Gender differences in the relationship between personality, cognitive function and regular dental visits in Japanese community-dwelling older adults.

Objectives: Studies have examined the association between personality and health behaviour, but research focusing exclusively on regular dental visits has yet to be conducted. This study examined the association between personality traits and regular dental visits among Japanese community-dwelling older adults.

Methods: The participants in this cross-sectional study included 1,057 community-dwelling older adults aged 65-74 years from Ranzan and Yoshimi towns; data were collected from October to November 2015 and October to November 2016, respectively.

Factors related to removable denture use in independent older people: A cross-sectional study.

Background: Denture use for recovery of major tooth loss can reduce the need for care, and thus, it is important for dentists to identify the types of patients who use removable dentures.

Objective: To identify factors associated with removable denture use in independent older Japanese people.

Methods: This cross-sectional study investigated the oral condition; demographics; lifestyle; dental visit behaviour; and higher-level functional capacity, as assessed using the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology index of competence (TMIG index), of independent older people aged 65-74 years.

Dietary intake in Japanese patients with kidney transplantation.

Background: Kidney transplantation may release the patient receiving dialysis therapy in their life style, especially in restriction of dietary intake. However, their renal functions are not enough to take daily diet without any restriction. In Japan, we have neither standard of diet intake for them, nor data to build it.