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vltamlnr t1_j1c8cgz wrote

I’ve heard that when people switch from a full set of teeth to dentures, it’s incredibly difficult to tell where food is in the mouth. Chewing is a challenge with that as well, as your nerves in your teeth prevent you from biting your tongue (most of the time anyways).

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MadJackandNo7 t1_j1eslm1 wrote

Wouldn't the nerves in your tongue do that?

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ExoticSwan8523 t1_j1f163t wrote

Ever bit your tongue before? If yes, then the nerves in both your tongue and teeth are not 100% effective at preventing you from biting your tongue. Now take away all of your teeth's nerves, and you're going to increase the likelihood of biting your tongue with less nerves.

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chickeeper t1_j1i23v7 wrote

Agreed, when you get posts and porcelain, it feels numb in your mouth. You have to think where your tongue is. I thought that feeling would go away and it never did.

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SerialStateLineXer t1_j1lhxcn wrote

You're talking about dentures and not implants, right? Generally the sensory feedback you get from chewing is from the teeth transmitting forces to the periodontal tissue, not actually feeling forces in your teeth through the enamel.

Dentures disupt this process not because they don't have nerves, but because they totally change the way forces are transmitted to the periodontal tissue. I believe that root-canaled teeth and bone-borne dental implants still allow force feedback like healthy teeth do.

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