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What Causes Soreness In The Mouth And Throat After Using Partial Dentures?

I got a new partial denture. It seems to be too deep in the inner mouth in the back, I now have a sore throat and am sore in back of mouth. It feels like the glands are sore on the one side where the denture is too long. I have tried to wear the denture for 2 days but can not endure. My mouth and throat continues to be sore. What can be causing the pain?
Tue, 23 May 2017
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Hi..
Thanks for the query..

It is very clear that your depth of the denture is the cause of sore throat as the plate of the denture must be touching deep behind the soft palate over the throat.
as the denture is new there must be some sharp areas over the tissue side of the denture that is causing the mouth mucosa to get injured and making it sore..
Nothing to worry as both these problems can be very much resolved by adjusting the denture.
You should consult your dentist again and he can trim the excess length of the denture so that it does not go beyond the post palatal seal area that is just behind the junction of hard and soft palate.
Also he can smoothen the sharp areas over the denture so that it does not hurt the mucosa..
Once the adjustments are done you can continue wearing the denture..
For now if you can see any ulcerated areas over the mucosa inside mouth you can apply pain relieving gels like Oragel.

Regards.
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What Causes Soreness In The Mouth And Throat After Using Partial Dentures?

Hi.. Thanks for the query.. It is very clear that your depth of the denture is the cause of sore throat as the plate of the denture must be touching deep behind the soft palate over the throat. as the denture is new there must be some sharp areas over the tissue side of the denture that is causing the mouth mucosa to get injured and making it sore.. Nothing to worry as both these problems can be very much resolved by adjusting the denture. You should consult your dentist again and he can trim the excess length of the denture so that it does not go beyond the post palatal seal area that is just behind the junction of hard and soft palate. Also he can smoothen the sharp areas over the denture so that it does not hurt the mucosa.. Once the adjustments are done you can continue wearing the denture.. For now if you can see any ulcerated areas over the mucosa inside mouth you can apply pain relieving gels like Oragel. Regards.