{"id":662,"date":"2022-08-17T07:12:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-17T07:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.enclavedental.com\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2022-08-17T13:44:41","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T13:44:41","slug":"dentures-and-nutrition-in-southlake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.enclavedental.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/17\/dentures-and-nutrition-in-southlake\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the Connection between Dentures and Nutrition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Millions of people rely on their traditional dentures to help them eat their favorite foods and smile with confidence. These prosthetics are certainly useful, and they are more comfortable and functional than ever before. But have you thought about how they might affect nutrition in Southlake? Let\u2019s discuss some noteworthy research on this subject.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Nutrition Before and After Dentures<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A study from the Regenstrief Institute and Indiana University School of Dentistry<\/a> examined data from 10,000 patients with the goal of understanding how dentures affected their nutrition. The researchers compared the patients\u2019 nutrition markers from two years before they got dentures to their nutrition markers two years after they got dentures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers found a significant decline in nutritional markers after patients got dentures. Although most of their data points were still considered normal, it is reasonable to believe that with prolonged denture wear, those markers could continue to decline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Do Dentures Affect Nutrition?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

There are a couple of ways in which dentures in Southlake may affect nutrition:<\/p>\n\n\n\n