So, you are interested in partial denture is for back teeth (we personally do not know exactly why you’re looking for them, as why for dentures particularly for back teeth as there is really not much difference between these dentures and normal dentures).
Basically, a normal adult has 32 teeth – each jaw has two incisors, one canine, two premolars and, the ones at the back, three molars.
It might seem complicated to get a denture for exactly the back teeth; moreover, it might also seem a little bit comical to get a dental prostheses to replace just a couple of teeth in the back of the mouth, which is not as frivolous as you think it might be.
The most common type of denture that is used to replace back teeth is the single tooth replacement dentures called Nesbit. The manufacturer is currently Valplast, and despite having the design for only single tooth replacement, we think that upon request they are able to provide you are denture replacement for several teeth at once. You should visit their website to get more information.
In any case, if you do go to a dental office of try to get Nesbit make sure that the version of that denture is free of metals. As you can guess yourself, a denture that is designed to replace only a couple of teeth is going to be very small in size, and it’s going to be very easy to accidentally swallow such a prosthesis. Even dental prostheses had metals in at, your digestive system would have been heavily damaged.
It is, however, unlikely that you will encounter a Nesbit with metal clasps nowadays because the company should have stopped producing the metal versions a long time ago already.
Now, as for the issue of whether you actually need a denture, session expensive device, to replace just a few teeth in the back of your mouth, will say that, “Yes, you do need such a replacement.”
The reason is very simple – while its true that if you don’t have just one or two teeth in the back of your mouth you can easily use the other side of the dentition to chew food. Moreover, it is very usual for patients who lack a few teeth to not feel any pain at all which would probably make you believe that there is no reason to get false teeth when there is nothing wrong with oral cavity, or is there?
Well, actually, there is an issue you need to worry about when your dentition has a gap in it. When there is a gap in a row of teeth, the neighbouring teeth will start to fall into that gap; also, lacking teeth may complicate the chewing process in a very insidious way – you might not feel too much pain, but it would be silly to assume that the chewing load on that part of the dentition would be balanced. Since the other neighbouring teeth have take the role of the missing one (or the missing several ones), they are under greater stress when chewing food – this might result in overstress of your jaw, and lead to headaches and similar symptoms.