I am retired and do not have a personal dentist. My teeth have occasionally been repaired, and various dentists have also made dental work for me, including partial dentures. The current condition of my teeth is as follows: a bridge on the four front upper teeth 3-1-1-3, but these teeth are no longer healthy because the gums are receding and parts of the teeth that were previously covered by the gums are showing. In the lower jaw I have a bridge on the front teeth 3-1-1-4 and an individual crown on tooth 5? on the right and 6 or 7 on the left. The overall condition is poor; the use of partial metal dentures loosened the remaining individual lower teeth, so I did not use the partial dentures for long.
I am interested in the possibility of making complete dentures and at least an approximate price for these procedures.

Dear Sir/Madam!

There are many possible solutions for your dental status. Let us start with the most basic ones. The standard solution for the upper dental arch is rehabilitation of the jaw with a partial denture (preferably a cast framework denture or cast base). The existing teeth 3-1-1-3 are prepared with fixed prosthodontics, meaning that they are restored with ceramic crowns. These crowns carry special attachments or slides that firmly retain the denture in the mouth. This would be the most common type of solution and prognostically it almost always proves very successful. The denture is also highly aesthetic because no metal elements are visible. The approximate price of the restoration is EUR 2050.
If we move beyond the described denture, there is still the option of a restoration similar to the first one, with the difference being the retention elements. Here there are clasps or hooks cast from a single piece of steel, which still allow proper loading of the terminal teeth.
A basic acrylic partial denture, which the insurance company recognises as the only one fully payable by them, could serve only as a temporary solution and not as a permanent restoration.

The solution in the lower jaw is similar to the upper jaw, and the treatment can likewise be divided into three main types of dentures.
If professional assessment shows that the listed natural teeth are no longer suitable for any type of reconstruction, we recommend removal of these teeth and, if possible, placement of implants to improve the stability of complete dentures.