{"id":1685,"date":"2023-07-30T20:57:39","date_gmt":"2023-07-30T20:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/signaturedental.ombion.dev\/?p=1685"},"modified":"2023-07-30T21:27:26","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T21:27:26","slug":"caring-for-your-dentures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/caring-for-your-dentures\/","title":{"rendered":"Advice and tips on caring for your dentures"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-image_05d6df-b0.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .kb-image_05d6df-b0 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{max-width:338px;width:100%;}.wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image_05d6df-b0.kb-image-is-ratio-size, .wp-block-kadence-column > .kt-inside-inner-col > .kb-image_05d6df-b0 .kb-image-is-ratio-size{align-self:unset;}.kb-image_05d6df-b0 figure{max-width:338px;}.kb-image_05d6df-b0 .image-is-svg, .kb-image_05d6df-b0 .image-is-svg img{width:100%;}.kb-image_05d6df-b0 .kb-image-has-overlay:after{opacity:0.3;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-image kb-image_05d6df-b0\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mature_man_eating_apple.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"kb-img wp-image-1687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mature_man_eating_apple.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mature_man_eating_apple-300x251.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/mature_man_eating_apple-768x642.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Only your dental professional is qualified to diagnose your oral health and adjust your denture or partial denture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dentures should be brushed inside and outside daily with a soft, large nylon denture tooth brush with round-ended bristles.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use denture creams instead of toothpastes, which are too abrasive and will scratch your denture. Rinse with cold water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dentures warp if placed in hot water.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Inspect your denture regularly for worn teeth.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Worn and stained dentures can make you look older and cause your dentures to function poorly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Discuss all your current medications with your doctor and dental professional.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Be sure to visit your dental professional regularly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have loose dentures checked immediately as they can cause friction and pressure on the gum tissues and bones.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When not in use, cover dentures with water or a denture-cleaning solution to prevent them from drying out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Most dental insurance policies provide coverage for new dentures every 5 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Only your dental professional is qualified to diagnose your oral health and adjust your denture or partial denture. Dentures should be brushed inside and outside daily with a soft, large nylon denture tooth brush with round-ended bristles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1685"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1698,"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1685\/revisions\/1698"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/signaturedentalbayarea.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}