Hello, I have nice-looking and perfect-fitting dentures, but the upper and lower incisors are not sharp enough to bite through the fiber of a beefsteak. I enjoy Country Fried Steaks, because they're tenderized, making them easy to bite and chew, but I can't enjoy a Porterhouse or a T-Bone or a New York or even a Rib Eye, because I can't bite and chew 'em! I'll have to ask my dentist if my incisors can be sharpened, like the cutting edge of a Chisel. That's all..... Harold
One current fad is having your teeth filed into fangs. So, I guess you could have a portion of that done on dentures & make sure not pointy or too sharp. I have a couple of thicker porcelain crowns that are also hard to bite with.
Online Dental and Orthodontic authorities have stated that denture material cannot be sharpened and expected to hold an edge for long. They will dull and in doing so, lose some of their material, eventually wearing themselves down. They say that it's like sharpening a plastic knife; you can give it an edge, but it will quickly dull with use, losing material as it does. Porcelain crowns or dental implants are the answer to the problem, which really isn't much of a problem as I can still enjoy tenderized steaks and titanium hex bolts. Your Friend, Hal
Dear Bess...eating steak with pointed fangs will not cleave the meat...it will merely puncture it! Hal
You really can't eat steak with your dentures? Mine do just fine. Salad lettuce spinach greens give me a problem. Actually I seldom wear them unless out of the house. I can normally eat a quality steak with out them.
I am most fortunate to still have 28 of my 32 originals left. The removed molars, though are opposed on both sides, so I must often use Wisdom tooth against Wisdom tooth! My Dad's kid brother, my Uncle Jim, died in his 80s with all 32 teeth in perfect condition, had never in his life been to a dentist, had no cavities or decay, ever. AFAIK, he was the only family member so blessed! Frank