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Post-Op Care for Your Immediate Denture

  • Do not remove your immediate denture for the first 24 hours following placement. Removal could cause swelling and make replacement difficult or impossible.
  • See your dentist for a check-up after the first 24 hours. You will be provide new care instructions.
  • After your extraction do not rinse, spit, smoke, or suck on a straw. Also avoid rinsing your mouth vigorously and drinking hot or carbonated beverages.
  • Obtain and follow Extraction Post-Op care instructions.
  • Keep your immediate denture in place. The treatment replaces your missing teeth and provides protection for the surgical site throughout your mouth and controls swelling and
  • bleeding.
  • Monitor the fit of your immediate denture. Fit will change as your mouth heals from the extraction and your dental ridges (gum and bone) changes shape by shrinking. Final healing
  • could require a reline or replacement denture.
  • Have your immediate denture adjusted and/or relined to compensate for the changes in your mouth during healing. After your extraction sockets heal you can use a dental adhesive
  • or powder to stabilize your denture.
  • Allow at least six months for your extraction sockets to heal and fill in with new jaw bone tissue. Schedule with your dentist to discuss replacing your immediate denture with a
  • permanent denture or reline.

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