Dentures in Oakville – Restore Your Smile with Confidence

• When Are Dentures Recommended?

  If you have lost most or all of your natural teeth, or if remaining teeth are not healthy enough to support other treatments like bridges or implants, your dentist may recommend dentures as a reliable replacement option.

  Types of Dentures

  We offer two main types of dentures:

  1. Complete Dentures

  Used when all natural teeth are missing in the upper or lower jaw. These rest directly on the gums and are designed for full-mouth restoration.

  2. Partial Dentures

  Ideal when some natural teeth remain. These dentures use a metal or acrylic base with clasps that attach to the remaining teeth for support.

  Custom-Made for a Natural Look

  At Dentist at Oakville, we understand that every smile is unique. That’s why we take detailed impressions and measurements to craft dentures that are:

  • Comfortable

  • Natural-looking

  • Personalized to match your facial features and preferences

  Our goal is to help you regain your individual smile with dentures that feel just right.

  Immediate Dentures – No Waiting, No Gaps

  We also offer immediate dentures, which are placed on the same day your teeth are extracted. This allows you to avoid the inconvenience of going without teeth while your mouth heals.

  Once your gums have fully recovered, we may recommend adjustments or a final set of dentures to ensure a perfect long-term fit.

  Why Choose Dentist at Oakville for Dentures?

  • Expertly tailored denture solutions

  • High-quality materials for comfort and durability

  • Personalized care focused on your smile and function

  • Convenient location and compassionate team

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  📍 Visit us at: 370 Sixteen Mile Dr, Oakville, ON L6M 0Z3
  📞 Call us at: (289) 837-2222 to book your denture consultation today!

The Denture Process, Step by Step

1. Assessment and honest options

Before we make anything, we check the remaining teeth, the gum health, and the shape and firmness of the ridge the denture will sit on. This is also where we tell you whether a denture is the best answer for you at all. Sometimes a bridge is a better option because it is fixed and does not have to be taken out. Sometimes a tooth you assumed was hopeless can be saved with a root canal and a crown, and keeping it makes a future denture far more stable. We would rather have that conversation first than fit a denture you did not need.

2. Impressions

A first impression records the general shape of your mouth. A second, taken in a custom tray made from the first, records the detail – the exact border where the denture meets the moving tissue of your cheek and floor of mouth. That border is what determines whether an upper denture holds by suction or drops. Skipping this second stage is the usual reason a denture feels loose from day one.

3. Bite registration

We record how your jaws relate to each other and how far apart they should sit. Get this wrong and the denture will click when you speak, make your chin look either too long or too collapsed, or cause aching in the jaw joints.

4. The wax try-in

This is the appointment that matters most to you. The teeth are set in wax so nothing is final, and you can see the shade, the shape, the length and how much tooth shows when you smile. Bring a partner or a friend, and bring a photograph of yourself from before the teeth were lost if you have one. Say what you do not like. It is far easier to move a tooth in wax than to remake a finished denture, and we expect to make changes at this stage rather than hoping you say yes.

5. Fitting

The finished denture is placed, the bite is checked and adjusted, and we show you how to insert and remove it. We book a review for a few days later as a matter of routine, because almost every new denture needs one or two small easing adjustments once you have worn it and eaten with it.

How long it takes

Typically four to five appointments over three to six weeks for a conventional denture. Immediate dentures compress the front of that timeline so you are not without teeth; healing dentures and relines follow afterwards.

Living With a New Denture: What the First Month Is Really Like

Nobody enjoys the first fortnight, and being warned about it makes an enormous difference to whether people persevere.

Bulk and saliva. A new upper denture feels large against the palate and the mouth responds by producing extra saliva for a few days. Both settle as your brain stops treating it as foreign.

Sore spots. Almost everyone gets one or two. They are not a sign that the denture is wrong; they are the inevitable result of a rigid object meeting tissue that has never been loaded there before. Do not suffer through them and do not file the denture yourself – come in, we mark the spot and ease it, and it takes minutes.

Speech. Sibilant sounds are the usual difficulty. Reading aloud for ten minutes a day, out loud and slowly, retrains the tongue much faster than ordinary conversation does. Most people are back to normal within two weeks.

Eating. Start with soft food cut small. Take smaller bites than you think you need, put food on both sides at once to balance the denture, and bite with the side teeth rather than the front, which tips a full denture forward. Steak, crusty bread, apples and corn on the cob come back later – and for a lower full denture, some of those may never be entirely comfortable. Chewing efficiency with a full denture is genuinely lower than with natural teeth, and we would rather say so than let you find out.

Lower dentures are harder than upper. An upper denture has a palate to grip by suction; a lower one has a tongue pushing against it and far less surface area. If your lower denture is the problem, implant retention with two implants and clips is transformative, and worth asking about.

Caring for Your Dentures

Clean them over a sink full of water or a folded towel – a dropped denture on a hard basin is the most common cause of a fracture we see. Brush all surfaces daily with a soft brush and either soap and water or a denture cleaner. Do not use ordinary toothpaste: it is abrasive and scratches the acrylic, and scratched acrylic stains far faster. Never use bleach on a denture with metal parts, and never use hot or boiling water, which warps the fit permanently.

Soak overnight in water or a denture solution. Leaving them out overnight lets the gum tissue recover and reduces fungal infection, and dentures should not be allowed to dry out. Clean your gums, tongue and any remaining teeth every morning and night regardless – a partial denture makes the teeth it clasps onto much more prone to decay, so those teeth need extra attention, not less.

Keep coming for check-ups even if you have no natural teeth left. We check the fit, look at the tissue underneath, and screen for oral cancer, which is exactly the population in which it is most often found and most often found late.

Relines, Repairs and Replacement

The jaw bone under a denture shrinks steadily after teeth are removed – fastest in the first year, then more slowly but permanently. The denture does not change shape, so the fit gradually loosens. A reline adds new material to the underside to match the changed ridge, and most dentures need one every two to four years; a first reline is usually needed within six to twelve months of teeth being extracted.

Cracks and broken clasps are usually repairable, often within a day. Never attempt a repair yourself with household glue – it is toxic, it does not hold, and it typically makes a professional repair impossible so a whole new denture is needed.

Expect to replace a denture roughly every five to ten years. The acrylic teeth wear flat, which quietly reduces your chewing efficiency and shortens your facial height over time, and the fit drifts too far from the ridge for relining to fix. Denture adhesive is a reasonable confidence aid, but if you find you need increasing amounts of it, that is the signal for a reline rather than a bigger tube.

Cost and Coverage

Cost depends on the type: a partial acrylic denture is the least expensive, a cast metal partial costs more and lasts considerably longer, a full upper or lower denture sits in the middle, and implant-retained options are the most expensive but by far the most stable. Relines, repairs and any extractions or gum treatment needed first are priced separately. You get an itemised written estimate before we start, and we will tell you where spending more genuinely buys you more and where it does not.

Dentures are restorative rather than cosmetic, so coverage tends to be reasonable. Most private plans cover them at 50–80%, but two details catch people out: many policies have a separate, lower annual maximum for dentures, and most impose a replacement frequency limit, commonly one denture per arch every five years. We check both against your plan and send a predetermination so you have the insurer’s answer in writing before committing. Complete and partial dentures are also covered for eligible patients under the Canadian Dental Care Plan, subject to pre-authorisation, which we handle for you. Where the total is more than you can manage at once, extractions and healing can be done in one benefit year and the definitive denture in the next.

Dentures Near You in North Oakville

We are at 370 Sixteen Mile Drive in Oakville, ON L6M 0Z3, on the ground floor with free parking directly at the door and no stairs to manage – which matters, because denture treatment means several appointments and then adjustments, and a fair number of our denture patients are not keen on parking garages. Patients come to us from Glenorchy, Bronte Creek, Palermo, Uptown Core, River Oaks and Joshua Creek. Our hours are Monday and Wednesday 10:00 to 19:00, Tuesday and Thursday 10:00 to 16:00, and Friday 10:00 to 17:00. If a denture has broken or is rubbing badly, call rather than waiting for your next appointment – adjustments and most repairs are quick, and we keep time free each day for urgent problems. Call (289) 837-2222 or use our appointment request form.

Dentures in Oakville – Common Questions

How long does it take to get dentures?

Usually four to five appointments across three to six weeks. If teeth need to be extracted first, an immediate denture can be fitted on the day so you are never without teeth, with the definitive denture made once the gums have healed.

Will I be without teeth at any point?

Not if we plan an immediate denture. It is made in advance from impressions taken before extraction and fitted the same day. It will need relining as the gums shrink, and it is not as precise as a denture made on healed tissue, but you will not go out without teeth.

Are dentures painful?

Not painful, but sore in one or two spots for the first couple of weeks while the tissue adapts. Those spots are eased in a five-minute appointment. Persistent pain is not something to put up with – it means an adjustment is needed.

Will people be able to tell?

A well-made denture is difficult to spot. The giveaways are teeth that are too white, too even, and too uniform in length. We set the teeth in wax first specifically so you can look at them and ask for something more natural.

Do I sleep in them?

We advise taking them out overnight so the tissue can recover, and keeping them in water. The exception is the first day or two after an immediate denture, when leaving it in controls swelling – we will tell you if that applies.

Can I eat normally?

Most things, in time, with technique. Chewing force is lower than with natural teeth, and very hard or sticky foods remain difficult, particularly with a lower full denture. Build up gradually over a few weeks rather than testing everything in the first week.

How often do they need replacing?

Relining every two to four years, and replacement roughly every five to ten. The bone underneath keeps changing shape, and the acrylic teeth wear.

What if my denture becomes loose?

That is normal over time and usually solved with a reline rather than a new denture. If you are relying on more and more adhesive, book in – adhesive masks a fit problem instead of fixing it.

Is a partial denture better than a bridge?

It depends. A bridge is fixed, feels far more natural and does not come out, but it requires healthy teeth either side and cannot span large gaps. A partial denture can replace many teeth in different parts of the arch and costs less, but it is removable and clasps can be visible. We will lay both out for your specific gaps with prices.

Can dentures be attached to implants?

Yes, and for a lower denture it is the single biggest improvement available. Two implants with clip attachments stop the denture lifting and dramatically improve chewing and confidence. It costs more, and we will explain the process, the timeline and whether you have enough bone.

Will my face change?

Losing teeth changes facial support, and a properly designed denture restores it – often making people look younger rather than older. If a denture is made too short or the bite is set wrong, the opposite happens, which is another reason the wax try-in stage is not skipped.