Smiles & Flavors: How Dentures Affect Your Sense of Taste

August 15, 2024

Filed under: Uncategorized — mccleasterdental @ 4:12 pm
An older man who tasted a bad food item

It almost goes without saying (at least for most folks) that dentures alter meals. Isn’t one of their main roles to make food easier to chew and break down? Still, only a few know that dentures affect your sense of taste as well. These prosthetic teeth can change a dish’s flavor – often for the worse – in some select situations. As for how that’s possible, just keep reading and let your Ledgewood dentist explain.

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