Health tip: Learning to eat with dentures

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(HealthDay News) -- Eating with dentures often requires some practice, and may initially trigger some discomfort and irritation.

The American Dental Association offers these suggestions for adjusting to your new dentures:

Start out with soft foods.
Cut up your food into small pieces.
Eat slowly, carefully using both sides of your mouth.
Slowly add a variety of foods until you have resumed your normal diet.
Take care when eating foods that are hot, hard or have sharp edges.

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