency is lower, and patients need to remove them for cleaning after meals, which is more cumbersome.

Fixed denture

Fixed denture is the use of missing teeth on both sides of the healthy teeth for support, the denture fixed in the oral cavity, suitable for a few missing teeth, the remaining teeth in good health. Commonly used is porcelain teeth, the advantages of porcelain teeth are high strength, can restore the form and function, good wear resistance, beautiful and realistic color, smooth surface, no deformation, no discoloration, so it is now more widely used.

The advantage of fixed denture is that fixed denture chewing efficiency is high, patients wear comfortable, small foreign body sensation, no need to take off, the disadvantage is that the restoration of the missing teeth on both sides of the healthy teeth to grind away part of the dental tissue after the full crown restoration.

Dental implants are a relatively advanced technology in recent years, mainly implanted in the alveolar bone, 1-3 months after the implant and the alveolar bone to form a combination of bone, and then install the crown on the implant can be. The restorative effect of dental implants is the best compared to other restorative techniques, but there are many limitations of dental implants, which require the patient to be in good general health, and the alveolar bone to have a certain height and width. Dental implants are comfortable and beautiful to use and do not damage neighboring teeth, but they are more expensive.