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Just curious.Like what happens when people get much older and the gums start to shrink.Does the set get made again? What adjustments are made for shrinking gums?
Comment by wekkins at 10/03/2025 at 03:58 UTC
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This is really more of a question to ask a dentist. I know that when teeth are pulled, people often have temporary dentures that they wear while the tissue heals and recedes to where it will end up. I know we had cases where we had to adjust an existing denture to someone's changing anatomy, or to better fit anatomy that it didn't initially quite work with, and I know that often, if there was no tissue for a denture to hold onto, you'd get patients getting something like the girl in this video. She has those metal studs in there that will basically hold the denture in place. I think hers is screwed in, but we also had cases that sort of snap into place, if I'm remembering right. We also had dentures with soft interiors, to hold onto particularly bony oral anatomy that would have a lot of undercuts and such, where a hard plastic wouldn't be able to be put on over it.
For real though, a dentist would have a much better answer. Great question though!