What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a denture adhesive?
The main advantage of using a denture adhesive is that it can give you a little more confidence that your dentures are going to stay in place when you either speak or eat. The major disadvantage is that people tend to use adhesive when they actually need to go back to the dental office and have their denture relined. The danger here is that a denture that doesn’t fit well and a lot of denture adhesive is going to cause the ridge or tissue to reabsorb, and be less retentive than it was initially. As a result all that’s holding it in is the adhesive, and not the denture, and there’s very little suction. The most important thing is the constant maintenance of your dentures.
