Dentures and Implant-Retained Overdentures in Türkiye

The options, from simplest to most stable

Complete dentures replace all the teeth in a jaw and rest on the gum and underlying bone. In the lower jaw, where there is no palate to provide suction, they are the least stable option — which is why so many lower-denture wearers struggle.

Partial dentures replace some teeth and clasp onto the remaining ones. Flexible thermoplastic and cobalt-chrome frameworks are both far more comfortable and less visible than the bulky acrylic partials of a generation ago.

Implant-retained overdentures clip onto two to four implants using locator attachments or a bar. The denture still comes out for cleaning, but it does not move while you eat. For lower jaws in particular, this is a transformative difference and is achievable at a fraction of the cost of a full fixed arch.

Fixed implant bridges — All-on-4 and All-on-6 — are not dentures at all and do not come out. Where budget and bone allow, they remain the most comfortable solution, and we cover them separately.

Facial support: the part nobody mentions

When teeth are lost, the bone that held them resorbs, and the lips and cheeks lose the scaffold they rested on. The result is the drawn, shortened lower face associated with long-term denture wearing. A properly designed prosthesis restores that support — the flange thickness, tooth position and vertical dimension between the jaws are all adjustable, and getting them right visibly rejuvenates the lower face. Getting them wrong produces either a collapsed appearance or the over-full look of teeth that are too large and too prominent.

Making a denture that actually fits

The difference between a denture that is worn and a denture that lives in a drawer is almost entirely in the impressions and the bite registration. We take a preliminary impression, then a secondary impression in a custom tray built for your mouth, which records the functional borders — how far the denture can extend without being unseated by the cheeks, tongue and floor of the mouth. The bite is then registered at a vertical dimension measured against facial landmarks, not guessed.

Before the denture is finished in acrylic, you see it as a wax try-in with the teeth set: you assess the shade, the tooth shape, the amount of tooth that shows when you smile and the fullness of the lip. Changes at this stage are simple. Changes afterwards are not.

Choosing teeth that look real

Denture teeth come in a wide range of shapes, sizes, shades and degrees of characterisation. A set of uniformly white, perfectly aligned, identically shaped teeth reads instantly as artificial. We select tooth moulds appropriate to your facial form and age, introduce slight irregularity in position and, where you want it, a gingival shade that matches your own gum rather than a uniform pink.

Living with a prosthesis

New dentures always require an adjustment period — usually one to three weeks for speech and chewing to normalise, and one or two adjustment visits for sore spots. That is normal and not a sign of poor fit. What is not normal is persistent pain, a denture that drops when you speak, or one that has become loose over years.

Bone continues to resorb slowly under a removable denture, so the fit changes. A reline every two to four years restores adaptation, and the prosthesis itself typically needs replacing every five to ten years. Clean it outside the mouth twice daily with a denture brush and non-abrasive cleaner, and leave it out overnight so the tissues recover.