What are peek dentures?

PEEK is a medical grade polymer that provides patients with an alternative solution to chrome cobalt

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Cobalt-chrome or cobalt-chromium (CoCr) is a metal alloy of cobalt and chromium. Cobalt-chrome has a very high specific strength and is commonly used in gas turbines, dental implants, and orthopedic implants.

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dentures. PEEK has a high strength to weight ratio and is available in a natural, non-contrasting colour, meaning it looks more natural in the patient's mouth.

What are the advantages of PEEK?

Some of the PEEK advantages include the similarity of mechanical properties of PEEK compared with human bone tissue; lack of electrochemical activity in vivo; excellent corrosion resistance and biocompatibility; considerable fatigue strength; wear resistance; tensile strength, compressive strength, and ductility.

How long does PEEK last?

This added comfort doesn't compromise durability either, as PEEK can handle abrasive and compressive forces without losing its integrity. This polymer is immune to corrosion and absorbs water at a minimal rate, so it can last for years without suffering a drop in performance. 3.

What type of dentures are most natural looking?

Plastic teeth will always have that artificial appearance and even some of the ceramic teeth can often have a very flat appearance. Dentures created by Eldridge Dental and Glidewell labs have a textured surface which helps them become the most natural looking dentures in all light conditions.

What are the four types of dentures?

PEEK REMOVABLE DENTURE

What are the newest type of dentures?

Peek dentures have many benefits. They are metal-free, more aesthetic, lightweight, and slightly flexible. When designed with digital scans, they are also made to fit precisely in place. Many of our patients also find that with proper maintenance, these peek dentures last longer than the more traditional materials.

Which dentures are most comfortable?

Flexible dentures are most comfortable because it hugs the contours of the gum and it does not cause bruises to the gum and can last longer than other types of dentures. You also need to consider the location of the missing teeth.

Can you have top dentures without the palate?

Palateless dentures are any upper denture that has no plate covering the upper palate, including dental implants, natural tooth-retained overdentures, fixed/removable restorations, or even a conventional palateless denture with a horseshoe shaped frame.

Why do my immediate dentures look so big?

The most common reason for this is that your jaw bone has shrunk. This is especially common in patients who get full dentures. After your natural teeth are extracted, the shape and size of your jaw bone may change over the next year or so.

Can dentures be made to look like your own teeth?

Cosmetic Dentures

They're usually slightly more costly than the budget dentures on the market. However, their benefits often make up for this fact. Cosmetic dentures look more like real teeth, by their very nature. They're called cosmetic because they're intended to make your smile look beautiful!

Does PEEK degrade in the body?

Studies have shown that thermal degradation occurs in PEEK at temperatures between the glass transition and melt transition, but that temperatures exceeding the processing temperature of PEEK are needed to produce volatile degradation products [61-65].

Is PEEK material FDA approved?

FDA Compliant PEEK– grades available that meet FDA requirements. Optical, Metal and X-ray Detectable PEEK– TECAPEEK® UD is a dark blue FDA compliant detectable PEEK designed for the food and beverage processing and pharmaceutical industries.

What is PEEK material made of?

Polyether ether ketone (PEEK) is a colourless organic thermoplastic polymer in the polyaryletherketone (PAEK) family, used in engineering applications. PEEK is a semicrystalline thermoplastic with excellent mechanical and chemical resistance properties that are retained to high temperatures.

How hard is PEEK?

PEEK plastic is tough, strong, and rigid, with superior creep resistance, and is excellent for applications where thermal, chemical, and combustion properties are critical to performance. PEEK material retains its stiffness and strength for use in harsh high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) environments.

Is PEEK stronger than aluminum?

The inherent low specific gravity of VICTREX PEEK (1.3 g/cm³) is less than half that of aluminium and one sixth that of steel. Carbon or glass fibers are added as structural reinforcements in PEEK compounds that have high strength and modulus properties similar to aluminium, but still much lower in density.

Why is PEEK used in implants?

PEEK has some clinical advantages as a dental implant material compared to Ti. First, it causes fewer hypersensitive and allergic reactions. Certain studies have shown that titanium is an allergen [18]. Second, it is radiolucent and causes fewer artifacts on magnetic resonance imaging [4,19].

Are upper or lower dentures easier?

Why are Full Upper Dentures easier to wear than Full Lower Dentures? A full upper denture has the benefit of having the whole upper palate available to use for suction. The upper denture extends all the way to the back of the soft palate and creates a palatal seal. This gives the denture stability and retention.

What is the correct bite for dentures?

The front view of your bite is what you see when you are facing the mirror. With a properly aligned bite: the edges of upper front teeth parallel to the upper lip. at least one-half of the length of the bottom teeth should be hidden when the teeth are closed together.

How many hours a day should you wear immediate dentures?

Immediate dentures are fabricated prior to your teeth extractions so when the dentist removes your natural teeth the denture is placed immediately. The benefit is you do not have to be without your teeth. After your extractions, you are generally instructed to keep the denture in for 24 hours.

Why won't my top dentures stay in place?

The amount of contact area is greater on the top gums than on the bottom. The only way a lower denture will stay in place if you have no bone shrinkage and the shape of the ridge is fairly U-shaped. Denture adhesives may help the denture to stay in place.

Why do dentures have to cover the roof of the mouth?

Ever since traditional dentures were introduced, patients have struggled with the problems posed by a covered soft palate. Normally, upper dentures cover the top of the mouth so thoroughly that a person's ability to taste and experience their food is diminished, not to mention hamper proper function.

What is a horseshoe upper denture?

What are Horseshoe dentures? Implant-Retained Dentures or Horseshoe Dentures are the dentures that clip onto your dental implants, rather than leaning onto your gums. These are securely clipped on your gums, enabling you to have stronger and steady teeth. However, you have to remove them while cleaning.

Are there different grades of dentures?

Materials also play a major factor in distinguishing quality denture from lower grade ones. Often, higher quality means that we make dentures with choice of high grade acrylics, porcelain to simulate or match natural teeth. As a result, these dentures will last for years to come.

Are flexible dentures better?

Some people may have irregularities in their mouth that make wearing normal dentures either difficult or impossible. Flexible dentures can be a great solution to this, able to adapt to the unique shapes and contours of a person's mouth and palate much better than regular dentures are able to.

Which is better metal or plastic dentures?

As metal is much stronger than plastic, we can make it a lot thinner and smaller, meaning that your dentures won't feel as bulky as the plastic ones. The difference between metal and plastic is that the plastic ones will be loose and bulky, and the metal ones will be better fitting, stay in well and be less bulky.