Will my dentures look and feel like real teeth?

Will my dentures look and feel like real teeth?

Ronald Rosenblatt, DDS (General and Cosmetic Dentistry) gives expert video advice on: Are dentures painful?; How can I keep my dentures from shifting in my mouth?; What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a denture adhesive? and more...

While your dentures may go a long way towards looking like natural teeth, they're not going to feel like natural teeth. The main area where your dentures are not going to feel the same is on the roof of your mouth which needs to be covered now that you have dentures, and was not covered when you did not have dentures. Also, the dentures are going to have to come down lower, alongside your tongue, and very often will get in the way when you move your tongue from one side to the other. Dentures will not feel just the way your natural teeth did. And unfortunately, they will not chew just the way your natural teeth did. Dentures at best will chew about 20% as effectively as your natural teeth. But sometimes 20% is enough to get by.