Hinako Nanri   Yosuke Yamada   Aya Itoi   Emi Yamagata   Yuya Watanabe   Tsukasa Yoshida   Motoko Miyake   Heiwa Date   Kazuko Ishikawa-Takata   Mitsuyoshi Yoshida   Takeshi Kikutani   Misaka Kimura   
European journal of clinical nutrition 73(4) 577-584 2019年4月 [査読有り]
BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: The consumption of both green tea and coffee is known to induce positive health effects; however, it remains unclear whether there is an association between the consumption of these beverages and oral health-related quality ...
JOURNAL OF PROSTHODONTIC RESEARCH 63(2) 199-201 2019年4月 [査読有り]
Purpose: The aim of this study was to clarify the effects of fitting palatal augmentation prosthesis (PAP) on the swallowing function for the patients in rehabilitation hospital. Methods: The subjects included 18 elderly hospitalized patients whos...
JOURNAL OF PROSTHODONTIC RESEARCH 63(1) 31-34 2019年1月 [査読有り]
Purpose: The aim of this study was to determine the influences of oral motor function such as tongue function and bite force on masticatory performance in the elderly. Methods: We randomly selected 245 subjects who has 28 natural teeth among commu...
Koji Morita   Takahiro Mori   Mariko Maruyama   Aya Hiraoka   Chiaki Higa   Azusa Kuroki   Mitsuyoshi Yoshida   Kazuhiro Tsuga   
Oral Diseases 24(5) 778-783 2018年7月 [査読有り]
Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the association between buccal mucosa ridging and oral or occlusal statuses among older people. Subjects and Methods: This cross-sectional study examined 262 independent older people (mean age, 74.2 ± 5.9 y...
Hiromichi Kawano   Takahiro Mori   Azusa Kuroki   Toshikazu Nagasaki   Mariko Maruyama   Mineka Yoshikawa   Mitsuyoshi Yoshida   Kazuhiro Tsuga   
Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics 75 181-184 2018年3月 [査読有り]
Objectives To develop and assess a dysphagia training method involving lollipop sucking training in older adults with dementia, clarify its effectiveness for improving oral function. Methods Twenty-five older adults with dementia (5 males and 20 f...
OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the relationship between oral hygiene/stomatognathic function and residual intraoral medication in older adults and to identify the oral factors associated with residual oral medication. METHODS: The study inc...