Relationship between oral texture perception and oral hypofunction in healthy older adults

Relationship between oral texture perception and oral hypofunction in healthy older adults - Relationship between oral texture perception and oral hypofunction in healthy older adults

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

JPRN

Registry ID

JPRN-UMIN000048195

Enrollment

Registered

2022-07-01

Start date

2022-08-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2026-06-29

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Conditions

Oral hypofunction

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: (1) Health individual over 65 years old (2) Individual who has provided written consent to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: (1)Individual suffering from diseases of the brain and nervous system (2)Individual who do not have prosthetic treatment for missing permanent teeth other than third molars. (3)Individual with removable dentures (4) Patients with pain, sensory abnormality, or motor abnormality in the maxillofacial region. (5) Individual with allergy to instruments or materials used in the experiments. (6) Smokers (7) Individual with feeding and swallowing difficulties

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Discrimination threshold of xanthan gum aqueous solution	—

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactYasue Tanaka

Tohoku University Graduate School of Dentistry Division of Aging and Geriatric Dentistry

yasue.tanaka.b3@tohoku.ac.jp0227178396

Outcome results