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Can Dentures Affect My Nutrition?

June 4, 2022

Filed under: Uncategorized — docmichael @ 9:55 pm

Approximately 40 million adults nationally are missing all their teeth, based on statistics from the American College of Prosthodontics. This is a serious issue, as missing teeth can greatly impact your daily life in terms of speech, eating, and more. But dentures in Topeka and Silver Lake can provide a solution that allows you to talk, eat, and laugh once again. However, recent research shows dentures might actually have a negative impact on your body’s overall nutrition! Keep reading to learn more about how they can potentially inhibit your body’s ability to absorb nutrients, and how supporting them with implants might be a viable solution to this problem.

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