Why a 20-year-old needed a full set of dentures

I fitted a 20-year-old for a full set of dentures last year.

Not implants. Not a partial. A complete set, top and bottom, the kind I was trained to expect on patients in their seventies. By the time he sat in my chair, there was nothing left to save. Years of untreated decay had worked through enamel, then dentin, then the roots themselves, one tooth at a time, until removal was …

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Why a 20-year-old needed a full set of dentures