There are a few kinds of acrylic dentures.
Complete Acrylic Dentures (also known as full dentures) are custom-made for your mouth in the event all your teeth are missing (or have been extracted) due to decay, injury, or periodontal disease. Complete Acrylic Dentures cover the entire upper or lower jaw in an arch. They can be removable or attached to your jaws with dental implants.
Acrylic Partial Dentures are ideal for patients who only have a few missing teeth. Partial dentures attach to the remaining teeth, which increases retention.
Immediate Dentures are acrylic and can be made as partial or complete dentures. Immediate dentures are often provided to patients immediately following an extraction.
Removable Over-Dentures are also known as removable implant over-dentures (a type of full-mouth denture implant). After the gum tissue has healed, implants can connect to locators or implant bars that will firmly attach to full dentures. Patients can attach or unattach over-dentures anytime and anywhere.
Fixed dentures are a hybrid of acrylic dentures and implant bars (a type of full-mouth denture implant). The implants connect to a titanium bar. Then an acrylic complete denture is fused onto the bar. Finally, the titanium bar with the complete denture is screw-retained into the implants. Fixed dentures look and function like a removable implant over-denture. However, they cannot be removed by patients for daily cleaning.