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Opinions on most dense, greatest longevity, minimally wearing denture tooth?
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<blockquote data-quote="sensei" data-source="post: 234611" data-attributes="member: 1204"><p>The counter intuitive nature of a denture is that the better the denture is, the faster it wears. </p><p></p><p>If it fits and functions well it will be used and wear out. Little old ladies who eat nothing but oatmeal and boiled veggies can keep the same denture for 30 years with minimal tooth wear.</p><p></p><p>I think the density and abrasion resistance of denture teeth is way overblown. Yes, it makes some minimal clinical difference, but I doubt there is much more than 3-6 months of wear difference between a medium grade denture tooth and the ultra spendy unobtainium filled composites.</p><p></p><p>IIRC, most of the marketing of the expensive denture teeth is claiming on the order of 10,000 - 30,000 additional cycles over regular denture teeth. For the average person that is just a few weeks/months of chewing. I would rather have a solid acrylic tooth that I KNOW won't debond versus an extra few months of chewing.</p><p></p><p>Could be wrong though.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sensei, post: 234611, member: 1204"] The counter intuitive nature of a denture is that the better the denture is, the faster it wears. If it fits and functions well it will be used and wear out. Little old ladies who eat nothing but oatmeal and boiled veggies can keep the same denture for 30 years with minimal tooth wear. I think the density and abrasion resistance of denture teeth is way overblown. Yes, it makes some minimal clinical difference, but I doubt there is much more than 3-6 months of wear difference between a medium grade denture tooth and the ultra spendy unobtainium filled composites. IIRC, most of the marketing of the expensive denture teeth is claiming on the order of 10,000 - 30,000 additional cycles over regular denture teeth. For the average person that is just a few weeks/months of chewing. I would rather have a solid acrylic tooth that I KNOW won't debond versus an extra few months of chewing. Could be wrong though. [/QUOTE]
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