What is a Denturist?
A Denturist is a regulated health professional who designs, makes, fits and repairs removable Dentures. In Ontario you can book with a Denturist yourself. No Dentist referral needed.
What a Denturist does
Dentures are the whole job: assessing your mouth, designing the Denture, fitting it, and adjusting or repairing it over the years.
Complete Dentures
A full upper or lower Denture when all the teeth in that jaw are missing.
Partial Dentures
A removable partial to replace some missing teeth, held by the teeth you still have.
Implant Dentures
A Denture that snaps onto implants. The implants are placed by a Dentist or oral surgeon; the Denturist makes the Denture that fits onto them.
Relines and repairs
Refitting a Denture as your gums change, and fixing a Denture that has cracked, broken or lost a tooth.
Denturist or Dentist: who does what
Natural teeth
DenturistDoes not treat natural teeth.
DentistCheckups, cleanings, fillings, crowns and extractions.
Removable Dentures
DenturistThe whole job: assessment, design, fitting, adjustments, relines and repairs.
DentistOne part of general dental care.
Implants
DenturistMakes the Denture that attaches to the implants.
DentistA Dentist or oral surgeon places the implants.
Booking
DenturistBook directly. No referral needed.
DentistBook directly.
Can I go straight to a Denturist?
Yes. In Ontario you can book an appointment with a Denturist yourself. You do not need a referral from a Dentist.
If you still have some natural teeth and we see something that needs a Dentist’s care first, for example a tooth that needs treatment before a partial Denture is made, we will tell you and explain why.
How Denturists are regulated in Ontario
Denturists in Ontario are regulated health professionals. They are registered with the College of Denturists of Ontario, which sets the standards they practise to under the Denturism Act, 1991. Only someone registered with the College may use the title Denturist.
At Dentures Direct, Damien John Hiorth DD and Mostafa Haghighizadeh are Registered Denturists. You can look up any Denturist on the College’s public register.
Your first visit at Dentures Direct
- Step 1
Free consultation
We look at your mouth, and at your current Denture if you have one, and talk through the options with you.
- Step 2
A written quote
You get the price in writing before any work starts. Our prices are published: a standard complete Denture is $1,650 upper and $1,841 lower.
- Step 3
Designed and made in our own lab
Your Denture is designed on screen from a digital scan and milled in our own lab at 2833 Weston Road.
- Step 4
CDCP
We accept the Canadian Dental Care Plan. Bring your card and we will check what applies to you.
More: all our prices · CDCP · Denture repairs
Questions about Denturists
Can I go directly to a Denturist without seeing a Dentist?
Yes. In Ontario you can book with a Denturist yourself, with no Dentist referral needed. If you still have natural teeth and something needs a Dentist’s care first, we will tell you.
What is the difference between a Denturist and a Dentist?
A Dentist cares for natural teeth and gums: checkups, cleanings, fillings, crowns and extractions. A Denturist works on Dentures: assessing, designing, making, fitting, relining and repairing them. Implants are placed by a Dentist or oral surgeon, and a Denturist can make the Denture that attaches to them.
Are Denturists regulated in Ontario?
Yes. Denturists are regulated health professionals, registered with the College of Denturists of Ontario under the Denturism Act, 1991. You can check any Denturist on the College’s public register.
Can a Denturist make implant Dentures?
Yes. A Dentist or oral surgeon places the implants, and the Denturist makes the Denture that snaps onto them. At Dentures Direct a snap-on implant overdenture is $5,250 per arch. The implant surgery is billed separately by the surgeon.
Do you accept the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP)?
Yes, we accept CDCP. Bring your card and we will check what applies to you, and give you any balance in writing before work starts.
How much do Dentures cost at a Denturist?
Our prices are published. A standard complete Denture is $1,650 upper and $1,841 lower. Acrylic partials start at $990, relines are $300 to $600, and repairs start at $167. The consultation is free and you get a written quote first.
Talk to a Denturist
Free consultation and a written quote. No Dentist referral needed.