Measures of Dynamic Chewing Function, Rather than the Number of Teeth, are a Better Predictors of the Elderly's Ability to Intake Food and Nutrients

Abstract

ARTICLE TITLE AND BIBLIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION: Dietary intake is associated with occlusal force rather than number of teeth in 80-y-old Japanese. Inomata C, Ikebe K, Okubo H et al. J Dent Res 2016;2(2):187-97.

SOURCE OF FUNDING: The study was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Nos. 23390440 and 25293394) from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science TYPE OF STUDY/DESIGN: Cross-sectional study.