The History of Dentures

Man has struggled with the replacement of decaying or lost teeth for literally thousands of years. Ivory or bone replacements for lost teeth date back to 700 B.C. While improved dental care and fluridation has caused a decline intooth loss in recent years, it is predicted that the number of patients requiring dentures will actually increase with the advancing age of the large "baby boomer" generation.

Modern dentistry and availability of vastly improved materials have made great headway in providing dentures that are more functional and better appearing. Still, who has not seen the denture patient whose teeth are obviously dentures - unnaturally even teeth or sometimes the "Popeye" look - and we have all seen a denture patient struggle with functional problems such as difficulty in chewing tough foods and interfernce with speech.

Speak to denture patients and they commonly report discomfort or even pain with their dentures as well as dissatisfaction with their appearance. NMD enhanced dentures.