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26 Jun
Could Dentures Raise Your Odds for Pneumonia?
- Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter
- June 26, 2023
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Dentures may hide harmful germs that cause pneumonia, British researchers report.
For the study, the investigators took samples from the dentures of nursing home patients who did and didn't have pneumonia. They analyzed the samples to identify the types of microbes pres...
26 Apr
Do Dentures Take a Toll on Good Nutrition?
- HealthDay Reporter
- By Robert Preidt HealthDay Reporter
- April 26, 2022
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Dentures may take a bite out of your nutrition, a new study warns.
"They do not provide the same chewing efficiency, which may alter eating habits," said senior author Dr. Thankam Thyvalikakath, director of the Regenstrief Institute and the School of Dentistry Dental Inf...