Your Trusted Denture Care Specialists

Clean your dentures daily with a soft brush and a denture cleaner, rather than abrasive toothpaste. Remove them at night to give your gums a rest, and soak them in a denture solution to help maintain their condition. We'll give you detailed care instructions tailored to your dentures during your visit.

Most full dentures last around five to eight years before they need replacing outright, though many need a reline well before then. Your gums and jawbone keep changing shape after your teeth are gone, so a denture that fitted well in year one can start to feel loose by year two or three — that's usually fixed with a reline rather than a whole new denture. We check the fit at your regular visits so a changing bite gets picked up early, not once it's already causing problems.

Yes, most people notice a difference in the first week or two — certain sounds, especially ones made with your tongue against the roof of your mouth, can feel slightly off while you adjust. It settles with practice; reading aloud at home for a few minutes a day helps your tongue and cheeks learn the new shape faster. If it hasn't improved after a few weeks, that's worth mentioning at your next visit rather than just living with it.

Your gums and jawbone keep changing shape after your teeth are gone, even years later, so a denture that fitted well when it was made can gradually stop matching the shape underneath it. This is normal and expected rather than a sign anything's gone wrong — it's what a reline is for, adjusting the fit of the existing denture to your current gum shape rather than making a new one. If it's been a while since your last check, or the looseness has come on quickly, it's worth bringing it in rather than waiting.

Start with softer foods cut into smaller pieces while you're still adjusting, and chew evenly on both sides of your mouth rather than favouring one side — that keeps the denture seated instead of tipping it. If a denture keeps lifting or rocking well after the initial adjustment period, that's usually telling you the fit has changed rather than something you're doing wrong, and it's worth having us check whether it needs a reline. Adhesive can help in the meantime, but it's not a substitute for a denture that actually fits.

Unfamiliar at first, and that's completely normal — most people notice extra saliva, a feeling of bulkiness, and some looseness while your cheek and tongue muscles learn to hold the denture in place. Minor sore spots in the first couple of weeks are common too, and they're exactly what your adjustment visits are for — tell us where it's rubbing and we'll fix the fit. It generally gets easier week by week rather than all at once, and most people are eating and speaking comfortably within a few weeks.

Very hard foods like nuts, hard lollies and crusty bread, and sticky foods like caramel and chewing gum, are the main ones to be careful with — hard foods can crack a denture or dislodge it, and sticky foods can pull it away from your gums. Foods you'd normally bite straight through, like corn on the cob or a whole apple, are usually easier cut into smaller pieces first and chewed with your back teeth. Most people find they can eat a fairly normal diet again once they're used to their dentures — it's mainly the first few weeks where care matters most.

A new denture typically needs several visits — an initial assessment, impressions, a try-in to check the fit and bite before anything's finalised, and the final fit — spread over some weeks rather than done in one sitting. A repair or reline is usually much faster, often finished in a single visit, sometimes the same day, because our laboratory is on site. We'll give you a realistic number specific to your situation at your first appointment rather than a generic figure.

Booking an appointment at All Denture Care Clinic is straightforward. You can call us, fill in the contact form on this site, or visit the clinic in person, and our team will help you find a convenient time.

Yes — this is called an immediate denture, and it's fitted on the same day as your extractions so you're not without teeth while you heal. It takes extra planning beforehand, since impressions are taken before the extractions happen, and there's an adjustment period afterwards as your gums heal and change shape, which usually means it needs relining sooner than a denture fitted onto already-healed gums. We'll talk through whether an immediate denture suits your situation, or whether waiting until healing is complete makes more sense for you.

Many private health extras policies include a benefit for dentures, usually under 'major dental' or 'dentures and prosthetics' — but how much is covered depends entirely on your fund and level of cover, so it's worth checking your own policy rather than assuming. Bring your health fund card to your appointment and we'll help you understand what applies to your treatment. Standard Medicare doesn't cover dentures for adults, so private cover, DVA or a concession-card scheme are the options if cost support matters to you.

No. A dental prosthetist is a registered AHPRA practitioner you can see directly, without a referral from a dentist or GP. If you need work that's outside a prosthetist's scope — like an extraction or treatment for gum disease — we'll let you know and point you toward a dentist for that part of your care.

You can, but we don't recommend it. Taking your dentures out overnight gives your gums a break from the pressure of wearing them and lets your normal saliva flow do its job, which helps keep your gums healthy. Store them in water or a denture-soaking solution rather than leaving them dry, so they don't warp overnight.

The timeframe depends on the type of dentures and treatment required. Because our lab is on-site, many dentures can be crafted and fitted faster than with an off-site lab. We'll give you a clear timeline at your consultation.

Bring any previous dental records if you have them, your health fund card, and identification. If you're coming in for a repair or reline, bring your current dentures as well — this helps us give you the most accurate care.

Some soreness in the first couple of weeks with a new denture is normal, as your gums get used to the pressure — but pain that's sharp, in one specific spot, or ongoing well past the initial adjustment period usually means the fit needs adjusting, not something you should push through. Rubbing, biting your cheek, or a denture that's started to feel loose can all cause pain that wasn't there before. Tell us exactly where it hurts when you come in — that's the fastest way for us to fix the actual spot rather than adjusting the whole thing.

Usually not, once it's properly fitted. A denture is made to match the shape, colour and spacing of natural teeth as closely as possible, so it isn't designed to look obviously different. Most of what makes it feel noticeable early on is you feeling self-conscious while you're still adjusting to speaking and smiling with it, more than anyone else actually noticing. If the fit or colour ever looks off to you, raise it with us — that's a fit issue worth fixing, not something to just get used to.