2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Inspection of the association between chewing function and food intake, nourishment state -Ohasama study
Project/Area Number |
25861821
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
Research Field |
Prosthodontics/ Dental materials science and
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Research Institution | Tohoku University |
Principal Investigator |
Yoshitada Miyoshi 東北大学, 歯学研究科(研究院), 大学院非常勤講師 (10508948)
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Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
Ohi Takashi 東北大学, 大学院歯学研究科, 大学院非常勤講師 (10396450)
Murakami Takahisa 東北医科薬科大学, 医学部衛生学, 助教 (70451606)
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Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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Keywords | 咀嚼機能 / グミゼリー |
Outline of Final Research Achievements |
The decreased ability of mastication causes a limitation of the food to take in, reduces quality and quantity of the nourishment and increases the risk of the malnutrition. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between a nourishment, the food intake situation and the ability of mastication evaluated with gumi-jelly objectively, using epidemiological technique. A total of 841 independent community-dwelling people older than 55years in Ohasama, a Japanese rural area, participated in this study. The mastication ability test using the gumi-jelly enforced an examination three times each and calculated the mean. It was confirmed that the ability of mastication was decreased with the decrease in occlusion support area. It was suggested that the decreased ability of mastication was influenced to the food intake situation.
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Free Research Field |
歯科補綴
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