Função oral e qualidade de dieta : influencia de fatores estomatognaticos e socio-demograficos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2001

RESUMO

Previous studies about the impact of oral health and oral function on diet and food choices have shown contradictory results. This study, which is composed by three manuscripts, aimed to explore the relationship between oral function and diet quality in subjects with different oral conditions. The first chapter studied the influence of masticatory and sociodemographic variables on diet quality of dentate and edentulous subjects. The second paper evaluated if poor quality of complete dentures, in terms of retention, stability, and artificial tooth wear, is related to decreased masticatory performance, perceived difficulties in ability to chew, and poor diet quality. The third manuscript analyzed the relationship among oral function, diet quality, and digestive problems in orthognathic surgery patients. The results of these studies showed that diet quality was determined neither by occlusal conditions nor by the leveI of oral function. The worse the occlusal conditions, the worse the efficiency of oral function regarding masticatory performance and bite force. In relation to complete dentures, good quality complete dentures allowed superior functional performance compared to poor quality prostheses. However, this did not reflected in perception of masticatory ability or in diet quality and nutrition adequacy. The majority of subjects had deficient diet qualities independently of occlusal conditions, technical quality of complete dentures, and level of oral function

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protese dentaria nutrição mastigação

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