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redroseman Asked January 2020

How to get dentures out of the mouth of an 89 year old bedridden parent so you can clean the dentures and the mouth?

Everything else is being taken care of but we are having a problem getting the dentures out of moms mouth so they can be cleaned and the mouth can be cleaned. Mom has dementia, alzheimers, COPD, and can't be enticed in any way way.


What have others done to get this task completed? Open to any and all ideas.

cwillie Jan 2020
Sorry, are you having trouble because she won't cooperate or because you can't physically loosen and remove them?
If she won't allow you access you could just try brushing as though she had real teeth, aside from getting her mouth cleaner that may actually loosen them and allow you to more easily pull them out.

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