Tooth loss impacts taste abilities and food intake. Present study aims at pertaining the impact of teeth loss and the replacement by means of complete denture on taste and trigeminal abilities, and on food preferences, and taste appetence.
Two groups of participants will be included. Participants wearing complete denture for at least one year (n=20) and their matched controls for age, sex, tobacco, and saliva secretion (n=20). Their oral sensory abilities of participants will be assessed including taste (electrogustometric thresholds, chemical taste identification ability) and trigeminal quantitative sensory testing. Food preferences and selectivity (Maitre et al., 2014) and taste appetence (Deglaire et al., 2012) will also be assessed.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
40
Teeth have been removed and replaced by means of dentures for at least one year
Service odontologie Hôpital Rothschild
Paris, France
RECRUITINGtaste detection thresholds
Using an Electrogustometer
Time frame: up to 30 days
Chemical taste identification ability
Using taste strips (Burghard)
Time frame: up to 30 days
Quantitative sensory testing
Using an algometer, von frey filament, a thermode.
Time frame: up to 30 days
Food preferences and selectivity
Questionnaire food selectyivity and preference (Maitre et al., 2014)
Time frame: up to 30 days
Taste appetence
Questionnaire PrefQuest (Deglaire et al., 2012)
Time frame: up to 30 days
Yves Boucher, Professor
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