The degree of tongue-coating reflects lingual motor function in the elderly

Gerodontology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 291-296

  Kikutani, Takeshi ^a   Tamura, Fumiyo ^a   Nishiwaki, Keiko ^a   Suda, Makio ^a   Kayanaka, Hisae ^a   MacHida, Reiko ^a   Yoshida, Mitsuyoshi ^b   Akagawa, Yasumasa ^b  

^a NIPPON DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elderly; Lingual motor function; Masticatory performance; Tongue coating

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MASTICATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; MUSCLE TRAINING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; SPEECH ANALYSIS; SWALLOWING; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION; DENTAL PROPHYLAXIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTICATION; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MYOFUNCTIONAL THERAPY; ORAL HYGIENE; SPEECH ARTICULATION TESTS; TONGUE; TONGUE DISEASES;

EID: 70450184074     PISSN: 07340664     EISSN: 17412358     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1741-2358.2008.00258.x     Document Type: Article

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