How to Glue Dentures Together
As fate would have it, you never drop and break your dentures at the dentist's office. You're always at home rushing to go somewhere when a break happens. Chipped and broken dentures not only look bad, they can damage your gums. Gluing them together with the right adhesive, one that won't damage the dentures or your gums, is something that you can do at home when the dentist is not available. Using an acrylic resin and monomer is a convenient and low-cost alternative to waiting for the dentist, and the process is surprisingly easy to complete at home.
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Instructions
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Clean the pieces of the broken dentures with a denture cleanser.
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Lightly sand the broken edges of the acrylic dentures with a metal nail file.
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Let the dentures dry for four minutes.
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Apply new acrylic resin to the edges by following the resin application instructions.
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Glue the dentures back together by filling an eye dropper with monomer bonding agent, then run a small bead of it on both edges, line up the broken pieces, press them together and hold them together until the adhesive has dried. Most monomers are quick drying, five to six minutes, but check the label instructions for the manufacturer's recommended time.
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Lightly sand away any excess acrylic and glue with a metal file.
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Tips & Warnings
Bending a metal nail file to fit against the crack area will allow you to sand the interior portion of the dentures and avoid damaging your gums. Denture repair kits, which are available in drugstores and online, will have the right acrylics and glues.
Denture breaks glued together with a "super glue" will fail and break again.
