{"id":614,"date":"2022-11-15T18:09:52","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/?p=614"},"modified":"2022-11-15T18:09:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T18:09:53","slug":"4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Good Reasons to Soak Your Dentures Overnight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
\"Dentures<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

After a hard day, the thing most on your mind is probably falling into bed, rolling over, and passing out. In that state, you might not want to think about taking the time to soak your dentures. However, leaving your prosthetic in a soaking solution at night is crucial to both its longevity and your oral health. Here are a few reasons why you should make it a priority to soak your dentures<\/a> overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

#1: Your Gums Need a Break<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If your dentures aren\u2019t attached to implants, keeping them in your mouth can put a little bit of stress on your gums. This soft tissue isn\u2019t designed to withstand the full force of biting and chewing, so at the end of the day, it\u2019s bound to be sore. Taking your dentures out at night gives your gums much-needed time to rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#2: Your Dentures are Porous<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dentures are usually made of an acrylic that appears solid at a glance but is covered in microscopic pores. Each one can become a foothold for bacteria, which starts to add up quickly. ADA-approved solutions will usually be able to disinfect your dentures, so soaking them overnight is crucial to preventing germ buildup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#3: Bacteria Build Up Faster as We Age<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

People of all ages can need dentures for various reasons, but if you\u2019re a bit older, it\u2019s especially important that you let your dentures be disinfected each night. That\u2019s because bacteria colonies only grow more established in the mouth over time. That bacteria will grow on your dentures, which will in turn contribute to the populations in the rest of the mouth. Soaking your dentures breaks this cycle, reducing the chance that these bacteria colonies will wreak havoc on your oral health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#4: Soaking is Better than Brushing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The pores in your dentures are tiny. They\u2019re so small that the hairs of a toothbrush can\u2019t adequately clean inside them. On the other hand, soaking solution has been demonstrated to kill 99% of the bacteria on acrylic surfaces, like those on your prosthetic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may not always want to take the time to sterilize your dentures but doing so is incredibly important. Five minutes to prepare the solution at the end of each night means a lifetime of healthy gums and clean dentures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Steven Kendrick is a dentist with over 20 years of experience serving his community. He is a graduate of the Oklahoma University College of Dentistry and studied the science behind dental implants at Misch International Implant Institute. He continues his education so that he can provide quality dental care to all his patients, regardless of the issue they\u2019re experiencing. If you have any questions about maintaining your dentures, Dr. Kendrick can be reached at his website<\/a> or by phone at (405) 732-0431<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After a hard day, the thing most on your mind is probably falling into bed, rolling over, and passing out. In that state, you might not want to think about taking the time to soak your dentures. However, leaving your prosthetic in a soaking solution at night is crucial to both its longevity and your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy Soaking Dentures Is Important | Midwest City Dental Center<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Just before bed, it can be tough to convince yourself that you should take the time to soak your dentures. Here's why you still should.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Why Soaking Dentures Is Important | Midwest City Dental Center\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Just before bed, it can be tough to convince yourself that you should take the time to soak your dentures. Here's why you still should.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Midwest Dental Center Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-15T18:09:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-15T18:09:53+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"kendrick\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"kendrick\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"kendrick\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee5bb321756b200cf7f0488bd18b045a\"},\"headline\":\"4 Good Reasons to Soak Your Dentures Overnight\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-15T18:09:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-15T18:09:53+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":474,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/\",\"name\":\"Why Soaking Dentures Is Important | Midwest City Dental Center\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-11-15T18:09:52+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-15T18:09:53+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee5bb321756b200cf7f0488bd18b045a\"},\"description\":\"Just before bed, it can be tough to convince yourself that you should take the time to soak your dentures. Here's why you still should.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":533},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/15\\\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"4 Good Reasons to Soak Your Dentures Overnight\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Midwest Dental Center Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/ee5bb321756b200cf7f0488bd18b045a\",\"name\":\"kendrick\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/kendrick\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Why Soaking Dentures Is Important | Midwest City Dental Center","description":"Just before bed, it can be tough to convince yourself that you should take the time to soak your dentures. Here's why you still should.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Why Soaking Dentures Is Important | Midwest City Dental Center","og_description":"Just before bed, it can be tough to convince yourself that you should take the time to soak your dentures. Here's why you still should.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/","og_site_name":"Midwest Dental Center Blog","article_published_time":"2022-11-15T18:09:52+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-15T18:09:53+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"kendrick","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"kendrick","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/"},"author":{"name":"kendrick","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee5bb321756b200cf7f0488bd18b045a"},"headline":"4 Good Reasons to Soak Your Dentures Overnight","datePublished":"2022-11-15T18:09:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-15T18:09:53+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/"},"wordCount":474,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/","url":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/","name":"Why Soaking Dentures Is Important | Midwest City Dental Center","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-15T18:09:52+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-15T18:09:53+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee5bb321756b200cf7f0488bd18b045a"},"description":"Just before bed, it can be tough to convince yourself that you should take the time to soak your dentures. Here's why you still should.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_104330867__1668536083_23901.jpg","width":800,"height":533},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/15\/4-reasons-for-soaking-dentures\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"4 Good Reasons to Soak Your Dentures Overnight"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/","name":"Midwest Dental Center Blog","description":"","inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/ee5bb321756b200cf7f0488bd18b045a","name":"kendrick","url":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/author\/kendrick\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=614"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":616,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614\/revisions\/616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mwdentalcenter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}