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 …

Objectives: To give an overview of the evidence on the associations between oral condition
factors and masticatory performance of adults, and to evaluate the direction and level of the …

This review deals with the frequent wide variability of masticatory capacity/incapacity.
Neither researchers nor clinicians have taken sufficient account of this variability despite its …

Recent biomechanical studies have focused on studying the response of teeth before and
after different treatments under functional and parafunctional loads. These studies often …

Background Early Childhood Caries (ECC) has become a major public health concern
worldwide, mostly affecting children from disadvantaged families in increasingly severe …

In the elderly population, ageing frequently impacts on the different aspects of oral
physiology that play a key role in eating behavior. In the context of an aging population, it is …

Objective To synthesise data on the effects of distal-extension removable dental prostheses
(RDPs) on masticatory performance of subjects with (extreme) shortened dental arches ((E) …

Food consumption is by far the most important point where food's organoleptic properties
can be perceived and can elicit sensory pleasure. Ageing is often accompanied by oral …

Statement of problem Tooth loss directly affects mastication, cognitive function, and oral
health-related quality of life (OHRQoL). Complete dentures (CDs) and removable partial …

This study aimed to assess the masticatory efficiency in patients with a removable dental
prosthesis, presenting different systemic, oral and prosthetic states while chewing different …