Remember a seeing person with sunken in check and deep wrinkles. The ability to chew decreases dramatically as the number of missing teeth increases. If the average person chews with between 50 to 90 pounds of force, people with dentures are down to 2 to 5 pounds of force. Simply said—people with no teeth can chew down hard. If fact one study found that some people chew better without dentures than when they had them in!

Even more disturbing is the sunken cheeks that result from tooth loss and dentures. THIS SINKING IN OF THE CHEEKS IS NOT FROM THE LOSS OF THE PHYSICAL MASS OF THE TEETH, BUT FROM THE ATROPHY OF THE FACIALMUSCLES, THE LOSS OF BONE, AND SUBSEQUENT FACIAL HEIGHT. It is not normally reversible with the simple addition of “bulkier” dentures.

Replacing lost teeth with dental implants can restore a person’s biting force almost back to that of normal teeth and help restore facial beauty, and well as chewing ability!

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