Partial dentures

psrick313 said:

I am having a lot of work done in my mouth most of it isdone, 2 bridges 3 crowns and a partial with four right side lower teeth and onetooth bottom left.The partial did notfit, it was keeping my teeth from closing with a, little less than a ¼ inch space.The dentist started grinding the teeth on the partial to try and make it fit. Isaid to him that is a lot of grinding, twice before he said the only otherthing would be to send it back to the lab, I said YES. My question is, shouldthe teeth on a partial ever have to or should be grinded down to make it fit. Iunderstand the metal may need adjustment but to grind the teeth?

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yes, the partial denture often needs adjustment however this should be minor adjustment only. If the dentist was being careful then he may have only been adjusting a tiny bit at a time so even multiple adjustments may not add up to much.
That said - if the teeth on the denture don't resemble teeth because they've been drilled so much then it would be better to have them removed and replaced - it's not that big a job