2007-03-04 08:00:18 · 15 answers · asked by henrik 2 in Health ➔ Dental
You should clean your dentures once or twice a day as you would your teeth. Use a toothbrush/nailbrush with soap/toothpaste over a bowl of water so that if you drop your dentures in the sink they will not smash.
You should keep your dentures out at night so that you do not develop any infections such as thrush. Wearing your teeth all night and all day is like wearing a pair of shoes for 24 hours you need to let your mouth breathe.
If your dentures are all plastic then you can store them in COLD water and a mild bleach such as Milton for babies bottles or just a small amount of hosehold bleach. Rinse dentures well before putting them back in! If you have any metal on your dentures do not use bleach it will corrode the metal. Sterdent is then a suitable method of cleaning them. You should oly do this to your dentures once a week just store them overnight in COLD water the other times.
The most important point is that you MUST NOT use hot water it will literally drain the colour out of your dentures.
So just toothpaste/soap and water to clean daily and after meals and clean in bleach/steardent once a week
Hope this helps
2007-03-05 00:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steradent Denture Cleaning Tablets
2007-03-04 08:04:34 · answer #2 · answered by richard_beckham2001 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way to clean dentures is to fill the sink up with warm water, if you drop the dentures they will float and are less likely to break.
Use a separate toothbrush from your regular brush and either use soap or a special denture toothpaste, Never Ever be tempted to use household bleach to clean your dentures or boiling hot water as they may cause the denture to break.
Remove dentures first, let them have a bit of a soak first as this will remove any debris from the plate, brush them with soap/denture toothpaste, and thoroughly rinse after brushing.
2007-03-05 06:55:05 · answer #3 · answered by The Original Highbury Gal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For a few bob, a tube of steradent from the supermarket, one tablet each night in a glass of warm water, brush and clean dentures before wearing and change the water and clean the glass daily. Have a happy relationship with your dentures.
2007-03-04 08:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by greagues2 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree with Richard B! Steradent is the way forward. Make sure you rinse & brush the dentures after cleaning to avoid an icky aftertaste. Toothpaste will not get rid of stains, it is designed for enamel teeth, not plastic dentures!
2007-03-04 08:11:47 · answer #5 · answered by Spike J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Steradent tablets in hot water but brush them first. Then after soaking them in the steradent brush them again with a good toothpaste which will freshen them as well as cleaning them. Lastly when they are back in your mouth use a good mouthwash. You really only need to soak them for about 15 minutes while you are in the shower maybe.
2007-03-04 08:11:31 · answer #6 · answered by cathyjast 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
use a denture brush and toothpaste over a sink with water in it, so if they fall they will not break. and once a week use steradent.
2007-03-04 18:15:40 · answer #7 · answered by gillian b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i was told not to use bleach. My mum always used a cup of bleach to clean her dentures
2007-03-04 08:17:16 · answer #8 · answered by sparky 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By soaking them overnight in steradent or a lot of people swear by milton sterilising fluid and giving them a good brush twice a day.
2007-03-05 20:54:03 · answer #9 · answered by Catwhiskers 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
soak them in warm water and brush them with whitening toothpaste that way you don't have the horrible taste of the denture cleaners
2007-03-04 08:03:33 · answer #10 · answered by CLAIRE BEAR 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋