The Relationship between Dental Findings and Tongue Pressure: A Survey of 745 Community-Dwelling Adults and Elderly Persons in Japan.

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Reduced tongue pressure is one of the causes of dysphagia. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between dental findings and tongue pressure, and whether prosthetic treatment prevents reduced tongue pressure.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Gerontology

Title: Gerontology

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISSN (Electronic): 1423-0003

ISSN (Print): 0304-324X

Publication date (Electronic): 2021

Volume: 67

Issue: 5

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[1 ] Department of Oral Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.

[2 ] Department of Oral Health, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan, sakiko@nagasaki-u.ac.jp.

[3 ] School of Oral Health Sciences, Kyushu Dental University, Fukuoka, Japan.

[4 ] National Institute of Public Health, Saitama, Japan.

[5 ] Division of Dysphagia Rehabilitation, Department of Dentistry for the Disability and Oral Health, Asahi University, Gifu, Japan.

[6 ] Oral Care Center, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.

[7 ] Community Medical Network Center, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan.

[8 ] Department of Global Health, Medicine and Welfare, Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan.

[9 ] Department of Preventive Medicine, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan.

[10 ] Department of General Medicine, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan.

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Publisher Item ID: 000513599

DOI: 10.1159/000513599

PubMed ID: 33596585

SO-VID: 35d70533-b22a-49de-974a-c6e54e445b6b

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Keywords: Removable denture,Fixed prosthesis,Functional tooth unit,Number of teeth,Tongue pressure

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Keywords: Removable denture, Fixed prosthesis, Functional tooth unit, Number of teeth, Tongue pressure

The Relationship between Dental Findings and Tongue Pressure: A Survey of 745 Community-Dwelling Adults and Elderly Persons in Japan.

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