For patients who wish to opt for dentures for replacing missing teeth, a plethora of options is available for denture base materials. For those who are allergic to acrylic or unhappy with the thickness of acrylic resin can opt for metal dentures. For those who feel the stiffness of acrylic and metal dentures, a newer type of flexible dentures are available.
These dentures are made of a new flexible plastic resin that has rubber-like elasticity. This property is particularly important when the denture is made to fit with natural teeth. The denture being elastic fits easily. The traditional dentures are hard so every time a denture is placed or removed exerts a lot of pressure on the remaining teeth with the result that after some time even the remaining teeth become loose.
The flexible dentures being soft do not impinge on the gums and have better patient acceptance compared to traditional plastic dentures. Moreover, their use is not limited to just too partial dentures; they can even be used for complete denture cases. Another major advantage of flexible dentures is that they are virtually unbreakable. Even if the denture slips accidentally and falls on the ground, the denture will not break.
Thanks to their versatility of usage, flexible dentures are now the most popular form of dentures recommended and used today.
However, like with any denture, flexible dentures to need time to get used to them. However, the overall patient acceptability of flexible dentures is much better than with other dentures.
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