 [ Symptoms ] will eating with new dentures be difficult [ Disease ] eating with new dentures will take a little practice and may be uncomfortable for some wearers for a few weeks to get used to the new denture start with soft foods cut into small pieces chew slowly using both sides of your mouth as you get used to your new dentures add other foods until you return to your normal diet be cautious with hot or hard foods and sharp edged bones or shells and avoid foods that are extremely sticky or hard you may want to avoid chewing gum while you adjust to the denture also do not use toothpicks while wearing dentures