{"id":2757,"date":"2014-10-24T17:35:38","date_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:35:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2757"},"modified":"2014-10-24T17:35:38","modified_gmt":"2014-10-24T17:35:38","slug":"not-all-dentures-are-created-equally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=2757","title":{"rendered":"Not All Dentures Are Created Equally"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Q: Right now, I feel terrible about myself because I hate my dentures. \u00a0It seems like they were made for somebody else. Are all dentures alike?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">ANSWERED by DR. ADAM LALONDE:<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_2523\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2523\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2523\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Lalonde_color.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Adam Lalonde \" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2523\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Adam Lalonde<\/p><\/div>\n<p>You\u2019ve touched upon a common myth in the world of denture-making. \u00a0The answer is \u201cno.\u201d \u00a0A denture should be custom-designed for each individual. \u00a0Since every person, &amp; therefore every mouth, is different, it is obvious that no two dentures should be alike. \u00a0A quality denture is hand-crafted, meaning that even two dentures made for the same person will not be exactly alike. \u00a0When a denture is processed, the custom designed mold for the specific patient is broken in order to remove the new denture &amp; the finishing work is done by hand. Thus, it is impossible to create exactly the same denture more than once. \u00a0There is also a difference in techniques of denture construction &amp; quality of materials available today. \u00a0You should discuss this with your dentist as these variables can affect the quality &amp; cost of the finished product. \u00a0Our practice is a full service dental office &amp; provides services which include dental implants, cosmetic dentistry, &amp; preventive dentistry. In my opinion, one of the greatest advances in dentistry since the advent of local anesthetic is the ability to place two simple implants in the lower jaw and clip an existing denture to them. Eighty percent of our patients have no post-op pain. No more loose lower dentures!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2488\" src=\"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/July2013_Ad1.gif\" alt=\"July2013_Ad1\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Adam Lalonde | Dr. Grayson Sellers | Dr. Eric Valle<\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">956-233-4400<\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.losfresnosdental.com\" target=\"_blank\">www.losfresnosdental.com<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: Right now, I feel terrible about myself because I hate my dentures. \u00a0It seems like they were made for somebody else. Are all dentures alike? ANSWERED by DR. ADAM LALONDE: You\u2019ve touched upon a common myth in the world of denture-making. \u00a0The answer is \u201cno.\u201d \u00a0A denture should be custom-designed for each individual. \u00a0Since [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2758,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ask-our-dentists"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2759,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2757\/revisions\/2759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}