All About Denture Relines

• There are basically two (2) different types of denture relines.
  
  
• A Hard permanent reline which can either be done here atthe office with an office-cured plastic or else it canbe sent to the dental laboratory and processed in a laboratorycured plastic. Due to the special processing, the laboratoryreline tends to last longer. Unfortunately this will require taking your denture from you for a few days. Please try to coordinatethis with the Appointment Coordinator so that you may be inconveniencedfor as few days as possible.
  
  
• A Soft reline can be done here at the office or else itcan be done at the laboratory in a more permanent fashion. Thepermanent type, lab processed, may last up to one year withouthaving to be replaced. The office processed soft liner tends tobe more fragile and will need to be removed and replaced withgreater frequency.
  
  
• Denture relines are necessary in order to accomplish several goals.These goals include:
  
  
• Increasing retention of old, existing dentures or new denturesthat, for one reason or another, have lost retention. Sometimesthis may be due to recent extractions or alteration in the gumtissue due to other surgical procedures.
  
  
• Repairs.
  
  
• Relining of old dentures hoping to avoid the necessity ofremaking them entirely.
  
  
• Gum tissue conditioning which usually relies on the gentleaction of soft tissue materials ( soft liners ) to allow yourabused gum tissue to return to a proper state of health priorto the fabrication of new dentures.