Dentures feel loose after a few years mainly because the jawbone underneath them keeps shrinking. Once the natural teeth are gone, the ridge of bone that held them slowly resorbs, since nothing is stimulating it anymore, and wearing a denture tends to speed that...
Yes, diabetes can affect how well a dental implant takes, though the deciding factor is blood sugar control rather than the diagnosis itself. When diabetes is well managed, implant survival runs close to the rates seen in people without it, somewhere around...
