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Toshihiro Hirai
Researcher at Health Sciences University of Hokkaido
Publications - 67
Citations - 1156
Toshihiro Hirai is an academic researcher from Health Sciences University of Hokkaido. The author has contributed to research in topics: Masticatory force & Dentures. The author has an hindex of 18, co-authored 66 publications receiving 1079 citations.
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Osteoporosis and reduction of residual ridge in edentulous patients.
TL;DR: It is indicated that osteoporosis strongly affects reduction of the residual ridge in edentulous patients.
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Tongue motor skills and masticatory performance in adult dentates, elderly dentates, and complete denture wearers.
TL;DR: Age-related decreases in tongue motor skills and masticatory performance were demonstrated by ultrasound observations and sieving methods.
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Age-related change of masticatory function in complete denture wearers: evaluation by a sieving method with peanuts and a food intake questionnaire method.
TL;DR: It is suggested that the masticatory function in complete denture wearers decreases in relationship to aging, and the food intake questionnaire is useful for evaluating masticatories function incomplete dentures wearers.
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Occlusal support and head posture
TL;DR: It can be said that lateral imbalance of the occlusal support could promote imbalance in sternocleidomastoid muscle activity, causing lateral bending of the neck.
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Quality of life and masticatory function in denture wearers.
TL;DR: The QOL score of edentulous patients with a complete denture having some trouble chewing was significantly lower than that of other denture patients and it was suggested that the wearing of a denture significantly affected the QOL of elderly persons.