Foods I can eat with Dentures?

[Travie87]

Hello all. I am sitting here in the Sun chewing a starburst and it got Me wondering what I can eat while I am wearing My dentures? I am gonna need so much support in the next year. Thanks.

 

[krlovesherkids777]

Travie,

First off last I heard on other posts you were in the hospital so I hope you are doing better. Just to answer this question. I have a bottom partial denture 7 teeth. I can eat anything on it now. but some things are harder to get used to like meat and nuts and such. I gradually tried more "daring" foods. It takes some time to get used to chewing different kinds of foods.

 

[LittleLynnie]

As kr says, it takes time to learn how to eat with dentures. I have a full top old-fashioned denture and a lower snap on with implants. You really have to practice, and learn how to move the food around and when to bite down on each side. It's a trial and error kind of thing. I'm so happy now with my beautiful smile though and the only things I can't eat are those I need to bite straight into, like an apple. I'm free to cut that apple up though, and bite off pieces with the sides of my teeth. The one goal I had, was to be able to eat bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches again, and thought that the hard bacon and slippery lettuce would cause problems. But they didn't! I now eat BLT's a lot! Also, I prefer to take my dentures out when eating ice cream, because it just isn't as good with them in, lol.

 

[tazey]

I'm very concerned when it comes to what I'm going to be eating in 4wks too (after my op) was going to post a similar thread. I know I should be eating+drinking way more than I am doing (whilst I can) but its so hard to do when you have no appetite.

 

[Dr. Daniel]

Hello all. I am sitting here in the Sun chewing a starburst and it got Me wondering what I can eat while I am wearing My dentures? I am gonna need so much support in the next year. Thanks.

Do you mean full dentures? if so, will the dentures be supported by implants?