For patients who have suffered with painful oral conditions and infection, removing the natural teeth can be a way to start again. Without painful tooth disease or decay, the soft tissues get some relief and are able to heal. For these patients, the move to dentures not only improves the health of the tissues but has significant impact on their level of self-confidence. Many patients have never smiled as confidently as they do with dentures. This improvement in self-confidence is often true for patients regardless of the reason for using dentures.

For many patients, tooth loss meant difficult eating and the malnutrition that followed. Without the ability to chew foods properly, patients become severely restricted in what they can comfortably enjoy. Eventually, fortified meal supplement drinks become a necessary part of their diet. Although eating with dentures is a skill which takes some practice, dentures can allow more diversity and satisfaction where it comes to food and nutrition.

Since dentures do not ‘flex’ like teeth do, it is important to distribute bite force evenly. This means that equal amounts of food should be placed on each side of the dental arches and chewed at the same time. Most of our patients need a few days of experimentation before they feel at ease with this method of eating.