Association between masticatory performance and anthropometric measurements and nutritional status in the elderly

Abstract

Chewing ability is associated with not only oral health status but also the physical constitution of the elderly. In addition, chewing ability may add to the regulation of the nutritional status in the elderly.

Impact of Prosthodontic Rehabilitation on the Masticatory Performance of Partially Dentate Older Patients: Can It Predict Nutritional State? Results From a RCT

“…Although none of the factors tested were significant predictors of masticatory performance, potentially due to poor model fit or small sample size, there are conflicting opinions regarding the relationship between masticatory performance, oral health status and various markers of nutritional status [35,46], highlighting the need for further research in the area.…”

Lack of relationship between masticatory performance and nutritional status in adults with natural dentition

“…It was reported that poor masticatory performance was associated with both overweight and being underweight in children (Tureli, Barbosa, & Gavião, 2010), with an increased body fat in adults and with lower mid-upper arm circumference in the elderly (Sánchez-Ayala, Campanha, & Garcia, 2013;Okada et al, 2010). However, these studies were performed in a more heterogeneous population including children with mixed dentition (Tureli, Barbosa, & Gavião, 2010), the elderly recruited from a geriatric clinic or a rehabilitation hospital (Okada et al, 2010), and adults with 0-14 occlusal pairs recruited from a university dental clinic (Sánchez-Ayala et al, 2013). Consequently, interindividual differences in masticatory performance in young people with natural dentition are not high enough to detect a relation between masticatory performance and being overweight or obese.…”

“…Poor masticatory performance has been associated with both overweight and being underweight in children and with a lower mid-upper-arm circumference in the elderly (Okada, Enoki, Izawa, Iguchi, & Kuzuya, 2010;Tureli, Barbosa, & Gavião, 2010). However, apparently contradictory results have reported the relation between masticatory function and nutritional status in adults with natural dentition.…”

New Lessons of Nurturing Life for Geriatric Patients

“…This age group is much more likely to have multi-organ failure termed geriatric syndrome (Freeman et al 2010). Each organ can be treated by specialists, but even if one organ recovers, the other organs remain damaged and the patient is then referred to another specialist, leading to an endless cycle with a large number of factors causally related to geriatric syndrome (Fukai et al 2010;Yoshida et al 2011;Okada et al 2010). For example, aspiration pneumonia cannot be prevented by antimicrobial agents; falls generally occur because of brain dysfunction related to lifestyle diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes (Katsumata et al 2011), or even because of loss of functional teeth (Yoshida et al 2005).…”