All About Wearing Dentures — Denture Living

Dentures can have a huge impact on your appearance, especially poorly fitted dentures or low cost "cheap" dentures can dramatically change your appearance for the worst.  Sagging Face One of the most common complaints people have about their appearance with dentures is that they have a sagging face. This may be evidenced by hanging jowls, turkey neck, or deep facial folds and wrinkles. This is because most dentures don’t fully replace the amount of volume lost in the lower face because of tooth loss and bone decreasing. That means that you have the same amount of tissue, including fat, skin,...

Getting new dentures can cause facial features to distort to some extent.  Some call it horse face or monkey mouth, because the face can bulge around the lips and mouth. Why does this happen?  Since the lip isn't adjusted yet to the dentures, it causes a bulge in this area. Over time, usually a few months after new dentures the facial muscles will maneuver around the false teeth causing your lip to set smoothly again. One of the most common complaints new denture wears can have about their new appearance is sagging face, hanging Joel's, turkey neck or wrinkles with...