2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Effect of denture wearing on improving swallowing function in frail elderly people
| Project/Area Number |
25670894
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Social dentistry
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| Research Institution | Kyushu University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
古田 美智子 九州大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 助教 (24792356)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
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| Keywords | 要介護高齢者 / 嚥下障害 / 義歯 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
We examined whether frail elderly people with a few teeth, no use denture, and swallowing dysfunction improved swallowing function by wearing denture in videofluoroscopic analysis.
Of patients with swallowing problem in oral stage, a patient who had had a problem in moving bolus to pharynx disappeared laryngeal penetration after denture treatment. In quantitative evaluation, wearing denture immediately decreased oral transit time. In case of swallowing problem in oral stage, especially that is difficult to move bolus, wearing denture may lead to improve swallowing function.
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| Free Research Field |
口腔衛生学
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