When fitted?
Immediately after the planned removal.
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Can a denture be fitted straight after tooth removal?
An immediate denture is prepared before planned tooth removal and fitted immediately afterwards. It can temporarily replace one or several teeth. Because tissues change as they heal, reviews and often adjustments or a later replacement are needed.
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Prepare beforehand
The starting situation and planned extractions are recorded for manufacture. The future wound and tissue shape cannot be predicted completely.
Fit after extraction
The prepared denture is fitted and checked in connection with tooth removal. Speaking, eating and the feeling of wearing it can initially be unfamiliar.
Follow healing
Changes in mucosa and the residual ridge can affect fit. Adjustment, relining or a new restoration may be considered as healing progresses.
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Prepare beforehand
The starting situation and planned extractions are recorded for manufacture. The future wound and tissue shape cannot be predicted completely.
Fit after extraction
The prepared denture is fitted and checked in connection with tooth removal. Speaking, eating and the feeling of wearing it can initially be unfamiliar.
Follow healing
Changes in mucosa and the residual ridge can affect fit. Adjustment, relining or a new restoration may be considered as healing progresses.
Notes on the teaching images
- An immediate denture is prepared before planned extraction. The image shows a possible design, not a patient case.
- The term describes when it is fitted. An immediate denture may also replace only some teeth.
- Tissues can change during healing. Reviews and, where needed, adjustments are therefore necessary.
At a glance
Why reviews?
Tissues change during healing.
Permanent solution?
Not automatically; the continuing plan is individual.
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Often confused
Immediate denture and immediate implant
A prepared removable denture is not an implant. Here, immediate describes when the denture is fitted after extraction.
Quick answers
Is this already the final restoration?
It often serves the transitional period. Whether it is later adapted or replaced depends on healing, fit and the continuing plan.
Should I remove it on the first night?
Follow the treating practice's individual instructions immediately after extraction. The usual overnight break must not automatically be applied to the first day; ask if anything is unclear.
What should I do about sore areas or looseness?
Arrange a review and do not grind the denture yourself. Persistent bleeding or increasing symptoms after extraction require prompt contact with the treating practice.
At the practice
For a personal discussion
Editorially suggested question to discuss with Dr Niusha Barahmand Pour:
How could the time after tooth removal be managed, and which reviews would be needed?
Before a planned extraction, the transitional period can also be discussed.
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- Immediate
- Fitted directly in connection with the procedure.
- Reline
- Adaptation of a denture's tissue-facing surface using suitable material.
- Transitional restoration
- A restoration used during a period before the subsequent plan is settled or completed.
Make the distinction
A prepared removable denture is not an implant. Here, immediate describes when the denture is fitted after extraction.
Sources and context
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