Preventing Denture Infections with Silver
There are many potential conditions that can affect denture wearers. One of the most annoying and common is oral candidiasis, also called {{{{link id='53894' text='denture-related stomatitis'}}}}. Although in many cases proper care of dentures is [...]
Do Diabetics Have More Dentures Difficulties?
Diabetes is a serious systemic illness that has many ramifications for the health of your mouth. Diabetics are at an increased risk for tooth loss, and that means they may end up with dentures [...]
Tooth Loss Leads to Slower Walking
Researchers analyzing results from the English Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSA), found that losing one’s natural teeth led to about a 10% decline in memory and walking speed. Although memory losses could be accounted for [...]
Are Your Dentures Causing Witch’s Chin?
Witch’s chin is a common description for chin ptosis (pronounced toe-sis) or sagging. It’s not exactly accurate, but it is descriptive, and people can easily picture what it means: an elongated, pointed chin. What [...]
You May Not Notice Denture Changes, but They Happen
If you want to get the best experience, it’s important to replace dentures regularly. However, it can be hard to know when they should be replaced. You may think that the changes in your [...]
Will Osteoporosis Affect My Denture Fit?
Like your natural teeth, your dentures are supported by the bones in your jaw. However, because they’re not supported directly by the bones in your jaw, they don’t stimulate your jawbones the same way [...]
Dentures Take a Bite Out of Inflation in Singapore
In September, Singapore instituted a patriotic package of benefits for seniors, called the Pioneer Generation Package, which not only made important health care expenses like dentures more affordable, it helped keep the country’s inflation [...]
Do Your Dentures Click?
One annoying thing that many denture users complain about is a clicking sound that they experience when wearing dentures. Or perhaps it’s not the wearer that complains, but people around them, depending on the [...]
A Future without Dentures?
According to recently published research, edentulous rates–the number of people who have no teeth remaining–have declined sharply in recent years , leading us to wonder whether we will eventually have a society where no one needs dentures. [...]
Bruxism and Dentures
Bruxism is when you unconsciously clench your teeth very hard, sometimes harder than you are capable of doing consciously. There are two main types of bruxism: diurnal bruxism (teeth clenching while awake) and sleep [...]
