Effects of water viscosity and tongue ingestion site on tongue pressure

ConclusionThe present results provide mean values of tongue pressure during voluntarily triggered swallowing in anterior ingestion and posterior ingestion in young, healthy dentate individuals; these values can be clinically referenced for tongue pressure measurement in the evaluation of patients with dysphagia. The use of reference values may help streamline the diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of dysphagia.This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.

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Source: Journal of Oral Rehabilitation - March 12, 2018 Category: Dentistry Authors: Tatsuya Iguchi, Mai Ohkubo, Tetsuya Sugiyama, Kazuhiro Hori, Takahiro Ono, Ryo Ishida Tags: Original Article Source Type: research