Masticatory Performance Test Using a Gummy Jelly for Older People with Low Masticatory Ability.

Evaluation of masticatory ability has become more important in an aging society because decreased masticatory ability has the potential to affect the general health of older people. A new masticatory performance test, intended for older people with low masticatory ability, has been developed using gummy jelly half the size of that used in the conventional masticatory performance test. This study aimed to investigate the compatibility between the new and conventional tests and the adaptation of the new test.

Corrigendum: Lower Masticatory Performance Is a Risk for the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome: The Suita Study.

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Lower Masticatory Performance Is a Risk for the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome: The Suita Study.

Declined masticatory function has recently been receiving attention as a risk factor for poor general health. The present longitudinal analysis was conducted to clarify the relationship between decreased masticatory performance and the development of the metabolic syndrome (MetS) in a general urban cohort in Japan. We surveyed 599 participants (254 men, 345 women; mean age at baseline, 65.

Compatibility of two types of gummy jelly tests for detecting decreased masticatory function.

Objective: This study aimed to verify the compatibility of masticatory performance tests using different two types of gummy jellies.

Background Data Discussing The Present Status Of The Field: Compatibility between the glucose concentration measuring method (GC) and 10-steps visual scoring method (VS), which are masticatory performance tests for diagnosing decreased masticatory function (DMF) in oral hypofunction and the use of different types of gummy jelly, has yet to be confirmed.

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Differential columnar processing in local circuits of barrel and insular cortices.

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Impact of masticatory performance on oral health-related quality of life for elderly Japanese.

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