Innovation of the treatment for dry mouth with thermodynamics

• Project/Area Number: 25893213
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Prosthodontics/ Dental materials science and
• Research Institution: Kyushu Dental College
• Principal Investigator: MUKAI Chisato 九州歯科大学, 歯学部, その他 (00713116)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-08-30 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,730,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥630,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: サーモダイナミクス / 唾液腺 / 超短波 / 超音波 / 唾液分泌

Outline of Final Research Achievements

However thermodynamics applies to a wide variety in orthopedics, it is not general in dentistry. The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of thermodynamics to salivary function and autonomic nerve system.
As the results, it was revealed that salivation from mouse submandibular gland was affected by temperature and the thermo sensitivity was different between muscarinic stimulations. Furthermore salivation was increased by thermodynamics in human but the effect was decreased by metal restoration in oral cavity.