{"id":518,"date":"2011-05-25T11:35:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T17:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/?p=518"},"modified":"2017-12-21T15:39:58","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T21:39:58","slug":"implant-retained-dentures-can-change-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/implant-retained-dentures-can-change-your-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Implant Retained Dentures can Change Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dentures and dental implants can change your life.\u00a0 Loose fitting dentures can make eating very difficult.\u00a0 They can also be an embarrassment and an impediment to proper speech as loose-fitting dentures move and can even pop out of the mouth while talking.\u00a0 Paste and powders often create a gooey mess which is needed to glue dentures in to provide a bit of stability. Over time denture wearers can lose up to 90% of their chewing efficiency.<!--more--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_519\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-519\" style=\"width: 185px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/implant-retained-dentures-can-change-your-life\/implant-retained-dentures\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-519\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-519 size-full\" title=\"implant-retained-dentures\" src=\"http:\/\/www.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/implant-retained-dentures.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"185\" height=\"242\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-519\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dental implants and implant retained denture<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chandlerdentist.com\/dental-implants.html\">Dental implants<\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.chandlerdentist.com\/implant-retained-dentures.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> implant retained dentures<\/a> can offer the best solution for many denture wearers.\u00a0 In modern dentistry, implants are the absolute state-of-the-art\u00a0\u00a0 when it comes to replacing missing teeth.\u00a0 These little titanium miracles can give many denture wearers their lives back.<\/p>\n<p>Traditional dentures rely on muscle control, lip and tongue control, quantity and quality of saliva, and a very precise fit to work with any sense of normalcy.\u00a0 It has been shown that a non-implant-supported upper denture is at best 25% as efficient as natural teeth and a non-implant-supported lower denture is closer to 10% as effective as natural teeth in chewing and speaking.\u00a0 Implant supported dentures literally lock the denture into place and can provide nearly 100% chewing functional efficiency.<\/p>\n<p>Implant supported dentures provide complete stability that results in harmony of the dentures with the jaws, muscles, lips, and tongue.\u00a0 Instinctively we all know how to chew with our natural teeth.\u00a0 With traditional dentures we have to relearn the chewing process, using jaw muscles to both hold the dentures into place and to chew at the same time.\u00a0 Implant supported dentures eliminates this problem and allows the denture wearer to return to a natural chewing process.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rich Higgs\u00a0 provides dental implants and\u00a0 implant retained dentiures.\u00a0 Implant retained denture options include a choice of two to three implants with a removable snap-on denture, and a more secure method of using\u00a0 four to eight implants with the option of fixed bridgework.\u00a0 Dr. Higgs explains to his patients the process necessary to give one a beautiful, comfortable, and functional smile.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chandlerdentist.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chandler Dentist<\/a> &#8211; Ocotillo Dental Care<br \/>\n3165 S. Alma School Rd., #26,\u00a0<span class=\"dentist-address\">Chandler, AZ \u00a0\u00a085248<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"dentist-address\"><br \/>\nP: (480) 855-1994<br \/>\nNear: W. Queen Creek Rd, Chandler, AZ<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dentures and dental implants can change your life.\u00a0 Loose fitting dentures can make eating very difficult.\u00a0 They can also be an embarrassment and an impediment to proper speech as loose-fitting dentures move and can even pop out of the mouth while talking.\u00a0 Paste and powders often create a gooey mess which is needed to glue<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/2011\/05\/implant-retained-dentures-can-change-your-life\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=518"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1062,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/518\/revisions\/1062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=518"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=518"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.sunlakesofarizona.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=518"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}