The impact of a newly constructed removable denture on the objective and subjective masticatory function.

Purpose This study investigated the impact of the renewal of a removable prosthesis on the masticatory function by subjective and objective measures and its variation among the types of occlusal support.Methods Seventy-eight patients who received newly fabricated removable denture patients participated in this study. For the objective assessment, masticatory performance was measured using test gummy jelly.

Factors Influencing Changes in Masticatory Performance as a Result of Wearing Removable Partial Dentures in Patients with Partially Edentulous Arches.

Purpose: To measure masticatory performance (MP) in partially edentulous patients when wearing removable partial dentures (RPDs) versus when not wearing RPDs, and to identify factors that could enable clinical evaluations related to differences in MP.

Materials And Methods: This study consisted of 87 partially edentulous patients (57 females, 30 males; mean age, 69.41 ± 8.

Validity of a visual scoring method using gummy jelly for evaluating chewing efficiency in a large-scale epidemiological survey.

Background: Several methods exist for objectively evaluating chewing efficiency by using gummy jelly. However, the validity of the subjective visual evaluation of chewing efficiency has not been assessed.

Objective: To verify with an epidemiological study, the validity of a visual scoring method using gummy jelly by testing the relationship between masticatory performance (MP) using a fully automatic measuring system and visual score (VS) using a visual scoring method.

[Successful pain control by continuous epidural infusion of ropivacaine for a pregnant woman with biliary colic].

This report describes a pregnant woman with common bile duct stones whose colic was successfully treated by prolonged continuous epidural infusion of ropivacaine. A 32-year-old woman in the 26th week pregnancy complained of severe abdominal pain due to common bile duct stones. We adopted ropivacaine for infusion into the epidural space using patient controlled analgesia system considering fetoplacental circulation.

Onset of vecuronium-induced neuromuscular block after a long priming interval.

Purpose: We examined whether a new application of the priming principle, i.e., having the priming dose of vecuronium administered before the insertion of the epidural catheter, would hasten the onset of the neuromuscular block induced by the intubating dose of vecuronium.