The new denture will seem foreign and large in the mouth. It gives a feeling of fullness in the lips and cheeks. The patient may feel like they can't swallow, can't breathe, or can't taste.
The lower denture will move and come out of place more often. Getting used to the lower denture is more difficult and takes longer than the upper denture.
In the first few days, the amount of saliva increases as a result of stimulation of the salivary glands. This situation passes with time.
Hard-shelled foods (walnuts, hazelnuts) cannot be cracked with dentures. Either the walnut will break or the denture will break.
Speaking with dentures takes time. Until the mouth gets used to it, you should speak loudly and try to normalize words that cannot be pronounced correctly by repeating them.
It takes at least 8 weeks to be able to eat normally with complete dentures made for toothless mouths. The patient may bite their lips and cheeks in the first few days. The biting will stop as you get used to it.
Initially, the patient should take small bites, chew bilaterally, or if they can eat comfortably on one side, they should chew slowly on that side without opening their lips.
With dentures, especially for 3 weeks, you should definitely not bite with your front teeth. This causes the back parts of the denture to move away from the tissues.
As the denture is used, sores (wounds) occur in the mouth. The patient should not remove these sores themselves, but should come to the doctor to have them removed. You should never take out the denture because a sore has formed. If you take it out, the sore will heal and the doctor will not be able to see where the sore is.
For the first week, the patient should not remove the denture at all, day and night, except for cleaning. This is very important at the beginning.
After the patient gets used to the denture, they should remove the denture at night. The gums need to rest. Just as we take off our shoes when we go to bed in the evening, we should also take off our dentures.
Dentures should be brushed after every meal for a lifetime. When removed at night, it is placed in clean water. Bleach etc. should not be added. It corrodes the denture.
It should not be forgotten that if the patient loses or gains weight, the denture may be loose or tight on the palate. The situation of biting the lips and cheeks while eating will pass with time.
Patients should never use their old dentures. Otherwise, it becomes impossible for them to get used to the new denture.
No denture made can replace your own teeth. The denture only adheres to the palate with the adhesive effect of saliva, but the teeth adhere very tightly to the jaw bone.