1
: a set of teeth
2
: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth
especially
: a set of false teeth
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Some of the stranger things found in 2025 included dentures with two teeth, breast milk, 420 donuts, a 75-gallon fish tank, a textured photo with a rhinestone picture of Jesus, 2 pounds of blue raspberry Gushers, and a full kitchen faucet.
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Some dentists can dispose of dentures or recycle some of the parts.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 May 2026
In addition to eliminating hard water stains and cloudiness, denture tablets can also help remove odors lurking in the showerhead nozzle, notes Balaban.
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
The editor’s captions tell us that there were — take a deep breath — hundreds of sets of dentures turned in each year, fewer than half of which were eventually claimed.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
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Dan Raby, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Some dentists can dispose of dentures or recycle some of the parts.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 16 May 2026
In addition to eliminating hard water stains and cloudiness, denture tablets can also help remove odors lurking in the showerhead nozzle, notes Balaban.
—Caroline Lubinsky, Martha Stewart, 30 Apr. 2026
The editor’s captions tell us that there were — take a deep breath — hundreds of sets of dentures turned in each year, fewer than half of which were eventually claimed.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Denture.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/denture. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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denture
noun
den·ture
ˈden-chər 
: a set of teeth
especially
: a partial or complete set of false teeth
Medical Definition
denture
noun
den·ture
ˈden-chər
1
: a set of teeth
2
: an artificial replacement for one or more teeth
especially
: a set of false teeth
called also dental plate
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