At JB Denture Clinic we offer a friendly free consultation to all our patients, this gives us the chance to see the health of your gums and find out exactly what you are looking for.
Everyone’s mouth is different and dentures are a very personal matter, so, it is very important for us to spend a lot of time with our patients and treat each person as an individual. Everyone’s perception of how they should or would like to look will differ from person to person, so by telling us what you are looking for we can advise on what we can do for you.
The free consultation also allows us to show you examples of materials we use and fully explain the advantages they can give your dentures. And of course, we will gladly answer any questions you have regarding your dentures.
During your first, free, no obligation denture consultation, we will undertake a detailed evaluation of the health of your gums and also find out exactly what you’re looking for from your dentures. This will enable us to create a detailed treatment plan just for you.
This may include:
• Assessing problems with current dentures
• Taking details about your medical and dental history
• Full clinical assessment and oral examination
• Advice on helping you achieve optimum oral health
• Asking you how you would like your new dentures to look
• Showing you examples of dentures and teeth
We will then run through the different types of dentures available and procedures involved, along with costs so that you can make an informed decision based on the information that we present you. The free consultation also allows us to show you examples of materials we use and from there we can explain the advantage of each material and how it will affect your dentures.
Call us at our Bath Clinic on 01225 311 681 or our Bristol Clinic on 0117 967 9202 to book your free consultation.
A Clinical Dental Technician can directly treat, create and fit a complete set of dentures to patients who have experienced total tooth loss. If you are looking for partial dentures as you may have some of your own natural teeth remaining or you have had a dental implant, you must first be seen or referred by a dentist before treatment can begin.
If you don’t have a regular dentist, or if preferred, we can refer you to local dentists who we work with and recommend.
The role of the Clinical Dental Technician (CDT) sits somewhere between that of a dentist who would take the patient’s impressions, and that of a dental technician who would receive the impressions from a dentist and then make the dentures. The CDT does both roles, takes the impression and makes/fits the dentures.
Registered CDT’s are legally qualified to give oral examinations and to check that the mouth is in a healthy state, along with the taking of impressions of the edentulous mouth (no teeth). It is, however, illegal for regular dental technicians to offer this service and anybody who has dealt with a dental technician direct for the provision of dentures.
Appointment 1 – Free denture consultation lasting roughly 45 minutes to 1 hour.
During this consultation and oral examination, we will determine what needs to be done to improve your current situation and we will then explain how we will go about it.
But most importantly we will ask you what your issues are and what you are looking for.
We will explain in detail all various options, materials and processes we use and go into detail about exact costings. We will answer any question you may have at this stage so that you can make an informed decision. You can then decide whether you would like to go away and think about it, or if you are happy with the information we provided, we can even start taking your impressions on the day.
Appointment 2 – This appointment usually lasts 30 minutes.
Secondary impressions will be taken. These impressions are much more accurate than the first impressions, therefore will give the dentures a better fit.
Appointment 3 – Bite registration which will take 30 minutes with custom made impression trays.
This means that we will look the relationship between your upper and lower jaws. During this appointment we will also decide on the colour, size and shape of the denture tooth required.
Appointment 4 – Try in wax trial dentures which take roughly 30 minutes.
On your fourth appointment we will be looking at your wax trial dentures in the mouth to see and decide if we have achieved the desired appearance.
During this visit you can to decide whether they look how you want them to or if we need to make any alterations, this will be done for you and does not require any additional costs.
Appointment 5 – Fitting of the dentures which usually take 30 minutes.
During this appointment, we will check the fit, the bite and ensure comfort. We will explain what to expect with the new dentures and explain how to look after them.
Call us at our Bath Clinic on 01225 311 681 or our Bristol Clinic on 0117 967 9202 to book your free consultation.
At JB Denture Clinic we offer a friendly free consultation to all our patients, this gives us the chance to see the health of your gums and find out exactly what you are looking for.