My eighty-one year old aunt has had hers for the last 12 years.
2007-02-25 08:36:45 · 4 answers · asked by Ti 7 in Health ➔ Dental
If they still fit properly (if no adhesives are needed to keep them in place) they should still be okay. If they have been broken or she doesn't like the way that they look anymore then she should get new ones. If they do not fit anymore due to bone resorption then she doesn't need to get new ones but she can go to a dentist to get a reline. A reline consists of a soft wax that is layered on the top of the denture to mold to her remaining bone better and create a better suction.
2007-02-25 08:43:07 · answer #1 · answered by tooth_fairy2004 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It really depends on the way the dentures are cared for.
The question is kinda like asking how long a house lasts. They last as long as you want them to (within reason).
If they're not dropped and broken too often and they're cleaned regularly and relined and adjusted as needed, a person can get a long, long time out of a denture.
2007-02-25 08:53:50 · answer #2 · answered by Josi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
possible positioned on your previous denture at an analogous time as a sparkling one is being made. as quickly as I made dentures to interchange an previous one, I advised my sufferers which you in hassle-free terms could desire to go away the previous denture out for a minimum of 24 hours previous to having the remarkable impression taken. the remarkable impression is the only from which your new denture would be produced from. the reason at the back of leaving an previous denture out is previous dentures reason distortions and/or deforms your gums. As you get older, the jaw bone shrinks (that is organic) and the gums additionally substitute alongside with the bone. An previous denture will rigidity your gums into the form of the interior the denture (like attempting to squeeze a foot right into a shoe this is a tiny bit too small). once you have a sparkling denture made, you do no longer want to have it made to the deformed state of the gums yet to the way the gums are while there is not any rigidity being located on it (as organic a state as achievable). by utilising leaving an previous denture out it is going to enable your gum tissues to loosen up and return to its regular state. that's what you like your new denture to be made to, no longer what that's while distorted by utilising a prior denture. Be warned that in case you persevere with this recommendation, your new denture shall be chuffed while first inserted in view which you have been donning your previous dentures at an analogous time as the hot one became being made. it is going to take approximately 24 hours for the gums to return decrease back to regular and the hot dentures could desire to then tighten up.
2016-09-29 21:52:38 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My mother had hers for approx 22 yrs, they started to wear thin in the back a little, but was not the problem, as she aged she lost some weight and the shape of her jaw changed due to the weight loss and arthritis so she had to have them remade at the age of 80
2007-02-25 08:50:03 · answer #4 · answered by vivib 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋