Immediate Denture Care: First 24 Hours
Summarized From:
Patient Instructions For Immediate dentures
Randy F. Huffines, D.D.S. 2008
The first 24 hours
1. Do not remove your immediate denture during the first 24 hours. If you do, your gums may swell and you will have a hard time refitting your denture.
2. Take your pain medication as directed.
3. Do not take other medications or herbal supplements unless directed by your dentist or physician.
4. It helps to apply an ice pack over the area during the first few hours: on for 20 minutes, off for 20 minutes.
5. If you follow these directions, usually after the first 36 hours all you will need is mild pain medication.
6. Some bleeding during the first 2-3 days is normal.
7. When you notice bleeding, close your teeth together tightly for 10 minutes and the pressure from the immediate denture will slow down the bleeding.
8. Do not rapidly clench and release your teeth. This only agitates the site and can increase the bleeding.
9. Contact your dentist immediately if you bleed too much.
10. Do not spit forcefully during this time, or the immediate denture could become dislodged.
11. If you must remove liquid from your mouth, let it drool out gently over a sink.
12. Avoid using any kind of mouthwash for the first 24 hours unless so directed by your dentist.
At the end of 24 hours remove the denture
1. Mix ½ teaspoon of salt with a cup of warm water and place some in your mouth.
2. With your lips tightly closed, force the water under the denture to loosen it.
3. The lower denture is easier to remove, and lifts straight up.
4. The upper may be harder to remove, especially the first time. It comes out bets in a downward and forward direction.
5. If it is stubborn, take your index finger and place it between your denture and cheek moving up and back until you feel the back upper corner of the denture.
6. Move your finger onto the top of the denture border in this area and pull down gently, increasing the force until the denture is dislodged.
7. The way our denture comes out most easily depends our mouth’s unique shape.
8. After a couple of times, you will know just what to do. There may be very dark blood inside your immediate denture. This is normal.
9. You may also develop ecchymosis, or dark spots, either in your mouth or on your face over the area of the surgery. It goes away in a couple of days. Brush your denture inside and out with dishwashing liquid and rinse well with warm water.
10. Do not spit; let the salt-water drool out of your mouth into the sink.
11. Put your immediate denture back in place and press it on to your gums for 10 seconds.
12. Close together, swallow, and hold together an additional 10 seconds to correctly seat the denture.
Patient Instructions For Immediate dentures
Randy F. Huffines, D.D.S. 2008
The first 24 hours
1. Do not remove your immediate denture during the first 24 hours. If you do, your gums may swell and you will have a hard time refitting your denture.
2. Take your pain medication as directed.
3. Do not take other medications or herbal supplements unless directed by your dentist or physician.
4. It helps to apply an ice pack over the area during the first few hours: on for 20 minutes, off for 20 minutes.
5. If you follow these directions, usually after the first 36 hours all you will need is mild pain medication.
6. Some bleeding during the first 2-3 days is normal.
7. When you notice bleeding, close your teeth together tightly for 10 minutes and the pressure from the immediate denture will slow down the bleeding.
8. Do not rapidly clench and release your teeth. This only agitates the site and can increase the bleeding.
9. Contact your dentist immediately if you bleed too much.
10. Do not spit forcefully during this time, or the immediate denture could become dislodged.
11. If you must remove liquid from your mouth, let it drool out gently over a sink.
12. Avoid using any kind of mouthwash for the first 24 hours unless so directed by your dentist.
At the end of 24 hours remove the denture
1. Mix ½ teaspoon of salt with a cup of warm water and place some in your mouth.
2. With your lips tightly closed, force the water under the denture to loosen it.
3. The lower denture is easier to remove, and lifts straight up.
4. The upper may be harder to remove, especially the first time. It comes out bets in a downward and forward direction.
5. If it is stubborn, take your index finger and place it between your denture and cheek moving up and back until you feel the back upper corner of the denture.
6. Move your finger onto the top of the denture border in this area and pull down gently, increasing the force until the denture is dislodged.
7. The way our denture comes out most easily depends our mouth’s unique shape.
8. After a couple of times, you will know just what to do. There may be very dark blood inside your immediate denture. This is normal.
9. You may also develop ecchymosis, or dark spots, either in your mouth or on your face over the area of the surgery. It goes away in a couple of days. Brush your denture inside and out with dishwashing liquid and rinse well with warm water.
10. Do not spit; let the salt-water drool out of your mouth into the sink.
11. Put your immediate denture back in place and press it on to your gums for 10 seconds.
12. Close together, swallow, and hold together an additional 10 seconds to correctly seat the denture.
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