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Medical Forum / General / Dentistry / March 2006Denture Causing Tooth Pain?
About a month ago I received a lower partial denture that clasps to the left 2nd premolar, left 2nd molar, and right 1st premolar. All other teeth have been extracted. The denture feels more or less tight & secure but I'm noticing intermittent discomfort/pain in the remaining teeth at the contact points mainly when chewing, inserting or removing the denture. My dentist examined these teeth and could find no caries or trauma. The clasps do not seem to be too tight and in fact he said that he could tighten up on them a good bit. I'm just curious what could be causing this pain? Is the denture misaligned or the clasps not properly seated? If I remove the denture, the pain disappears. Apart from being an annoyance, I want to be sure I'm not damaging the remaining teeth in any way. Any information that can be provided would be much appreciated. > About a month ago I received a lower partial denture that clasps to the > left 2nd premolar, left 2nd molar, and right 1st premolar. All other [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > I'm not damaging the remaining teeth in any way. Any information that > can be provided would be much appreciated. That arrangement of clasped teeth is asking a lot out of these 3 remaining teeth. If they are not periodontally sound, it may just be too much force for them--this would constitute trauma in itself. What to do is tough. You can loosen the clasps a bit but this will diminish the stability of the partial. You should discuss the situation with your dentist--specifically what will happen if one or more of these remaining teeth should fail. Steve Thanks for your reply Steve. This was a concern of mine as well since my teeth were never very strong to begin with. I returned to my dentist today and he determined that one of the flat metal stops on the denture that rests on top of the left 2nd molar was partially contacting an old amalgam filling, thereby inducing a galvanic current. I suspected something like this since the sensation was similar to biting on a piece of aluminum but not as intense. He removed some of the metal from the stop and coated it and the filling with a sealer to insulate it. If this fails, he's going to remove the old filling and replace it with a non-metallic one. We'll see how the sealer works out for now. So far it has helped considerably.
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