Publications by authors named "N Amagai"

Background: Dietary advice combined with prosthetic treatment could improve dietary intake earlier than prosthetic treatment only. This early improvement might signify early adaptation to new prostheses. Therefore, dietary advice might affect functional adaptation to new prostheses.

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Purpose: Providing appropriate dental prostheses and dietary interventions may improve food and nutrient intake in elderly edentulous patients, but evidence to support their use is scarce. In this trial, we aimed to clarify the combined effect, on the nutritional statuses of edentulous elderly patients, of dentists providing complete dentures with dietary advice.

Methods: A randomized-controlled trial was performed on a healthy elderly population who required new complete dentures.

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Objective: The aim was to evaluate the combined effects of a new complete denture fabrication and simple dietary advice (using unique pamphlets) by dentists on nutrient intake in edentulous elderly patients.

Materials And Methods: A randomized controlled trial was performed on edentulous elderly patients who were randomly allocated to either an intervention or a control group. The intervention group received a new complete denture and simple dietary advice, whereas the control group received a new complete denture and denture care advice.

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Background & Aim: Combination of new complete denture fabrication and tailored dietary counseling is necessary to improve nutrient intake of the edentulous elderly. However, there is no evidence on the effect of simple dietary advice combined with new complete denture fabrication on the nutrient intake of the edentulous elderly. The aim of this study was to clarify the combined effect of new complete denture fabrication and simple dietary advice, using a uniform pamphlet, on the nutrient intake and masticatory function of edentulous elderly.

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Objective: To investigate the combined effect of complete denture renewal and simple dietary advice.

Methods: A randomized controlled trial was performed with edentulous patients who required new complete dentures. All participants received complete denture treatment.

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