Dentures

活动义齿（假牙）

I've reviewed your X-rays and I'm sorry to say that the rest of your upper teeth will have to beremoved.

我看过了你的X光照片，很遗憾你上排所剩下的牙齿都要拔掉。

They're in hopeless condition. You need a full upper denture (upper plate).

实在是没有办法了，你需要按上一副上排假牙。

Oh no! Can't anything be done?

哦，不！还有别的办法吗？

I'm sorry, look at your X-rays.

对不起，你瞧瞧你的X光片吧。

Can you see the large cavities here and here?

你能看见这里有个大洞，这里有个大洞吗？

Do you see this gray area around the root of this tooth?

你能看见这颗牙齿齿根周围的灰色部分吗？

It's obviously infected. Look at these teeth here.

十分明显，已经感染了，

Can you see how little of the bone is left?

瞧一瞧这些牙齿，看得见骨头留下不多了吧？

That's why most of your teeth are loose.

这就是为什么你牙齿松动的原因，

They'll have to be extracted

这些牙齿都得拔掉。

But how long would I have to be without my teeth? I'll look terrible.

可是，我牙齿拔掉了空着多长时间呢？可真难看啊。

I can lessen1 (minimize) your inconvenience by making you an immediate2 denture.

我可以给你做一系列临时假牙可以减少不方便之处，

With this method, the posterior (back) teeth are extracted first.

使用这种方法，要先拔掉后面牙齿，

The gums must heal for at least one month before the denture is begun.

在开始做假牙之前，牙龈需要至少一个月才能长好，

You'll keep your anterior3 (front) teeth until the denture is made.

在做好假牙之前，前面的牙齿还要保留着。

The new denture will be inserted on the day that the front teeth are extracted. You won't everbe without your front teeth.

假牙必须在前面牙齿拔掉的那一天安上，你就不会没有前面的牙齿。

How long will it take? How many appointments will be needed?

需要多长时间？需要预约治疗几次？

I can begin to make your new teeth after the gums have healed from the extraction of theback teeth. That will take at least one month. After that, it will take two weeks to make thedenture.

在拔了后面的牙齿牙龈长好以后，我会着手给你做上新的假牙，这样做至少一个月，完了之后，做全列假牙需要两个星期的时间。

What will you do on the first appointment?

在第一次预约治疗室该怎么办？