Lower Dentures are different from Upper Dentures. The upper jaw has a Hard Palate (roof of the mouth) to help stabilize the complete upper denture. In place of the palate, the lower jaw has a Tongue, the mere use of which tends to move the Complete Denture off the gums causing pain when the denture gets crooked in the mouth and comes down hard. Not only that, but nearly all the muscles of the face tend to rise in use, causing the Lower Denture to lift up away from the gums, often making chewing painful or difficult.
Additionally, when teeth have been removed, the jawbone tends to wither, and a Lower Denture particularly may eventually seem impossible to control or to endure.
Hooray for Dr. Branemark of Sweden. He is the one who, in 1965, discovered Titanium "screws" could be installed in toothless jaws, and would not be rejected by the immune system of the body, as so many other experimental materials had been. Since that time, a minimum of just two Titanium Implants per jaw have been used to successfully secure Complete Upper or Lower Dentures for comfortable function on deficient jaws.
People who have gotten Neubite Implant-Assited Dentures have often asked, "Why didn't I chose this treatment sooner?"
We say, "It's the difference between walking and riding!"
