Although the prevalence of malnutrition in the old age is increasing worldwide a synthetic
understanding of the impact of aging on the intake, digestion, and absorption of nutrients is …

The paper reviews human mastication, focusing on its age‐related changes. The first part
describes mastication adaptation in young healthy individuals. Adaptation to obtain a food …

Masticatory muscle thickness provides objective measurements of the oral motor function,
which may change in patients with oral myofascial pain. In this study, we aimed to establish …

Introduction Maximum bite force (MBF) is the maximum force performed by the subject on
the fragmentation of food, directly related with the mastication and determined by many …

Background Ultrasound is a non-invasive, cross-sectional imaging technique emerging in
dentistry. It is an adjunct tool for diagnosing pathologies in the oral cavity that overcomes …

Food oral processing depends on food properties and consumer characteristics. The aim of
this study was to determine the effect of age, gender, ethnicity and eating capability on oral …

In dental research, bite force serves as a valuable parameter to evaluate the efficacy of
masticatory system. A variety of devices with different design and working principle have …

Objectives: This study aimed to analyze the impact of sleep bruxism (SB) on
electromyography (EMG) activity and the thickness of the masseter and temporal and …

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine a reference value for masticatory
performance (MP) by measuring the amount of glucose extraction (AGE) from chewing …

Objectives To elucidate the independent relationship between masticatory and physical
performance in community‐living oldest old people (mean age±standard deviation 87.8±2.2 …