What types of dentures are available with the Belfast dentist?
The Belfast dentist will thoroughly check up your dental structure, and suitability, assess your needs and then he will offer you one of the following dentures. Partial dentures — these are used when a few teeth are missing. These further have two types; — 1. Removable 2. Fixed Removable partial dentures – you can place or remove these dentures in the mouth whenever desired. Belfast dentist will offer you such dentures which will be made up of either (1) acrylic or (2) a combination of acrylic and metal. The metal used may be gold or chrome cobalt alloy. These dentures are also called cast partial dentures. They have metal clasps which are clamped on nearby natural teeth, so as to keep the dentures in place. These dentures are considered superior to acrylic dentures. Fixed partial dentures — these are either made up of porcelain or metal alloy ( gold alloys or chrome cobalt alloys ). Metallic fixed partial dentures have unaesthetic appearance, so these are used to replace only th