“Can you sleep with partial dentures in your mouth?”
I am a 58 year old female. I want to know can you sleep with partial dentures in your mouth?
5 Answers
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Yes, you can, but you need to make sure you don’t develop a fungal infection.
You can, but you shouldn't. You need to take them out at night to give your gums a chance to breathe. You could get a yeast infection in your mouth if you leave them in too long.
It is not recommended to do that. The tissues beneath the denture need to breathe and should not be obstructed by the denture.
Hello,
The answer to your question is, yes; however, just because you can do something physically does not mean you should do it. You may wake up coughing if it gets dislodged, but worse yet is when people start doing this they wind up with a fungal infection in their mouth. Leaving the partial sitting on your gums overnight winds up killing off bacteria, which then leads to growth of the organism candida albicans, which is a fungus.
Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
The answer to your question is, yes; however, just because you can do something physically does not mean you should do it. You may wake up coughing if it gets dislodged, but worse yet is when people start doing this they wind up with a fungal infection in their mouth. Leaving the partial sitting on your gums overnight winds up killing off bacteria, which then leads to growth of the organism candida albicans, which is a fungus.
Hope this helps.
My best to you!
William F. Scott IV, DMD
