The aspect of dietary intake of full denture wearers.

Abstract

To clarify the dietary intake of full denture wearers, a hundred and ten wearers with upper and lower full denture were investigated by the questionnaire on the acceptability for chewing.The following results were obtained.1. The difficulty of chewing a hundred kinds of foods were determined numerically (0 to 100).2. A table including twenty kinds of foods for full denture wearers was set up to scorerize the chewing ability of each wearer.3. The score of chewing ability was well related to the acceptability for chewing function.