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What are the benefits of dentures?

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Dr. Joel Doyon answered

Specializes in Dentistry - Cosmetic

Nice set of teeth: One benefit is you can have a full set of teeth, the size, shape color and positioned where you like them, especially if you are missing several teeth and you have severe periodontal disease with loose teeth. To make this situation even better, you could have some implants placed to attach the denture, thereby making it more stable.

Answered 11/10/2014

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Dr. Jeffrey Bassman answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Many if no choice: Dentures provide chewing- tooth function- to keep exercising the facial muscles, they provide confidence- being able to interact with others with a cosmetically nice smile, and emotionally will help you feel better than without any teeth.

Answered 11/10/2014

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Dr. Paul Grin answered

Specializes in Pain Management

Many benefits: for those who have no other option dentures can restore a sense of wholeness, well being, esthetics, nourishment, function and normality of facial features such as correcting sunken lips and cheeks.

Answered 3/29/2015

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Dr. Kevin Nail answered

Specializes in Dentistry

Dentures: The biggest benefits of dentures are the esthetics of having teeth. Dentures support the lips (as opposed to having no teeth). Dentures help in phonetics or speaking. Dentures allow the jaws to sit in a harmonious position. Dentures can help with chewing as opposed to having no teeth, but they only function 25% as well as natural teeth (at best). This means, no more chewing meats like steak.

Answered 5/23/2015

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