Evaluation method for masticatory function of complete denture wearers - by qustionnaire with 35 foods listings.

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the masticatory function of the complete denture wearers by examining the foods patients can eat with the dentures. A qustionnaire with listings of 35 foods was given to 39 patients who have been wearing newly made denture for 6 months and were asked to select the answer out of the following 5 categories.mark point*can be eaten easily 2 2can be eaten with difficulty 1 1cannot be eaten 0 0I do not eat it because I dislike it Δ 0I have never eaten it since wearing of denture 0The results were as follows:1. Each answer was given a score (2, 1, 0). 35 foods were classified into 5 grades showing the difficulty by each total scores.2. The“ standard masticatory ability of complete denture wearers ” was established as the diagnostic criteria by calculating the rate of food-taking ability in each grade.3. Masticatory ability of each individual was shown as the “ masticatory score”.4. Applying this qustionnaire to the alveoplasty case, the rate of food-taking ability and the masticatory score were correlated with masticatory ability and it was suggested that the qustionnaire was useful for the evaluation of the masticatory function.