{"id":961,"date":"2026-06-29T21:54:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T19:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/conseils\/what-exactly-is-a-removable-denture\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T12:57:31","slug":"removable-denture","status":"publish","type":"conseil","link":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/advice\/removable-denture\/","title":{"rendered":"What exactly is a removable denture?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You are missing one or more teeth: this is what we call <strong>edentulism<\/strong>.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The other teeth silently take the strain and, because chewing is less efficient, your stomach has to work harder. Replacing missing teeth is essential if you want to <strong>keep<\/strong> all your other teeth in the long term.<\/p><p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most basic and the fastest solution is a <strong>removable denture<\/strong>, also known as a partial denture or, in the past, &#8220;false teeth&#8221;.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The advantages<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Quick to make<\/strong>: 5 weeks.<\/li><li>The most affordable option.<\/li><\/ul><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The main drawbacks<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>There is some loss of taste, which is greater the more teeth are missing.<\/li><li>You must rinse the denture under water after meals, otherwise food debris gets trapped and causes bad breath.<\/li><li>The clasps are not very attractive and gradually loosen the teeth that hold the denture in place.<\/li><\/ul><blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>The other solutions are fixed and feel just like your own teeth: either a <strong>bridge<\/strong> (resting on the neighbouring teeth) or <strong>implants<\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"padding-top:30px\">\n<h3>Further reading<\/h3>\n<ul>\n  <li><a href=\"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/treatments\/removable-dentures\/\">our removable dentures<\/a><\/li>\n  <li><a href=\"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/advice\/stabilising-a-removable-denture-with-implants\/\">stabilising a loose denture with two implants<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The removable denture: a quick, affordable way to replace one or more missing teeth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":960,"template":"","conseil_cat":[25],"class_list":["post-961","conseil","type-conseil","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","conseil_cat-general-dentistry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conseil\/961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conseil"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/conseil"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"conseil_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/oracleblog.mediweb.link\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conseil_cat?post=961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}