The Thing About Dentures…
// August 25th, 2009 // No Comments » // Dentures, Oral Cancer
Most Denture Patients Don’t Know this BUT…
1) Denture patients are on more medications than patients with natural teeth due to poorer nutrition
2) Denture patients have more GI disorders…also due to poorer nutrition
3) Denture glue (adhesive, paste, etc…) is swallowed by denture patients on a daily basis…and that’s not healthy!
4) Denture patients lose more bone than patients with natural teeth b/c of the lack of roots to “fool” the bone into staying around
5) Denture patients have more wrinkles because their face gets shortened over time
6) Denture patients are more likely to swallow their food whole rather than properly chewing first…this could lead to a choking hazard, but at the very least it causes poor digestion of food
7) 99% of Denture patients don’t see a dentist! However, this could be important because dentists do things for you like an oral cancer screening which is meant to help detect problems before they really become problems
About 20-25% of patients actually eat better WITHOUT their denture! How crazy is that?
9) Wearing a denture over a long period of time CAN lead to permanent numbness of the lower lip due to severe bone loss in the lower jaw bone.