dental advice

dude_3

my dh top set of false teeth has just snapped in two will he be able to get them fixed at the dental lab or does it mean thay he will have to go to the dentist and have a new set made he has 12 teeth on the top plate and they are only 18 months old! thanks

alison999

if its a clean break you can take them to the dental lab. but the denture will never be as strong as it oonce was, if its in lots of peices you'll have to go to the dentist for another impression.

Toothsmith

Are you an NHS patient or private?

NHS denture repairs are free - but you'd have to go through the dentist to access this.

If you're private, then taking a broken denture direct to a technician would probably work out cheaper (Check the technician is registered with the General Dental Council - GDC - though, as they all should be nowadays).

With the denture only being 18 months old though, I would go back to the dentist anyway, as I'm sure he'd at least offer to repair in at lower cost, if not free if it were private.