HOW TO REMOVE DENTURES SAFELY?
After a day of wearing dentures, you’ll want to give your mouth and gums a rest and your dentures a good clean. Here’s how to get your dentures out.
How to remove your dentures
Step 1
Fill a sink or bowl with water. That way, your dentures don’t break if you accidentally drop them.
Step 2
For upper dentures, place your thumb or fingers between the denture and your cheek.
Step 3
Now press down gently where the denture meets the gums. Try to use even amounts of pressure to loosen them.
Step 4
To remove lower dentures, place your thumb and fingers on either side of the denture.
Step 5
Rocking them gently, pull your lower dentures to loosen them.
Step 6
Practice makes perfect. You’ll soon work out how to remove your dentures quickly and safely.
Rest regularly, clean properly
Aim to take your dentures out at night. Cleaning them twice a day is a great habit to get into.
Store well, store wet
If you’re not going to wear your dentures again that day, pop them in water or a cleansing tablet solution.
Boot that bacteria
Soaking your dentures using a denture cleanser tablet, such as Polident, not only helps remove* 99.9% of odour-causing bacteria**, it’ll help give them a deep clean.
*when used as directed
**In laboratory tests. Kiesow, A. et al. (2016) J. Prosthet. Dent. 115(2);189-98. Financial sponsor: Haleon.
