Oxytocin, social capital, and oral health related QOL

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25670890
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social dentistry
• Research Institution: Tohoku University
• Principal Investigator: AIDA Jun 東北大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 准教授 (80463777)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): OSAKA Ken 東北大学, 大学院歯学研究科, 教授 (60300935) ; KONDO Katsunori 千葉大学, 予防医学センター, 教授 (20298558)
• Research Collaborator: MATSUYAMA Yusuke ; KOYAMA Shihoko ; TAKEUCHI Kenji ; HASE Akihiro
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 歯科保健 / ソーシャル・キャピタル / オキシトシン

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Oxytocin is a peptide hormone. It plays an important role on social behaviors of humans. In recent years, Social capital has drawn increased attention as a key factor in relation to health, and oxytocin may be an underlying biomarker. Oral health is associated with social relationships through oral health function on conversation, eating, and facial appearance. We examined the association of oxytocin on sociality and oral health. As the results, weak associations were partially observed. Social function of oral health may be associated with improvement of sociality and oxytocin secretion volume.

Free Research Field

公衆衛生学