Those individuals who do wear dentures can decrease the amount of bone loss by retaining some tooth roots in the form of overdenture abutments or have implants placed. Note that the depiction above shows a very excessive change and that this many take many years of denture wear to achieve.
Denture wearers can slow down bone loss by preserving some tooth roots in the form of overdenture abutments or implants. Nevertheless, the image above illustrates an extraordinary case, and many people may require years to achieve similar results through extended denture use.