An elderly woman accidentally misplaced her bottom dentures — in her stomach. An 88-year-old woman from Dallas, Texas, was taken to the emergency department of UT Southwestern Medical Center after she ...

A September article in Geriatric Nursing highlighted the importance of proper denture care in assisted living to prevent denture-related stomatitis, systemic fungal infections, malnutrition and ...

If you lose one or more teeth due to gum disease or tooth decay, you can replace these teeth with partial or complete dentures. Dentures are removable false teeth that look like natural teeth. After a ...

Dentures can be help people eat and speak properly, but there are challenges people with dementia may experience when wearing dentures, such as losing or breaking them. Many people wear partial or ...